Public Bill Committees
Welfare Reform Bill

• Welfare Reform Bill, 1st sitting (10 speeches)
  [Mr. David Amessin the Chair]
  • Clause 1 (94 speeches)
    Employment and support allowance
• Welfare Reform Bill, 2nd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Jimmy Hoodin the Chair]
  • Clause 1 (7 speeches)
    Employment and support allowance
  • Schedule 1 (23 speeches)
    Employment and support allowance: additional conditions
  • Clause 2 (84 speeches)
    Amount of contributory allowance
  • Clause 3 (9 speeches)
    Deductions from contributory allowance: supplementary
• Welfare Reform Bill, 3rd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Jimmy Hoodin the Chair]
  • Clause 3 (8 speeches)
    Deductions from contributory allowance: supplementary
  • Clause 4 (15 speeches)
    Amount of income-related allowance
  • Clause 5 (3 speeches)
    Advance award of income-related allowance
  • Clause 6 (2 speeches)
    Amount payable where claimant entitled to both forms of allowance
  • Clause 7 (2 speeches)
    Exclusion of payments below prescribed minimum
  • Clause 8 (29 speeches)
    Limited capability for work
• Welfare Reform Bill, 4th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. David Amessin the Chair]
  • Clause 8 (117 speeches)
    Limited capability for work
• Welfare Reform Bill, 5th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. David Amess in the Chair]
  • Clause 8 (51 speeches, 9 annotations)
    Limited capability for work
  • Clause 9 (36 speeches)
    Limited capability for work-related activity
• Welfare Reform Bill, 6th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. David Amess in the Chair]
  • Clause 9 (72 speeches)
    Limited capability for work-related activity
  • Clause 10 (78 speeches)
    Work-focused health-related assessments
• Welfare Reform Bill, 7th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. David Amessin the Chair]
  • Clause 10 (33 speeches)
    Work-focused health-related assessments
  • Clause 11 (14 speeches)
    Work-focused interviews
• Welfare Reform Bill, 8th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. David Amess in the Chair]
  • Clause 11 (6 speeches)
    Work-focused interviews
  • Clause 12 (79 speeches)
    Work-related activity
  • Clause 13 (16 speeches)
    Action plans in connection with work-focused interviews
• Welfare Reform Bill, 9th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. David Amess in the Chair]
  • Clause 14 (16 speeches)
    Directions about work-related activity
  • Clause 15 (78 speeches)
    Contracting out
• Welfare Reform Bill, 10th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Jimmy Hoodin the Chair]
  • Clause 15 (19 speeches)
    Contracting out
  • Clause 16 (36 speeches)
    Income and capital: general
  • Clause 17 (20 speeches)
    Disqualification
  • Clause 18 (24 speeches)
    Pilot schemes
  • Clause 19 (18 speeches)
    Relationship with statutory payments
  • Clause 21 (14 speeches)
    Interpretation of Part 1
  • Clause 22 (11 speeches)
    Regulations
  • Clause 23 (3 speeches)
    Parliamentary control
  • Schedule 3 (4 speeches)
    Consequential amendments relating to Part 1
  • Schedule 4 (12 speeches)
    Transition relating to Part 1
  • New Clause 1 (0 speeches)
    Recovery of sums in respect of maintenance ‘(1) Regulations may make provision for the court to have power to make a recovery order against any person where an award of income-related...
  • New Clause 2 (0 speeches)
    Deemed entitlement for other purposes ‘Regulations may provide for a person who would be entitled to an employment and support allowance but for the operation of any provision of, or made...
  • New Clause 6 (3 speeches)
    Interviews and assessments ‘It shall be a duty of the Secretary of State to ensure that in respect of interviews and assessments conducted in accordance with Part 1 of this Act (a)...
  • New Clause 12 (0 speeches)
    Duty to report on impact of Part I on older people and others ‘(1) The Secretary of State shall annually lay before Parliament a report on the effects of Part One of this Act on recipients...
  • New Clause 13 (0 speeches)
    Earnings disregard level ‘(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...
  • New Clause 14 (9 speeches)
    Part-time work and employment and support allowance ‘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...
  • Clause 27 (3 speeches)
    Local housing allowance
• Welfare Reform Bill, 11th sitting (1 speech)
  [Mr. Jimmy Hoodin the Chair]
  • Clause 27 (55 speeches)
    Local Housing Allowance
• Welfare Reform Bill, 12th sitting (6 speeches)
  [Mr. David Amessin the Chair]
  • Clause 27 (53 speeches)
    Local housing allowance
  • Clause 28 (52 speeches)
    Loss of housing benefit following eviction for anti-social behaviour, etc.
  • Clause 29 (3 speeches)
    Housing benefit and council tax benefit for persons taking up employment
  • Clause 33 (9 speeches)
    Supply of information by rent officers