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House of Commons

Tuesday 31st October 2006

Standing Committee Proceedings

Standing Committee A

Welfare Reform Bill

[ninth and tenth Sittings]

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not selected  39

Page  12,  line  17,  leave out Clause 14.

Clause Agreed to.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Withdrawn  40

Clause  15,  page  12,  line  38,  leave out paragraph (c).

Mr David Ruffley

Mr Tim Boswell

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Withdrawn  243

Clause  15,  page  12,  line  38,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
No person may be authorised to exercise the functions specified under subsection

(1) unless he has demonstrated such understanding of disabilities or health

conditions, and of the employment support needs of persons whose capability for

work is limited by their physical or mental condition, as the Secretary of State

shall by regulation require.’.

Mr David Ruffley

Mr Tim Boswell

John Penrose

Withdrawn  262

Clause  15,  page  12,  line  44,  leave out paragraph (b).

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Welfare Reform Bill, continued

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not selected  158

Clause  15,  page  13,  line  19,  after ‘provide’, insert ‘including the duty to promote

well being’.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not selected  159

Clause  15,  page  13,  line  25,  after ‘specified’, insert ‘including the duty to promote

well being’.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Withdrawn  160

Clause  15,  page  13,  line  33,  after ‘relates’, insert—

‘(d)
shall be subject to the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act

1995 (c.50) and the Human Rights Act 1998(c.42)’.

Clause Agreed to.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Withdrawn  198

Clause  16,  page  14,  line  21,  leave out paragraph (a).

Clause Agreed to.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not called  42

Clause  17,  page  14,  line  31,  leave out ‘limited capability for work’ and insert

‘labour market disadvantage’.

Mr David Ruffley

Mr Tim Boswell

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Not called  216

Clause  17,  page  14,  line  31,  leave out ‘limited’ and insert ‘restricted’.

Mr David Ruffley

Mr Tim Boswell

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Not called  217

Clause  17,  page  14,  line  32,  leave out ‘limited’ and insert ‘restricted’.

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Welfare Reform Bill, continued

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not called  43

Clause  17,  page  14,  line  32,  leave out ‘limited capability for work’ and insert

‘labour market disadvantage’.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not called  44

Clause  17,  page  14,  line  34,  leave out ‘limited capability for work’ and insert

‘labour market disadvantage’.

Mr David Ruffley

Mr Tim Boswell

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Not called  218

Clause  17,  page  14,  line  34,  leave out ‘limited’ and insert ‘restricted’.

Mr Jim Murphy

Agreed to  53

Clause  17,  page  14,  line  41,  leave out ‘this section’ and insert ‘subsection (1)’.

Mr Jim Murphy

Agreed to  54

Clause  17,  page  15,  line  2,  at end insert—

‘( )
Except where regulations otherwise provide, a person shall be disqualified for

receiving a contributory allowance for any period during which he is—

(a)
absent from Great Britain, or

(b)
undergoing imprisonment or detention in legal custody.’.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not called  173

Clause  17,  page  15,  line  2,  at end add—

‘(c)
safeguards that shall be applied when determining such matters.’.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not called  260

Clause  17,  page  15,  line  2,  at end add—

‘(4)
The circumstances which may be prescribed in section 17(3)(b) should include,

but need not be restricted to, the person’s mental or physical condition.’.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not selected  41

Page  14,  line  28,  leave out Clause 17.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

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Welfare Reform Bill, continued

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Withdrawn  45

Clause  18,  page  15,  line  5,  leave out ‘24’ and insert ‘60’.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not selected  161

Clause  18,  page  15,  line  15,  at end insert ‘or

(c)
reduce poverty’.

Mr David Ruffley

Mr Tim Boswell

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Withdrawn  244

Clause  18,  page  15,  line  15,  at end insert—

‘(c)
make it more likely that employers will recruit and retain such persons.’.

Mr David Ruffley

Mr Tim Boswell

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Withdrawn  245

Clause  18,  page  15,  line  27,  leave out subsection (7) and insert—

‘(7)
It shall be a duty on the Secretary of State to report to Parliament annually his

evaluation of the pilot schemes.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Mr Jim Murphy

Agreed to  55

Clause  19,  page  15,  line  36,  leave out ‘employment and support’.

Mr Jim Murphy

Agreed to  56

Clause  19,  page  15,  line  40,  leave out ‘employment and support’.

Mr Jim Murphy

Agreed to  57

Clause  19,  page  15,  line  42,  leave out ‘employment and support’.

