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House of Commons

Tuesday 17th October 2006

Standing Committee Proceedings

Standing Committee A

Welfare Reform Bill

[FIRST AND SECOND Sittings]

Mr Jim Murphy

Agreed to

That—

(1)
during proceedings on the Welfare Reform Bill the Standing Committee shall

(in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday 17th October)

meet—

(a)
at 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 17th October;

(b)
at 9.10 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. on Thursday 19th October;

(c)
at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 24th October;

(d)
at 9.10 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. Thursday 26th October;

(e)
at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 31st October;

(f)
at 9.10 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. on Thursday 2nd November;

(g)
at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 28th November;

(h)
at 9.10 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. on Thursday 30th November;

(2)
the proceedings shall be taken in the following order: Clause 1; Schedule 1;

Clauses 2 to 20; Schedule 2; Clauses 21 to 25; Schedule 3; Clause 26;

Schedule 4; new Clauses and new Schedules relating to Part 1; Clauses 27 to

37; Schedule 5; new Clauses and new Schedules relating to Part 2; Clauses

38 to 46; new Clauses and new Schedules relating to Part 3; Clauses 47 to 55;

Schedule 6; Clauses 56 to 59; Schedule 7; new Clauses and new Schedules

relating to Part 4; Clauses 60 to 63; Schedule 8; Clauses 64 to 67; remaining

new Clauses and new Schedules; remaining proceedings on the Bill;

(3)
the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at 4.30 p.m. on Thursday 30th November.

Mr David Ruffley

Mr Tim Boswell

Withdrawn  52

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  15,  leave out ‘limited’ and insert ‘restricted’.

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Welfare Reform Bill, continued

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Negatived on division  183

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  15,  leave out ‘limited capability for work’ and insert ‘labour

market disadvantage related to physical or mental condition’.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not called  1

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  1,  leave out ‘limited capability for work’ and insert ‘a labour

market disadvantage’.

Mr David Ruffley

Mr Tim Boswell

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Not called  205

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  1,  leave out ‘limited’ and insert ‘restricted’.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not called  2

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  2,  leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert—

‘(a)
the labour market disadvantage affecting such a person is related to his

physical or mental condition, and

(b)
the disadvantage is such that it is not reasonable to expect him to work.’.

Mr David Ruffley

Mr Tim Boswell

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Not selected  248

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  2,  after ‘condition’, insert ‘or by employers’ attitudes

towards his physical or medical condition.’.

Mr David Ruffley

Mr Tim Boswell

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Not called  206

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  4,  leave out ‘limitation’ and insert ‘restriction’.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not called  150

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  4,  after second ‘to’, insert ‘be available for or actively seek

work’.

Clause Agreed to.

Mr Jim Murphy

Agreed to  78

Schedule  1,  page  49,  line  2,  after ‘Act,’ insert—

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Welfare Reform Bill, continued

‘( )
a contributory allowance,’.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Withdrawn  164

Schedule  1,  page  50,  line  41,  after ‘receiving’, insert ‘full time’.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not called  170

Schedule  1,  page  51,  leave out line 28.

Schedule Agreed to.

John Robertson

Withdrawn  180

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  20,  at end insert ‘irrespective of the age of the claimant’.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Withdrawn  184

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  21,  leave out ‘support component or the’.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not called  185

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  22,  leave out ‘are’ and insert ‘is’.

John Robertson

Not called  181

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  25,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
The total amount payable under subsection (1) above may not be less than the

relevant rate or rates of benefit payable under paragraph 2A of Part 1 and

paragraph 2 of Part 2 of Schedule 4 to the Social Security Contributions and

Benefits Act 1992 which would have been payable to the claimant on the day

immediately before section 2 of this Act comes into effect had he made a claim

for and otherwise been entitled to those amounts.’.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not called  186

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  26,  leave out subsection (2).

John Robertson

Withdrawn  174

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  27,  leave out paragraph (a).

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Welfare Reform Bill, continued

Mr David Ruffley

Mr Tim Boswell

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Negatived on division  222

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  29,  leave out paragraph (c).

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not called  3

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  29,  after ‘conditions’, insert ‘relating to health, disability or

capability for work-related activities’.

John Robertson

Not called  175

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  31,  leave out paragraph (a).

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Mr David Ruffley

Mr Tim Boswell

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Not called  4

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  34,  leave out paragraph (c).

John Robertson

Not called  182

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  35,  at beginning insert ‘subject to subsection (1A)’.

John Robertson

Not called  176

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  36,  leave out paragraphs (a) and (b).

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not called  202

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  39,  after ‘backdated’, insert ‘to the date of claim, or to

another such date as may be determined by the Secretary of State’.

John Robertson

Not called  177

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  40,  leave out paragraph (c).

Mr David Ruffley

Mr Tim Boswell

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Not called  50

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  41,  at end insert—

‘(d)
prescribe circumstances in which paragraph (b) of subsection (2) is not to

apply.’.

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Welfare Reform Bill, continued

Mr John Robertson

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Mr Russell Brown

Withdrawn  142

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  43,  at end insert—

‘( )
he is undergoing or recovering from treatment for a serious or life-

threatening illness or is terminally ill as prescribed through regulations,

or’.

Mr John Robertson

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Mr Russell Brown

Not called  140

Clause  2,  page  3,  line  2,  at end insert—

‘(6)
For the purposes of this Part, the assessment phase for a person who is terminally

ill as prescribed through regulations will be no longer than one month.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Withdrawn  189

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  23,  at end insert—

‘(e)
make provision for the disregard of payments made in accordance with

subsection (1)(c)’.

[Adjourned till Thursday 19th October at 9.10 a.m.