Clause 1
Welfare Reform Bill
Public Bill Committees, 24 February 2009, 10:30 am
Jimmy Hood (Lanark & Hamilton East, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: amendment 65, in clause 1, page 1, line 12, after ‘circumstances’, insert
‘, and where claimants have guaranteed and predictable access to good quality, affordable and flexible childcare which meets the needs of the parents and the child or children in the claimants’ household,’.
Amendment 62, in clause 3, page 10, line 17, at end insert—
‘(8) The prescribed description of person under subsection (4)(c) above shall include any person with dependent children who has claimed benefit in the previous 12 months following an incident of domestic violence provided that the claimant is able to produce such evidence as may be required by the Secretary of State to establish that the relationship was caused to permanently break down before the end of that period as a result of domestic violence, as under United Kingdom Immigration Rule 289A.’.