Clause 6

Welfare Reform Bill

Public Bill Committees, 19 October 2006, 9:45 am

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Amount payable where claimant entitled to both forms of allowance

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Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

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Tim Boswell (Shadow Minister, Work & Pensions; Daventry, Conservative)

I shall be even briefer. The provision is entirely sensible. I have looked at the explanatory notes and the helpful graphs, and my feeble mind concludes that the Government intend—I hope—to give people the best outcome from the income-related and contribution-related allowances. The better sum will come out on top, and if necessary, one will be made up to the other, as the graphs indicate. If the Under-Secretary will confirm that conclusion, we need detain the Committee no longer.

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Anne McGuire (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Disabled People), Department for Work and Pensions; Stirling, Labour)

I am happy to confirm that.

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Question put and agreed to.

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Clause 6 ordered to stand part of the Bill.

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