Welfare Reform Bill

I apologise to the Minister—I was quoting directly from the Commons when I said that no decisions had been made—but I was about to say that affirmative, unamendable regulations do not provide an adequate safeguard. We on these Benches oppose this provision in principle. It will not be satisfactory for us just to say, ““Well, we’ll vote against an order when it comes””. We are not happy with the provision. If it is the Government’s intention to proceed with it, we would like to know rather more about the conditions under which they will do so. We are very unhappy about the provision.