sc2083110.endpage

House of Commons

Session 2005 - 06
Internet Publications
Other Bills before Parliament

S.C.A.Standing Committee Proceedings: 31st October 2006
448

Welfare Reform Bill, continued

Earnings disregard level

Mr David Ruffley

Mr Tim Boswell

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Negatived on division  nc13

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
The Secretary of State may make regulations that the level of earnings disregard

for claimants of Employment and Support Allowance shall be set at a level that

he shall by determine.

(2)
In determining the level of earnings disregard under subsection (1) the Secretary

of State shall have regard to labour market conditions including the National

Minimum Wage as defined under section 1 of the National Minimum Wage Act

1998 (c. 39).’.

Part-time work and employment and support allowance

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Withdrawn  nc14

To move the following Clause:—

‘The Secretary of State shall be required to introduce a pilot to assess the impact

of permitting a claimant who is a member of the support group to continue to

receive a fixed proportion of their employment and support allowance in

circumstances where their part-time work exceeds the maximum permitted

hours.’.

Danny Alexander

Mr David Laws

Withdrawn  257

Clause  27,  page  19,  line  15,  at end insert ‘and those categories of tenants to whom

it applies’.

[Adjourned till Thursday at 9.10 a.m.



© Parliamentary copyright 2006	Revised 1 November 2006