Clause 29
Welfare Reform Bill
4:30 pm
Jim Murphy (Minister of State (Work), Department for Work and Pensions; East Renfrewshire, Labour)
I beg to move amendment No. 67, in page 26, line 11, at end insert—
‘( ) For the purposes of subsection (1) a person must be treated as entitled to housing benefit or council tax benefit by virtue of the general conditions of entitlement if—
(a) he is not so entitled to that benefit at the time he or his partner ceases to be entitled to the prescribed benefit as mentioned in subsection (1)(b), and
(b) his entitlement to housing benefit or council tax benefit (as the case may be) ceased during the prescribed period before that time.’.
I am delighted formally and belatedly to welcome you to the Chair, Mr. Amess, this early evening in London.