I am grateful to the Minister, but the Bill has a wide title. Later this afternoon, the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, will be talking about the Social Fund, which of course is not in the Bill. There are other matters that go much wider than straightforward benefit alterations. In certain parts, the Bill amends the Social Security Administration Act 1992. Given that this measure already exists in part in social security law, it would be much more sensible to extend it to the whole of social security law by amending that Act.
I realise that I have rather bounced the Minister with that suggestion, but I hope that he will consider it and perhaps write to me before the next stage of the Bill. In the mean time, unless he desperately wants to speak—
Welfare Reform Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Skelmersdale
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 1 March 2007.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Welfare Reform Bill.
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