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Public Bill Committee: 10 February 2009                  

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Welfare Reform Bill, continued

 
 

Mr James Clappison

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Mr John Baron

 

27

 

Clause  31,  page  38,  line  23,  leave out ‘in prescribed circumstances’.

 


 

Mr James Clappison

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Mr John Baron

 

28

 

Clause  32,  page  39,  line  44,  leave out subsection (3).

 

Mr James Clappison

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Mr John Baron

 

29

 

Clause  32,  page  39,  line  48,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

Direct payments legislation must include a prescription for any providing

 

authority to take account of potential long term and multi-agency savings when

 

considering what represents an “unreasonable financial burden” under subsection

 

(3).’.

 


 

Mr James Clappison

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Mr John Baron

 

30

 

Clause  34,  page  41,  line  15,  leave out paragraph (c).

 

Mr James Clappison

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Mr John Baron

 

31

 

Clause  34,  page  41,  line  20,  leave out subsection (6).

 


 

Mr James Clappison

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Mr John Baron

 

32

 

Clause  35,  page  41,  line  37,  leave out subsection (3).

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 10 February 2009                  

35

 

Welfare Reform Bill, continued

 
 

Mr James Clappison

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Mr John Baron

 

33

 

Clause  40,  page  43,  line  39,  leave out subsection (7).

 

Mr James Clappison

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Mr John Baron

 

34

 

Clause  40,  page  44,  line  10,  leave out paragraph (b).

 

Mr James Clappison

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Mr John Baron

 

35

 

Clause  40,  page  47,  line  1,  leave out subsection (3).

 


 

Mr James Clappison

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Mr John Baron

 

36

 

Schedule  6,  page  91,  line  42,  leave out paragraph (d).

 

Mr James Clappison

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Mr John Baron

 

37

 

Schedule  6,  page  91,  line  46,  leave out ‘reason’ and insert ‘reasonable grounds’.

 

Mr James Clappison

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Mr John Baron

 

38

 

Schedule  6,  page  94,  line  19,  leave out subsection (3).

 


 

New ClauseS

 

Ambit of appeals under section 20 of the 1991 Act

 

Mr James Clappison

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Mr John Baron

 

NC1

 

To move the following Clause:—


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 10 February 2009                  

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Welfare Reform Bill, continued

 
 

‘(1)    

Section 20 of the Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48) (appeals to appeal tribunals) is

 

amended as follows.

 

(2)    

Subsection 7(b) (appeal tribunals not to take into account any circumstances not

 

obtaining at the time when the Secretary of State made the decision or imposed

 

the requirement) is omitted.’.

 


 

Disability living allowance: mobility component

 

John Robertson

 

NC2

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Section 73 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) (the

 

mobility component) is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In subsection (1), after paragraph (b) insert—

 

“(ba)    

he falls within subsection (2A); or”.

 

(3)    

In subsection (1A)(a), after “(b)”, insert “, (ba)”.

 

(4)    

After subsection (2), insert—

 

“(2A)    

A person falls within this subsection if—

 

(a)    

he is blind; and

 

(b)    

he satisfies such other conditions as may be prescribed.”.

 

(5)    

In subsection (5), after “(2)(a)”, insert “or subsection (2A)(a)”.

 

(6)    

In subsection (11)(a), after “(b)”, insert “, (ba)”.’.

 

 

Order of the House [27 January 2009]

 

That the following provisions shall apply to the Welfare Reform Bill:

 

Committal

 

1.    

The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

 

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

 

2.    

Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

 

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 3 March 2009.

 

3.    

The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

 

which it meets.

 

Consideration and Third Reading

 

4.    

Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

 

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

 

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

 

5.    

Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

 

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

 

6.    

Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

 

proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.


 
 

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Welfare Reform Bill, continued

 
 

Other proceedings

 

7.    

Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

 

consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

 

Lords) may be programmed.

 


 
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