Public Bill Committees
Welfare Reform Bill
- Welfare Reform Bill, 1st sitting (88 speeches, 1 annotation)
[Mr James Gray in the Chair]
- Welfare Reform Bill, 2nd sitting (89 speeches)
[Mr James Gray in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House WR 14 Low Incomes Tax Reform Group WR 15 Macmillan Cancer Support
- Welfare Reform Bill, 3rd sitting (56 speeches)
[Mr Mike Weir in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House WR 20 Low Incomes Tax Reform Group WR 21 Scope WR 22 Rhydian Fôn James WR 23 National Autistic Society WR 24 Mayor of...
- Welfare Reform Bill, 4th sitting (195 speeches, 1 annotation)
[Mr Mike Weir in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House WR 26 Shelter WR 28 Women’s Budget Group
- Welfare Reform Bill, 5th sitting (2 speeches)
[Mr James Gray in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House WR 31 National Landlords Association WR 32 Age UK WR 33 Every Disabled Child Matters
- Clause 1 (47 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Clause 2 (4 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Clause 3 (1 speech)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Clause 4 (19 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 4, in clause 4, page 2, line 15, lea ve out ‘18’ and insert ‘16’.
- Clause 5 (60 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 7, in clause 5, page 3, line 4, afte r ‘it’, insert— “excluding amounts in an Individual Savings Account or other...
- Welfare Reform Bill, 6th sitting (76 speeches)
[Mr James Gray in the Chair]
- Clause 6 (11 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 9, in clause 6, page 3, leave out lines 21 and 22.
- Clause 7 (21 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 11, in clause 7, page 3, leave out lines 32 to 35 and insert— ‘(3A) Regulations shall make provision for universal credit to be payable in...
- Clause 8 (42 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 16, in clause 8, page 4, line 10, at beginning insert ‘for employees’.
- Welfare Reform Bill, 7th sitting (1 speech)
[Mr Mike Weir in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House WR 34 Residents at St Bridget’s Home WR 35 Daycare Trust WR 36 Association of British Insurers WR 37 Kinship Care...
- Clause 9 (80 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 3, in clause 9, page 4, line 25, at end insert ‘such regulations will make reference to an independently determined Minimum Income...
- Clause 10 (5 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 21, in clause 10, page 4, line 30, le ave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.
- Welfare Reform Bill, 8th sitting (0 speeches)
[Mr Mike Weir in the Chair]
- Clause 10 (41 speeches)
Amendment moved (this day): 21, in clause 10, page 4, line 30, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.—(Margaret Curran.)
- Clause 11 (125 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 35, in clause 11, page 5, line 4, aft er ‘home’, insert ‘, including mortgage interest payments’.
- Welfare Reform Bill, 9th sitting (5 speeches)
[Mr James Gray in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House WR 34 Craig Clark WR 41 John Stockley
- Clause 11 (14 speeches, 1 annotation)
I beg to move amendment 25, in clause 11, page 5, line 29, at end add— ‘(c) provide for payments made under this Clause to be paid direct to a landlord.’. It is a pleasure to...
- Clause 12 (44 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 26, in clause 12, page 5, line 32, le ave out ‘such’ and insert ‘childcare costs in prescribed circumstances (up to a...
- Clause 13 (24 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 43, in clause 13, page 6, line 8, at end insert— ‘(1A) The Secretary of State shall, when imposing work-related requirements with...
- Clause 14 (10 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 1, in clause 14, page 6, line 23, at end insert ‘and a statement of the responsibilities of the Secretary of State with regards to...
- Welfare Reform Bill, 10th sitting (0 speeches)
[Mr James Gray in the Chair]
- Clause 14 (21 speeches)
Amendment proposed (this day): 1, in clause 14, page 6, line 23, at end insert ‘and a statement of the responsibilities of the Secretary of State with regards to that...
- Clause 15 (18 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Clause 16 (10 speeches)
I rise to speak to amendment 71.
- Clause 17 (7 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 73, in clause 17, page 8, line 29, af ter ‘locations’, insert ‘, which shall include consideration of the length and...
- Clause 18 (17 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 30, in clause 18, page 8, line 37, le ave out ‘(or more paid work or better-paid work)’. Amendment 30 deals with the new in-work...
- Clause 19 (26 speeches)
Claimants subject to no work-related requirements
- Clause 24 (16 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 49, in clause 24, page 11, line 21, a t end insert— ‘(1A) When imposing requirements under this Part, the Secretary of State must...
- Clause 25 (5 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 62, in clause 25, page 12, line 4, le ave out ‘complied with or not complied’ and insert ‘engaged with or not engaged’.
