Amendments proposed to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

91

Clause     47,     page     44,     line     27,     at end insert—

'(iii) that person is neither severely disabled, nor is a carer of a disabled or elderly person, or of a child under the age of 5'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

93

Clause     47,     page     44,     line     28,     after 'interview', insert ', to be held in an appropriate place,'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

94

Clause     47,     page     44,     line     28,     after 'interview', insert 'and where appropriate, with a representative advocate present'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

78

Clause     47,     page     44,     line     31,     at end insert—

    '(1A) A work focus interview for a person receiving or applying for or having applied for incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance, or disability premia in income support shall only take place once the personal capability assessment provided for in section 56 below has been made.'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

80

Clause     47,     page     45,     line     4,     at end insert—

'( ) for determining the training to be provided to persons by whom interviews are to be conducted which shall include training in the principles of personnel management and job placement, and in the types and incidence of mental and physical disability and in recent developments in coping with them.'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

81

Clause     47,     page     45,     line     9,     at end insert—

'( ) for determining the facilities which shall be required in any premises where an interview of a disabled person is to be held, other than in the disabled person's home.'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

82

Clause     47,     page     45,     line     9,     at end add—

'( ) for providing that persons required to attend interviews which they cannot reasonably be expected to reach on foot shall have reimbursed to them such costs as may reasonably be incurred by them, taking into acount inter alia any degree of disability from which they may suffer in travelling to the place of any work-focused interview and returning home thereafter.'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

79

Clause     47,     page     45,     line     24,     after 'regulations' insert 'such matters to include the degree of incapacity, invalidity or physical or mental illness of the person, the recent bereavement of such a person or the illness or incapacity of any child, parent, spouse, partner or other person for whom the person claiming benefit has care.'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

185

Clause     47,     page     45,     line     27,     at end insert—

'(g) prescribing that, where an interview has not taken place within three days of the initial claim, and unless this is due to unreasonable behaviour by the claimant, full benefit entitlement be paid until such time as the interview has taken place and entitlement can be reassessed.'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

225

Clause     47,     page     45,     leave out lines 33 and 34 and insert 'as regards any relevant benefit either—

    (i) the person in question is to be regarded as not having made a claim for the benefit, or

    (ii) if (in the case of an interview postponed in accordance with subsection (6A)) that person has already been awarded the benefit, his entitlement to the benefit is to terminate immediately;'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

226

Clause     47,     page     45,     line     39,     at end insert 'until the specified time'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

227

Clause     47,     page     46,     leave out lines 3 to 5.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

228

Clause     47,     page     46,     line     30,     at end insert—

    '(6A) Where—

(a) a person is required to take part in an interview by virtue of subsection (1)(a), and

(b) the interview is postponed by or under regulations made in pursuance of subsection (6)(a) or (c),

    the time to which it is so postponed may be a time falling after an award of the relevant benefit to that person.'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

145

Clause     47,     page     46,     line     37,     at end insert, ' "good cause" shall include physical or mental impairment which makes it difficult for a person to understand or deal with communications'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

83

Clause     47,     page     47,     line     13,     at end insert—

    '(1A) Regulations shall be made specifying the maximum period which may elapse between the refusal of benefit and the hearing and determination of an appeal, and will provide, if the appeal has not been heard and determined within such periods, for the applicant to be deemed to have had his case upheld.'.

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Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

85

Clause     50,     page     49,     line     9,     at end insert 'provided that in making the assessment under (a) and (b) above, account shall be taken of the types of jobs available in the locality considered.'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

86

Clause     50,     page     49,     line     28,     at end insert—

    '(4A) Before any regulations under this section are submitted to parliament the Secretary of State shall have consulted with organisations representing disabled people and shall have taken reasonable account of their submissions and concerns.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

84

Clause     50,     page     49,     leave out lines 29 to 35.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

196

Clause     50,     page     49,     line     35,     at end add—

    '(5A) Not more than one assessment shall be carried out under subsection (5) above in any period of five years.'.

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Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

192

Schedule     7,     page     88,     leave out lines 23 to 46.

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Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

144

Clause     49,     page     48,     line     5,     at end insert—

    '(2A) Regulations under this section shall require account to be taken of the degree and nature of a person's disability.'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

143

Clause     49,     page     48,     line     36,     at end add—

    '(8) Regulations shall ensure that a claimant participating in a scheme to which this section applies should continue to be entitled to payment of jobseekers allowance at the rate at which it was paid before participating in the scheme.'.

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Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

140

Clause     51,     page     49,     line     43,     leave out 'one of the last two' and insert 'two of the last ten'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

197

Clause     51,     page     49,     line     43,     leave out 'two' and insert 'five'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

198

Clause     51,     page     50,     leave out lines 1 to 4.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

137

Clause     51,     page     50,     line     6,     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

138

Clause     51,     page     50,     line     9,     after 'have', insert 'for at least 25 weeks of the last two complete years before the beginning of the relevant benefit year been entitled to Invalid Care Allowance or in receipt of Disabled Person's Tax Credit or Disability Working Allowance, or who have'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

139

Clause     51,     page     50,     line     9,     after 'have', insert 'actually paid contributions of a relevant class for not less than seven years, or who have'.

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Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

141

Clause     52,     page     50,     line     24,     leave out 'payable' and insert 'paid'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

193

Clause     52,     page     50,     line     33,     leave out 'exceeds such limit as is specified' and insert 'is greater than the sum of £50 together with the sum available in means tested benefits, entitlement being as if no savings were held, and for the sum of £50 to be uprated annually in line with the general increase in prices'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

88

Clause     52,     page     50,     leave out lines 36 to 39.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

194

Clause     52,     page     50,     line     44,     at end insert—

'(e) Where the pension payments exceed that outlined in section (2)(a) for the specified amount to be no greater than 30 per cent. of the excess.'.

Prepared 30 Mar 1999