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House of Commons

Thursday 12 May 2011

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Welfare Reform Bill

[nineteenth and twentieth sittings]

Clause 84 Agreed to.

Clause 85 Agreed to.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

Withdrawn  227

Clause  86,  page  59,  line  33,  at end insert ‘at least every two years for at least six

years after that section comes into force’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

Not called  228

Clause  86,  page  59,  line  34,  leave out ‘3’ and insert ‘2’.

Clause 86 Agreed to.

Kate Green

Withdrawn  198

Clause  87,  page  60,  line  4,  at end add ‘for over 16’s’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 88 Agreed to.

Schedule 9 Agreed to.

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Welfare Reform Bill, continued

Clause 89 Agreed to.

Clause 90 Agreed to.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

Withdrawn  231

Schedule  10,  page  138,  line  36,  at end insert—

‘(3)
The Secretary of State shall not transfer any existing recipients of disability living

allowance to personal independence payment, including under sub-paragraph (1),

until he has—

(a)
published a report about the operation of the personal independence

payment application and assessment process for new claimants; and

(b)
conducted and responded to a consultation about the process that will be

used to transfer existing disability living allowance recipients to personal

independence payment.’.

Schedule Agreed to.

Chris Grayling

Maria Miller

Agreed to  94

Clause  91,  page  61,  line  7,  leave out ‘under this Part’ and insert ‘made under this

Part by the Secretary of State’

Kate Green

Withdrawn  186

Clause  91,  page  61,  line  12,  leave out ‘assessment of’ and insert ‘all aspects of

Personal Independence Payments for’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

Negatived on division  229

Clause  91,  page  61,  line  12,  at end insert—

‘(c)
regulations under section 83,’.

Kate Green

Withdrawn  187

Clause  91,  page  61,  line  13,  after ‘unless’, insert ‘a public consultation has taken

place and’.

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Welfare Reform Bill, continued

Kate Green

Not selected  188

Clause  91,  page  61,  line  14,  leave out ‘a’ and insert ‘an affirmative’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

Not selected  230

Clause  91,  page  61,  line  14,  leave out ‘a resolution’ and insert ‘an affirmative

resolution’.

Kate Green

Not called  185

Clause  91,  page  61,  line  14,  at end insert—

‘(6A)
Regulations under this Part must outline how the Government will ensure a

smooth transition from Disability Living Allowance to Personal Independence

Payments for disabled young people when they turn 16.’.

Chris Grayling

Maria Miller

Agreed to  95

Clause  91,  page  61,  line  15,  leave out subsection (7)

Chris Grayling

Maria Miller

Agreed to  96

Clause  91,  page  61,  line  25,  at end insert—

‘( )
Regulations made by the Scottish Ministers under section 89 are subject to—

(a)
the affirmative procedure, if they contain provision amending or

repealing primary legislation (within the meaning of that section), and

(b)
the negative procedure, in any other case.’

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 92 Agreed to.

[Adjourned until Tuesday 17 May at 10.30 am



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