- Clause 26 (6 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 39, in clause 26, page 12, line 12, a t end insert— ‘(1A) The Secretary of State shall, before exercising their powers under...
- Welfare Reform Bill, 11th sitting (2 speeches)
[Mr James Gray in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House WR 42 Carers UK WR 43 The Riverside Group Ltd WR 44 Oxfam GB WR 45 Turning Point WR 46 CLIC Sargent WR 47 Irene Carey WR...
- Clause 26 (121 speeches, 1 annotation)
Amendment proposed (5 April): 39, in clause 26, page 12, line 12, at end insert— ‘(1A) The Secretary of State shall, before exercising their powers under...
- Welfare Reform Bill, 12th sitting (0 speeches)
[Mr James Gray in the Chair]
- Clause 26 (31 speeches)
Amendment proposed (this day): 111, in clause 26, page 13, line 8, at end add— ‘(9) Under no circumstances shall the Secretary of State allow any targets to be set...
- Clause 27 (11 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 159, in clause 27, page 13, line 27, l eave out from ‘State’ to end of line 28. The amendment is to subsection (5), which...
- Clause 28 (10 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 78, in clause 28, page 14, leave out line 20.
- Clause 29 (2 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Clause 30 (6 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 48, in clause 30, page 15, line 21, at end insert— ‘(c) piloting shall measure the impact on health outcomes of any regulations under...
- Schedule 1 (33 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 58, page 102, schedule 1, leave out lines 18 to 20. The amendment proposes the removal of the enabling paragraph that allows regulations to specify a minimum...
- Welfare Reform Bill, 13th sitting (0 speeches)
[Mr Mike Weir in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House WR 50 Equality and Human Rights Commission WR 51 Councillor Lucinda Yeadon WR 52 Gráinne McKeever WR 53 Convention of...
- Schedule 1 (22 speeches)
Amendment proposed (26 April): 57, in schedule 1, page 102, line 26, at end insert— ‘(7) Regulations made under this paragraph must specify that a particular...
- Schedule 2 (18 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 116, page 104, line 15, schedule 2, at end insert— ‘6A In section 71, subsection (11), after paragraph (f) add— “(g) universal credit.”.’.
- Clause 33 (4 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 88, in clause 33, page 16, line 13, leave out from ‘in’ to ‘an’ in line 15.
- Clause 34 (7 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Schedule 3 (3 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 97, in schedule 3, page 114, line 12, at end insert— 4A In section 7 (relationship between benefits), in subsection (3), for “subsections...
- Schedule 4 (3 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 87, in schedule 4 page 117, line 20, at end insert ‘or (d) to a child credit;’. I hope that this provides an opportunity for the Minister...
- Schedule 6 (1 speech)
I beg to move amendment 31, in schedule 6, page 121, line 23, at end insert— ‘(4) Before he has fixed the appointed day, the Secretary of State shall publish a...
- Welfare Reform Bill, 14th sitting (0 speeches)
[Mr Mike Weir in the Chair]
- Schedule 6 (86 speeches)
Amendment moved (this day): 31, page 121, line 23 [Schedule 6], at end insert— ‘(4) Before he has fixed the appointed day, the Secretary of State shall publish a...
- Clause 43 (5 speeches)
Amendment made: 90, in clause 43, page 20, line 4, af ter “Part” insert— ‘by the Secretary of State or the Welsh...
- Clause 44 (17 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 44, in clause 44, page 21, line 29, a t end insert— ‘(4A) A claimant shall not be invited to accept a claimant commitment by an...
- Clause 45 (0 speeches)
Amendment made: 93, in clause 45, page 23, line 33, after ‘(1)(a)’ insert ‘and (1A)(a)’—(Chris Grayling.)
- Clause 46 (14 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 85, in clause 46, page 23, line 40, a t end insert— (a) Decision makers employed in Jobcentres and in private jobseeker contractors...
- Clause 49 (3 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 86, in clause 49, page 35, line 16, a t end insert— 6M Lone Parents Nothing within these regulations shall supersede the provision set...
- Welfare Reform Bill, 15th sitting (1 speech)
[Mr James Gray in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House WR 56 Motor Neurone Disease Association WR 57 London Councils
- Clause 50 (3 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Clause 51 (70 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 154, in clause 51, page 35, line 40, l eave out ‘365 days’ and insert ‘a prescribed number of days, which must be at least...
- Clause 57 (6 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 172, in clause 57, page 45, line 28, a t end insert ‘except where that lone parent can demonstrate that they are enrolled in a course...
