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Welfare Reform Bill

This is the text of the Welfare Reform Bill, as ordered by the House of Commons to be printed on 4th July 2006.

 
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory Notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department for Work and Pensions, are published separately as Bill 208- EN.
 
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Mr Secretary Hutton has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill are compatible with the Convention rights.
  
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