New Clause 10
Welfare Reform Bill
12:15 pm
Anne McGuire (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Disabled People), Department for Work and Pensions; Stirling, Labour)
That is the exact position, and weare looking to alleviate it. As the hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey says, there are circumstances in which people have difficulties. I know that the local Jobcentre Plus office in his constituency has had problems because the delay in processing community care grants is causing a delay for people in the position that he highlights.
We feel that the measure goes wide enough and that any further widening would be a matter for regulation rather than for primary legislation. Therefore, the issues under discussion are matters for regulation and not for the Bill.