Clause 4

Part of Welfare Reform Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:00 pm on 29 March 2011.

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Photo of Stephen Timms Stephen Timms Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) 12:00, 29 March 2011

I am grateful for that. I appreciate that this may be a matter that has not yet been decided, but as I understand it, it is not necessary at present to be entitled to DLA in order to claim income-related employment and support allowance or claim housing benefit, and I am anxious that the Minister has not at this stage excluded those who are not entitled to DLA from receipt of universal credit. Can he give us that reassurance?