Mr Jim Murphy

Agreed to  58

Clause  19,  page  16,  line  2,  leave out ‘employment and support’.

Mr Jim Murphy

Agreed to  59

Clause  19,  page  16,  line  4,  leave out ‘employment and support’.

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Mr Jim Murphy

Agreed to  60

Clause  19,  page  16,  line  8,  leave out ‘employment and support’.

Mr Jim Murphy

Agreed to  61

Clause  19,  page  16,  line  10,  leave out ‘employment and support’.

Mr Jim Murphy

Agreed to  62

Clause  19,  page  16,  line  13,  leave out ‘employment and support’.

Mr Jim Murphy

Agreed to  63

Clause  19,  page  16,  line  13,  at end insert—

‘( )
Except as regulations may provide, a person who is entitled to additional statutory

paternity pay is not entitled to a contributory allowance in respect of a day that

falls within the additional paternity pay period.

( )
Regulations may provide that—

(a)
an amount equal to a person’s additional statutory paternity pay for a

period shall be deducted from a contributory allowance in respect of the

same period,

(b)
a person shall only be entitled to a contributory allowance if there is a

balance after the deduction, and

(c)
if there is such a balance, a person shall be entitled to a contributory

allowance at a weekly rate equal to it.’.

Mr Jim Murphy

Agreed to  64

Clause  19,  page  16,  line  14,  at end insert—

‘“additional paternity pay period” has the meaning given in section

171ZEE(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;’.

Mr Jim Murphy

Agreed to  65

Clause  19,  page  16,  line  15,  leave out ‘the Contributions and Benefits” and insert

‘that’.

Mr John Robertson

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Mr Russell Brown

Mr David Ruffley

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Mr Tim Boswell

Withdrawn  141

Clause  19,  page  16,  line  18,  at end insert—

‘(6A)
In relation to a claim for an employment and support allowance, regulations under

this section may make provision for—

(a)
an assessment to be made to identify all statutory entitlements and

allowances to which a claimant is entitled;

(b)
notification to a claimant of their statutory entitlements;

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(c)
advice to a claimant on how statutory entitlements may be claimed.’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Clause 20 Agreed to.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not moved  201

Schedule  2,  page  52,  leave out paragraph 5.

Schedule Agreed to.

Mr Jim Murphy

Agreed to  66

Clause  21,  page  16,  line  27,  at end insert—

‘“employment” and “employed” have the meanings prescribed for the

purposes of this Part;”’.

Mr David Ruffley

Mr Tim Boswell

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Not called  219

Clause  21,  page  16,  line  38,  leave out ‘limited’ and insert ‘restricted’.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not called  46

Clause  21,  page  16,  leave out lines 38 and 39 and insert—

‘ “labour market disadvantage” shall be construed in accordance with

section 2(5);’.

Mr David Ruffley

Mr Tim Boswell

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Not called  220

Clause  21,  page  16,  line  40,  leave out ‘limited’ and insert ‘restricted’.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not called  47

Clause  21,  page  16,  line  42,  leave out ‘limited capability for work’ and insert

‘labour market disadvantage’.

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Welfare Reform Bill, continued

Mr David Ruffley

Mr Tim Boswell

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Not called  221

Clause  21,  page  16,  line  42,  leave out ‘limited’ and insert ‘restricted’.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Withdrawn  165

Clause  21,  page  17,  line  9,  leave out from ‘beginning’ to end of line 11 and insert

‘from the date of claim, and

(b)
ending with

(i)
determination of eligibility for Employment and Support

Allowance, or

(ii)
such day as may be prescribed up to a maximum of 91 days from

the date of claim,


whichever is the sooner.’.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Withdrawn  162

Clause  21,  page  17,  line  13,  after ‘prescribed’, insert ‘, and such amounts as may be

prescribed’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Withdrawn  196

Clause  22,  page  17,  line  19,  at end insert ‘, subject to an assessment of their impact

on disability equality, which shall be included in the report of the reporting authority

under regulation 5 of the Disability Discrimination (Public Authorities) (Statutory Duties)

Regulations 2005’.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not called  195

Clause  22,  page  17,  line  19,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
The Secretary of State must, on an annual basis for the previous twelve months,

prepare a report to Parliament on the exercise of the power to make regulations

under this Part’.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not moved  166

Clause  22,  page  17,  line  41,  leave out subsection (6).

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Not called  163

Clause  22,  page  18,  line  3,  at end insert—