Clause 19
Welfare Reform Bill
6:45 pm
Anne McGuire (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Disabled People), Department for Work and Pensions; Stirling, Labour)
I hope that we do not need to spend too much time on the amendments. They ensure that the description of the contributory employment and support allowance in the clause, which deals with the relationship between ESA and statutory payments made by employers, is consistent with the description in the rest of the Bill so that we avoid any possible confusion. They tidy up the drafting, and I hope that the Committee will accept them in that spirit.