- Clause 59 (2 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill. Maria Miller rose—
- Clause 60 (1 speech)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Welfare Reform Bill, 16th sitting (0 speeches)
[Mr Mike Weir in the Chair]
- Clause 60 (6 speeches)
Question (this day) again proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Clause 63 (2 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Clause 68 (102 speeches, 1 annotation)
I beg to move amendment 174, in clause 68, page 52, line 19, a t end add— ‘(4) In section 176 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992...
- Clause 69 (64 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 177, in clause 69, page 52, line 38, a t end insert ‘providing that these amounts are ring-fenced for the purpose set out in that...
- Clause 72 (10 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 180, in clause 72, page 53, line 34, a t end add— ‘(2) Regulations shall make provision for the payment of a Sure Start Maternity...
- Clause 73 (1 speech)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Clause 74 (6 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Welfare Reform Bill, 17th sitting (0 speeches)
[Mr James Gray in the Chair]
- Written evidence to be reported to the House (6 speeches)
WR 58 Vincent Greenwood WR 59 Sam Barnett-Cormack WR 60 Rethink Mental Illness WR 61 British Property Federation
- Clause 75 (44 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Clause 76 (19 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 208, in clause 76, page 54, line 33, a fter ‘condition’, insert ‘or communication needs’.
- Clause 77 (3 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 212, in clause 77, page 55, line 39, l eave out from ‘where’ to end of the clause and insert ‘the person is in a coma or...
- Clause 78 (15 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 193, in clause 78, page 56, line 21, a t end insert— ‘(d) must provide for the assessment to be carried out in accordance with...
- Welfare Reform Bill, 18th sitting (0 speeches)
[Mr James Gray in the Chair]
- Clause 78 (93 speeches)
Amendment proposed (this day): 201, in clause 78, page 56, line 29, at end insert— ‘(d) allowing a suitable person, as defined under regulations, to...
- Clause 79 (30 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 220, in clause 79, page 56, line 45, l eave out ‘6’ and insert ‘3’.
- Clause 81 (3 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 224, in clause 81, page 58, line 6, at end insert ‘otherwise than by virtue of an award made before he attains that age.’. Hon....
- Clause 83 (52 speeches)
In a change to the published selection list, I intend to select amendment 247. The reason why I have decided to do so is that, although amendment 247 has not been tabled with the notice that I...
- Welfare Reform Bill, 19th sitting (0 speeches)
[Mr Mike Weir in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House WR 62 British Heart Foundation WR 63 Habinteg Housing Association WR 64 Oasis Charities Parliament WR 65 Capability...
- Clause 86 (31 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 227, in clause 86, page 59, line 33, at end insert ‘at least every two years for at least six years after that section comes into force’.
- Clause 87 (17 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 198, in clause 87, page 60, line 4, at end add ‘for over 16’s’. Good morning, Mr Weir. The amendment relates to the...
- Schedule 10 (2 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 231, in schedule 10, page 138, line 36, at end insert— ‘(3) The Secretary of State shall not transfer any existing recipients of disability...
- Welfare Reform Bill, 20th sitting (0 speeches)
[Mr Mike Weir in the Chair]
- Schedule 10 (2 speeches)
Amendment proposed (this day): 231, in schedule 10, page 138, line 36, at end insert— ‘(3) The Secretary of State shall not transfer any existing recipients of...
- Clause 91 (27 speeches)
Amendment made: 94, in clause 91, page 61, line 7, leave out “under this Part” at insert— “made under this Part by the Secretary of State”—(Maria Miller.)
- Welfare Reform Bill, 21st sitting (0 speeches)
[Mr James Gray in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House WR 67 CARE WR 68 Surrey Welfare Rights Unit WR 69 Camphill Scotland
- Clause 93 (73 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 205, in clause 93, page 61, line 40, a t end insert ‘excepting where they are the parent(s) or principal carer(s) of a child who is the...
- Welfare Reform Bill, 22nd sitting (2 speeches)
[Mr James Gray in the Chair]
- Clause 93 (40 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 233, in clause 93, page 62, line 25, a t end insert— ‘(5A) Regulations under this section must provide for an exemption from the...
- Clause 94 (3 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 248, in clause 94, page 63, line 13, leave out subsection (4) and insert— ‘(4) In section 150 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (annual up-rating...
- Clause 97 (14 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 249, in clause 97, page 64, line 34, a t end insert— ‘(3C) For the purposes of paragraph (3B), elements or sub-elements of the...
- Clause 98 (3 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 250, in clause 98, page 65, line 6, at end insert— ‘(3) Where there is insufficient information to calculate entitlement to the...
- Clause 99 (3 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 251, in clause 99, page 66, line 16, a t end insert— ‘(10) In section 5(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992...
