Report (1st Day)

Part of Welfare Reform Bill – in the House of Lords at 1:00 pm on 22 October 2009.

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Photo of Lord Freud Lord Freud Shadow Minister, Work and Pensions 1:00, 22 October 2009

My Lords, the amendment covers purely Clause 2 of this Bill. It relates to the work-related activity within, as I understand it, the JSA regime.

I am more or less grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, and the noble Baroness, Lady Thomas, for adding their names to the amendment on behalf of the Liberal Democrats. Noble Lords will have seen that we also have the backing of Gingerbread and the Child Poverty Action Group. I hope that other noble Lords, including the Minister, will consider the merits of our proposal and help us to place in the Bill this protection for parents of the very youngest children. I beg to move.