Clause 12
Welfare Reform Bill
1:45 pm
Tim Boswell (Shadow Minister, Work & Pensions; Daventry, Conservative)
I am grateful that the Minister is helping to advance our knowledge of this matter. Can he confirm that the work-related activity to which he referred, even if it is not specified that “thou shalt do x or y”, would nevertheless have to be agreed as part of the action plan? There would have to be an understanding by Jobcentre Plus or the contractor that an activity was regarded as appropriate. We will come to that when we debate a later clause. However, it is not an unconditional licence to do something just because the claimant would like to do it.