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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 29 March 2011

 

Public Bill Committee

 

New Amendments handed in are marked thus Parliamentary Star

 

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Welfare Reform Bill


 

Note

 

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the

 

Committee [22 March].

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

4

 

Clause  4,  page  2,  line  15,  leave out ‘18’ and insert ‘16’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

5

 

Clause  4,  page  2,  line  24,  leave out ‘prescribed cases’ and insert ‘claimants who

 

come within section 22’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

6

 

Clause  4,  page  2,  line  37,  at end insert—


 
 

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‘(c)    

specify circumstances in which certain groups, which shall include

 

parents, young people and disabled students, are treated as not receiving

 

education.’.

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

7

 

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  4,  after ‘it’, insert ‘excluding amounts in an Individual

 

Savings Account or other prescribed saving account where the claimant is in work’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

8

 

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  10,  after ‘it’, insert ‘excluding amounts in an Individual

 

Savings Account or other prescribed saving account where one of the claimants is in

 

work’.

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

9

 

Clause  6,  page  3,  leave out lines 21 and 22.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

10

 

Clause  6,  page  3,  line  23,  leave out ‘or (c)’.

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

11

 

Clause  7,  page  3,  leave out lines 32 to 35 and insert—


 
 

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‘(3A)    

Regulations shall make provision for universal credit to be payable in respect of

 

a period shorter than an assessment period at a pro rata amount, including at a

 

frequency of twice per month.’.

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

16

 

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  10,  at beginning insert ‘for employees’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

12

 

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  12,  after ‘percentage’, insert ‘not exceeding 60 per cent.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

17

 

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  12,  leave out ‘and’ and insert ‘or for self-employed people an

 

amount in respect of earned income calculated in the prescribed manner (which may

 

include multiplying some or all earned income by a prescribed percentage), and’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

14

 

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

‘(aa)    

an amount in respect of prescribed unearned income calculated as in

 

subsection 3(a).’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

15

 

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  13,  after ‘of’, insert ‘other’.

 


 

Kate Green

 

3

 

Clause  9,  page  4,  line  25,  at end insert ‘such regulations will make reference to an

 

independently determined Minimum Income Standard.’.


 
 

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Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

18

 

Clause  9,  page  4,  line  25,  at end insert ‘and arrangements for its annual uprating.’.

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

21

 

Clause  10,  page  4,  line  30,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

22

 

Clause  10,  page  4,  line  31,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

Regulations shall make provision for the inclusion of an additional amount if such

 

a child or qualifying young person is severely disabled, in addition to the amount

 

referred to in subsection (2).’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

19

 

Clause  10,  page  4,  line  33,  at end insert ‘and arrangements for their annual

 

uprating.’.

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Margaret Curran

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

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Clause  11,  page  5,  line  4,  after ‘home’, insert ‘, including mortgage interest

 

payments’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

23

 

Clause  11,  page  5,  line  4,  at end insert ‘, and the taxation paid in relation to it’.


 
 

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Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

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Parliamentary Star    

Clause  11,  page  5,  line  23,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

Regulations under subsection (4) shall provide that determinations of housing

 

costs for the purpose of this section shall have regard to—

 

(a)    

rents and occupation charges within the locality in which the relevant

 

property is situated; and

 

(b)    

the nature of the tenancy or occupation contract under which the liability

 

arises, including any statutory protection of the letting in question.

 

(4B)    

For the purposes of subsection (4A), the “locality” means such area as may be

 

defined in accordance with the regulations.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

24

 

Clause  11,  page  5,  line  29,  at end add—

 

‘(6)    

Before implementing the regulations in subsections (3), (4) and (5), the Secretary

 

of State shall publish a report on his method for uprating awards for housing

 

costs, covering the effect of differences between actual rent and the amount on

 

which the award is based.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

25

 

Clause  11,  page  5,  line  29,  at end add—

 

‘(c)    

provide for payments made under this Clause to be paid direct to a

 

landlord.’.

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

26

 

Clause  12,  page  5,  line  32,  leave out ‘such’ and insert ‘childcare costs in prescribed

 

circumstances (up to a maximum of not less than 80 per cent. of the prescribed allowable

 

amount) and such other.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

27

 

Clause  12,  page  5,  line  33,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.


 
 

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Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

28

 

Clause  12,  page  5,  line  38,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

the fact that a claimant has children in receipt of school meals.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

29

 

Clause  12,  page  5,  line  38,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

the fact that a claimant is a severely disabled person.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

20

 

Clause  12,  page  5,  line  40,  at end insert ‘and arrangements for its annual uprating.’.

 


 

Anas Sarwar

 

43

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  13,  page  6,  line  8,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

The Secretary of State shall, when imposing work-related requirements with

 

which claimants must comply, ensure that claimants have the necessary type and

 

level of personalised support, and access to localised support, to enable them to

 

obtain employment, or to undertake work or work related activity.’.

 


 

Kate Green

 

1

 

Clause  14,  page  6,  line  23,  at end insert ‘and a statement of the responsibilities of

 

the Secretary of State with regards to that claimant.’.

 

Kate Green

 

2

 

Clause  14,  page  6,  leave out lines 32 and 33 and insert—

 

‘(c)    

a statement of the responsibilities of the Secretary of State with regard to

 

that claimant,

 

(d)    

details of how the claimant may appeal the contents of the claimant

 

commitment,


 
 

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(e)    

any other information the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to

 

include.’.

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

30

 

Clause  18,  page  8,  line  37,  leave out ‘(or more paid work or better-paid work)’.

 

Anas Sarwar

 

38

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  18,  page  9,  line  3,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

the Claimant having guaranteed and predictable access to high quality,

 

flexible and affordable child care acceptable to the parent and child or

 

children.’.

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Margaret Curran

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

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Parliamentary Star    

Clause  19,  page  9,  line  16,  at end insert ‘, which shall include that the claimant is

 

either receiving, recovering from, or expected within 6 months to receive treatment with

 

chemotherapy or radiotherapy’.

 

George Hollingbery

 

32

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  19,  page  9,  line  16,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

the claimant is receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy, is recovering

 

from that treatment or is likely to receive such treatment within 6

 

months.’.

 


 

Anas Sarwar

 

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Parliamentary Star    

Clause  26,  page  12,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

The Secretary of State shall, before exercising their powers under subsection (1)

 

above, advise the Claimant of their right of appeal in relation to any decision to

 

impose a sanction under section 26 or section 27.’.

 

Anas Sarwar

 

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Clause  26,  page  12,  line  12,  at end insert—


 
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