Session 2010 - 11
Internet Publications
Other Bills before Parliament

45

House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Thursday 31 March 2011

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s):

Welfare Reform Bill Committee 36-44

Public Bill Committee

---

Welfare Reform Bill

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

49

Clause  24,  page  11,  line  21,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

When imposing requirements under this Part, the Secretary of State must provide

the claimant with a written statement detailing how the requirement is intended

to assist the claimant in securing employment.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

50

Clause  24,  page  11,  line  44,  at end insert—

‘(7)	Regulations must make provision to secure that in prescribed circumstances

where a claimant has been volunteering, the Secretary of State must not impose

prescribed requirements under this Part.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

51

Clause  24,  page  11,  line  44,  at end insert—

‘(8)	Regulations must make provision to secure that in prescribed circumstances

where a claimant has been in education, the Secretary of State must not impose

prescribed requirements under this Part.’.

Notices of Amendments: 31 March 2011

46

Welfare Reform Bill, continued

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

52

Clause  24,  page  11,  line  44,  at end insert—

‘(9)	Regulations must make provision to secure that in prescribed circumstances

where a claimant has caring responsibilities for children under the age of 16, the

Secretary of State must not impose requirements under this Part which would

significantly interfere with the claimant’s ability to discharge those

responsibilities. No regulations in this Part shall supersede the provisions set out

in The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Lone Parents) (Availability for Work)

Regulations 2010 or The Social Security (Lone Parents and Miscellaneous

Amendments) Regulations 2008, Clause 11.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

53

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

‘(2)	With respect to claimants who have disabilities, the Secretary of State shall not

impose any sanctions without first consulting a Disability Employment Adviser.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

54

Clause  27,  page  13,  line  12,  at end insert—

‘(2)	With respect to claimants who have disabilities, the Secretary of State shall not

impose any sanctions without first consulting a Disability Employment Adviser.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

55

Clause  26,  page  13,  line  8,  at end insert—

‘(9)	Regulations will provide for an appeal mechanism.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

56

Clause  27,  page  14,  line  4,  at end insert—

‘(10)

Regulations will provide for an appeal mechanism.’.

Notices of Amendments: 31 March 2011

47

Welfare Reform Bill, continued

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

57

Schedule  1,  page  102,  line  26,  at end insert—

‘(7)	Regulations made under this paragraph must specify that a particular amount

of income should be disregarded when calculating entitlement to universal

credit, including in the following circumstances—

(a)	where the claimant is disabled;

(b)	where the claimant is a lone parent; and

(c)	where the claimant is the second earner in a couple.

(8)	Where the claimant’s eligibility for an amount of income to be disregarded, in

accordance with subsection (7), is based on two or more sets of circumstances,

the amount specified for each of these sets of circumstances shall be added

together to calculate the total amount to be disregarded.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

58

Schedule  1,  page  102,  leave out lines 18 to 20.

Kate Green

Yvonne Fovargue

59

Clause  22,  page  10,  line  32,  at end add—

‘(4)	The Secretary of State must, except in prescribed circumstances, provide a

claimant with access to personally tailored work-related support.

(5)	Regulations are to specify, or provide for, minimum standards for provision of

personally tailored work-related support.’.

Yvonne Fovargue

60

Clause  14,  page  6,  line  24,  after ‘State’, insert ‘in conjunction with the claimant’.

Yvonne Fovargue

61

Clause  14,  page  6,  line  25,  at end insert ‘or at the request of the claimant’.

Kate Green

Yvonne Fovargue

62

Clause  25,  page  12,  line  4,  leave out ‘complied with or not complied’ and insert

‘engaged with or not engaged’.

Kate Green

Yvonne Fovargue

63

Clause  25,  page  12,  line  6,  leave out ‘specified by’ and insert ‘agreed with’.

Notices of Amendments: 31 March 2011

48

Welfare Reform Bill, continued

Kate Green

64

Clause  14,  page  6,  line  24,  leave out from ‘State’ to end of line 25 and insert ‘in

consultation with the claimant and may be reviewed and updated by the Secretary of State

on a change of circumstances or on a request by the claimant for it to be revised.’.

Kate Green

65

Clause  14,  page  6,  leave out line 26 and insert—

‘(3)	A claimant commitment will be in a form prescribed by the Secretary of State.

(3A)	Regulations made for the purposes of subsection (3) make provision for a

claimant to appeal the content of a commitment where—

(a)	the claimant could not be reasonably expected to comply with the

requirements of the commitment,

(b)	complying with the commitment could not be reasonably expected to

make it more likely that the claimants would obtain or remain in work.’.

Kate Green

66

Clause  14,  page  6,  line  36,  at end insert—

‘(6)	A claimant who appeals the contents of a claimant commitment under the

provisions of subsection (3A) shall be deemed to have complied with the

commitment pending a decision on the appeal.’.

Kate Green

Yvonne Fovargue

67

Clause  19,  page  9,  line  15,  leave out ‘under the age of one’ and insert ‘under such

age as may be prescribed’.

Kate Green

Yvonne Fovargue

68

Clause  13,  page  6,  line  20,  at end insert—

‘(4)	A decision by the Secretary of State as to which of the work-related groups the

claimant falls into is a decision of the Secretary of State as to which of the work-

related groups the claimant falls into is a decision of the Secretary of State for the

purposes of the Social Security Act 1998, in particular sections 8, 9, 10 and 12 of

that Act.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

69

Clause  16,  page  7,  line  29,  leave out subsection (4) to (6).

Notices of Amendments: 31 March 2011

49

Welfare Reform Bill, continued

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

70

Clause  16,  page  7,  leave out line 26.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

71

Clause  16,  page  7,  leave out line 28.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

72

Clause  17,  page  8,  leave out line 22.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

73

Clause  17,  page  8,  line  29,  after ‘locations’, insert ‘, which shall include

consideration of the length and expense of the claimant’s travel’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

74

Clause  18,  page  9,  line  1,  after ‘locations’, insert ‘, which shall include

consideration of the length and expense of the claimant’s travel’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

75

Clause  26,  page  12,  line  29,  leave out subsection (4).

Notices of Amendments: 31 March 2011

50

Welfare Reform Bill, continued

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

76

Clause  26,  page  12,  line  41,  leave out ‘three years’ and insert ‘one year’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

77

Clause  27,  page  13,  line  25,  leave out ‘26’ and insert ‘13’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

78

Clause  28,  page  14,  leave out line 20.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

79

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

‘(1A)

Any reduction under this section must affect only the standard allowance

component of an award of universal credit.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

80

Clause  26,  page  13,  line  8,  at end insert—

‘(9)	Where a claimant is sanctioned under this section, the claimant must be provided

with a written explanation of the terms of the reduction, the reasons the reduction

has been made and the claimant’s right to appeal.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

81

Clause  26,  page  13,  line  8,  at end insert—

‘(10)

Regulations must provide for the lifting or termination of sanctions if the claimant

enters employment.’.

Notices of Amendments: 31 March 2011

51

Welfare Reform Bill, continued

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

82

Clause  27,  page  13,  line  12,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

Any reduction under this Clause must affect only the standard allowance

component of an award of universal credit.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

83

Clause  27,  page  14,  line  4,  at end insert—

‘(10)

Where a claimant is sanctioned under this section, the claimant must be provided

with a written explanation of the terms of the reduction, the reasons the reduction

has been made and the claimant’s right to appeal.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

84

Clause  27,  page  14,  line  4,  at end insert—

‘(11)

Regulations must provide for the lifting or termination of sanctions if the claimant

enters employment.’.

© Parliamentary copyright	Revised 1 April 2011