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| Tuesday 17th October 2006 |
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| [FIRST AND SECOND Sittings]
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| | (1) | during proceedings on the Welfare Reform Bill the Standing Committee shall |
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| | (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday 17th October) |
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| | (a) | at 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 17th October; |
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| | (b) | at 9.10 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. on Thursday 19th October; |
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| | (c) | at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 24th October; |
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| | (d) | at 9.10 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. Thursday 26th October; |
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| | (e) | at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 31st October; |
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| | (f) | at 9.10 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. on Thursday 2nd November; |
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| | (g) | at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 28th November; |
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| | (h) | at 9.10 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. on Thursday 30th November; |
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| | (2) | the proceedings shall be taken in the following order: Clause 1; Schedule 1; |
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| | Clauses 2 to 20; Schedule 2; Clauses 21 to 25; Schedule 3; Clause 26; |
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| | Schedule 4; new Clauses and new Schedules relating to Part 1; Clauses 27 to |
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| | 37; Schedule 5; new Clauses and new Schedules relating to Part 2; Clauses |
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| | 38 to 46; new Clauses and new Schedules relating to Part 3; Clauses 47 to 55; |
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| | Schedule 6; Clauses 56 to 59; Schedule 7; new Clauses and new Schedules |
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| | relating to Part 4; Clauses 60 to 63; Schedule 8; Clauses 64 to 67; remaining |
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| | new Clauses and new Schedules; remaining proceedings on the Bill; |
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| | (3) | the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a |
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| | conclusion at 4.30 p.m. on Thursday 30th November. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 15, leave out ‘limited’ and insert ‘restricted’. |
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| | Negatived on division 183 |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 15, leave out ‘limited capability for work’ and insert ‘labour |
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| market disadvantage related to physical or mental condition’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 1, leave out ‘limited capability for work’ and insert ‘a labour |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 1, leave out ‘limited’ and insert ‘restricted’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 2, leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert— |
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| | ‘(a) | the labour market disadvantage affecting such a person is related to his |
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| | physical or mental condition, and |
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| | (b) | the disadvantage is such that it is not reasonable to expect him to work.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 2, after ‘condition’, insert ‘or by employers’ attitudes |
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| towards his physical or medical condition.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 4, leave out ‘limitation’ and insert ‘restriction’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 4, after second ‘to’, insert ‘be available for or actively seek |
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| Schedule 1, page 49, line 2, after ‘Act,’ insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | a contributory allowance,’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 50, line 41, after ‘receiving’, insert ‘full time’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 51, leave out line 28. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 20, at end insert ‘irrespective of the age of the claimant’. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 21, leave out ‘support component or the’. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 22, leave out ‘are’ and insert ‘is’. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 25, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | The total amount payable under subsection (1) above may not be less than the |
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| | relevant rate or rates of benefit payable under paragraph 2A of Part 1 and |
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| | paragraph 2 of Part 2 of Schedule 4 to the Social Security Contributions and |
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| | Benefits Act 1992 which would have been payable to the claimant on the day |
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| | immediately before section 2 of this Act comes into effect had he made a claim |
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| | for and otherwise been entitled to those amounts.’. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 26, leave out subsection (2). |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 27, leave out paragraph (a). |
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| | Negatived on division 222 |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 29, leave out paragraph (c). |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 29, after ‘conditions’, insert ‘relating to health, disability or |
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| capability for work-related activities’. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 31, leave out paragraph (a). |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 34, leave out paragraph (c). |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 35, at beginning insert ‘subject to subsection (1A)’. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 36, leave out paragraphs (a) and (b). |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 39, after ‘backdated’, insert ‘to the date of claim, or to |
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| another such date as may be determined by the Secretary of State’. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 40, leave out paragraph (c). |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 41, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(d) | prescribe circumstances in which paragraph (b) of subsection (2) is not to |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 43, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | he is undergoing or recovering from treatment for a serious or life- |
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| | threatening illness or is terminally ill as prescribed through regulations, |
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| Clause 2, page 3, line 2, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(6) | For the purposes of this Part, the assessment phase for a person who is terminally |
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| | ill as prescribed through regulations will be no longer than one month.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 3, line 23, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(e) | make provision for the disregard of payments made in accordance with |
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| [Adjourned till Thursday 19th October at 9.10 a.m. |
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