- Clause 101 (8 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Welfare Reform Bill, 23rd sitting (1 speech)
[Mr Mike Weir in the Chair]
- Clause 102 (21 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 254, in clause 102, page 67, leave out lines 22 and 23.
- Clause 104 (4 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Clause 107 (16 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Clause 111 (7 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 257, in clause 111, page 74, line 36, leave out ‘an’ and insert ‘a significant’.
- Welfare Reform Bill, 24th sitting (4 speeches)
[Mr Mike Weir in the Chair]
- Clause 111 (25 speeches)
Amendment proposed (this day): 257, in clause 111, page 74, line 36, leave out ‘an’ and insert ‘a significant’. —(Ms Buck.)
- Clause 115 (3 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 284, in clause 115, page 80, line 48, leave out ‘5 April 2012’ and insert ‘the day specified by order made by the...
- Clause 121 (19 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 267, in clause 121, page 90, line 39, at end insert— ‘(11) The Secretary of State shall commission a report, which is to be...
- Clause 128 (46 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 268, in clause 128, page 97, line 2, l eave out from ‘Commission’ to end of line 8 and insert ‘may with a view to ensuring...
- Welfare Reform Bill, 25th sitting (0 speeches)
[Mr James Gray in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House WR 70 Runnymede Borough Council WR 71 Mrs Jane Young WR 72 Convention of Scottish Local Authorities WR 73 Association of...
- Welfare Reform Bill, 26th sitting (0 speeches)
[Mr James Gray in the Chair]
- Clause 129 - Collection of child support maintenance (9 speeches)
Amendment moved (this day): 270, in clause 129, page 97, leave out lines 25 to 27 and insert— ‘(b) the parent with care wishes to pursue child maintenance through the Commission and...
- Clause 130 - Indicative maintenance calculations (20 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 280, in clause 130, page 98, line 13, at end insert— “(3A) Where the non-resident parent has the ability to control the amount...
- Clause 132 - Use of jobcentres by sex industry (4 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Schedule 13 - Repeals (0 speeches)
Amendments made: 100, in schedule 13, page 146, leave out line 29 and insert— ‘Section 6. In section 7— (a) in the heading, the words “community charge benefits...
- Clause 136 - Commencement (30 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 287, in clause 136, page 100, line 3, at end insert— ‘() section [Recovery of fines etc by deductions from employment and...
- New Clause 13 - Information-sharing for prevention etc of tax credit fraud (1 speech)
‘(1) Section 122B of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (supply of government information for fraud prevention etc) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (2)(a), after...
- New Clause 14 - Recovery of fines etc by deductions from employment and support allowance (0 speeches)
‘(1) In section 24 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (recovery of fines etc by deductions from benefits)— (a) in subsections (1) and (2)(d) the words “income-related” are...
- New Clause 17 - Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission (0 speeches)
‘Schedule (Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission) amends the Child Poverty Act 2010 for the purpose of establishing the Social Mobility and Child Poverty...
- New Clause 1 - Matters to be considered before the imposition of a sanction or penalty (21 speeches)
‘(1) In respect of the imposition of a sanction under the Jobseeker’s Act 1995 or any other provision or in the case of a penalty imposed under section 115C of the Social Security...
- New Clause 6 - Social Fund review (11 speeches)
‘The Government will lay before parliament annually a review of the impact of the abolition of a nationally administered social fund which will cover the following topics— (1) The...
- New Clause 7 - Advice on financial assistance (3 speeches)
‘The Government will require all those working with applicants for welfare provision who are publicly funded to ensure their clients are informed about the existence of publicly provided...
- New Schedule 1 - ‘Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission - Part 1 - Establishment of Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission (0 speeches)
1 The Child Poverty Act 2010 is amended as follows. 2 For section 8 (and the preceding italic heading) there is substituted—
- “Schedule 1 - Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission (0 speeches)
Membership, chair and deputy chair 1 (1) The members of the Commission are to be— (a) a chair appointed by a Minister of the Crown, (b) a member appointed by the Scottish Ministers, (c) a...
- Part 2 - Supplementary amendments to Child Poverty Act 2010 (0 speeches)
4 The Child Poverty Act 2010 is amended as follows. 5 In section 6 (persistent poverty target), subsection (6)(b) and the preceding “and” are repealed. 6 In section 10 (provision of...
- Part 3 - Supplementary amendments to other Acts (0 speeches)
14 In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 (definition of public records), in Part 2 of the Table at the end of paragraph 3— (a) the entry relating to the Child Poverty Commission is...
- Title (3 speeches)
Amendment made: 291, title, line 4 after ‘jobcentres;’ insert ‘to establish the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission;’.—(Chris Grayling.)
