Clause 8
Welfare Reform Bill
11:30 am
Jim Murphy (Minister of State (Work), Department for Work and Pensions; East Renfrewshire, Labour)
On the point made by the hon. Member for Bury St. Edmunds, the issue is to continue that conversation to find out the most appropriate way to support people with mental health experience. I am happy to have that conversation with him and others.
On the specific point made by the hon. Member for Daventry, through the PCA and the revised PCA a medical health practitioner would carry out the assessments, so technically they would sign off the assessment. It is important to put that on the record. However, they would not make the decision. They would make the assessment, but the decision maker would make the decision. Hopefully that reassures the hon. Gentleman that a medical professional would be involved in the assessment.