Public Bill Committees
Welfare Reform Bill

• Welfare Reform Bill, 1st sitting (58 speeches)
  [Mr. David Amess in the Chair]
• Welfare Reform Bill, 2nd sitting (78 speeches, 1 annotation)
  [Mr. David Amess in the Chair] WR 01 Age Concern and Help the Aged WR 02 Barnardo’s
• Welfare Reform Bill, 3rd sitting (62 speeches)
  [Mr. Jim Hood in the Chair] WR 03 Families Need Fathers, Resolution, The Centre for Separated Families, Jewish Unity for Multiple Parenting, Mothers Apart from their Children
• Welfare Reform Bill, 4th sitting (0 speeches)
  (Morning)
  • Clause 1 (37 speeches)
    Schemes for assisting persons to obtain employment: “work for your benefit” schemes etc.
  • Clause 2 (39 speeches)
    Work-related activity: income suport claimants and partners of claimants
• Welfare Reform Bill, 5th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Jim Hood in the Chair]
  • Clause 2 (41 speeches)
    Work-related activity: income support claimants and partners of claimants
  • Clause 3 (0 speeches)
    Entitlement to jobseeker’s allowance without seeking employment etc
  • Clause 7 (5 speeches)
    Abolition of income support
  • Clause 9 (24 speeches)
    Claimants dependent on drugs etc.
  • Schedule 3 (6 speeches)
    Claimants dependent on Drugs etc.
  • Clause 10 (3 speeches)
    Conditions for contributory jobseeker’s allowance
  • Clause 12 (4 speeches)
    Maternity allowance and carer’s allowance
  • Clause 13 (15 speeches)
    External provider social loans
  • Clause 14 (2 speeches)
    Power to restrict availability of social fund loans
  • Clause 16 (2 speeches)
    Community care grants relating to specified goods or services
• , 6th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. David Amess in the Chair]
  • Clause 19 (18 speeches)
    Loss of Benefit Provisions
  • Schedule 4 (0 speeches)
    Loss of benefit provisions: further amendments
  • Clause 21 (10 speeches)
    State pension credit: pilot schemes
  • Clause 23 (3 speeches, 3 annotations)
    Contracting out functions under Jobseekers Act 1995
  • Clause 28 (9 speeches, 3 annotations)
    Purpose of Part
  • Clause 29 (4 speeches)
    Relevant services
• , 7th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. David Amess in the Chair]
  • Clause 29 (12 speeches)
    Relevant services
  • Clause 31 (18 speeches)
    Power to make provision enabling exercise of greater choice and control
  • Clause 32 (18 speeches)
    Provision that may be made about direct payments
  • Clause 34 (8 speeches)
    Pilot schemes
  • Clause 35 (3 speeches)
    The appropriate authority by which regulations under section 31 are made
• Welfare Reform Bill, 8th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Jim Hood in the Chair]
  • Clause 40 (17 speeches)
    Disqualification for holding etc. driving licence or travel authorisation
  • Clause 43 (3 speeches)
    Child support maintenance: offences relating to information
  • Schedule 6 (34 speeches)
    Registration of births
  • Clause 45 (3 speeches)
    Consequential amendments of subordinate legislation
  • New Clause 1 (8 speeches)
    Ambit of appeals under section 20 of the 1991 Act ‘(1) Section 20 of the Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48) (appeals to appeal tribunals) is amended as follows. (2) Subsection 7(b) (appeal...
  • New Clause 2 (11 speeches)
    Disability living allowance: mobility component ‘(1) Section 73 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) (the mobility component) is amended as follows. (2) In...
  • New Clause 6 (10 speeches)
    Minimum income level for persons subject to sanctions ‘Regulations made by the Secretary of State shall set minimum income figures per week which no individual or family in receipt of...
  • New Clause 9 (3 speeches)
    Grandparents national insurance credit ‘(1) The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) is amended as follows. (2) In section 23A(3)(c) (Contributions credits for relevant...
• Welfare Reform Bill, 9th sitting (0 speeches)
  (Afternoon)
  • None (1 speech)
    At the end of the morning, when I was only with you in spirit, we had reached new clause 9, and Mr. Robertson was in the process of moving his new clause.
  • New Clause 9 (3 speeches)
    Grandparents national insurance credit ‘(1) The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) is amended as follows. (2) In section 23A(3)(c) (Contributions credits for relevant...
  • New Clause 11 (7 speeches)
    Claimants’ Charter and Employment Services Ombudsman ‘(1) Regulations under this section shall make provision for the extension of the powers of the Parliamentary and Health Services...
  • New Clause 13 (8 speeches)
    Passporting of Jobseeker’s Allowance ‘(1) The Jobseekers Act 1995 (c.18) is amended as follows. (2) After section 27 insert— “27A Passporting of Jobseeker’s Allowance (1)...