Report (1st Day)

Part of Welfare Reform Bill – in the House of Lords at 12:45 pm on 22 October 2009.

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Photo of Lord Northbourne Lord Northbourne Crossbench 12:45, 22 October 2009

I wish to ask a short question: why does looking after such a child not qualify as work? Surely it is work. If the Minister wants to say that we are talking only about paid work, it raises the question: should we not pay to help parents who have to do that kind of work?