Welfare Reform Bill

The provisions of this amendment fell within my Amendments 22A to 22D. This is a particular case in point. The issue is whether it is wise to enumerate each case or to have a genetic categorisation in the Bill which includes all. The trouble with specifying one case is that it is immediately assumed to exclude others. In effect, this gives an opening for the Government to evade other obligations because you have specified only one. I hope I have made that clear. I, quite naturally, wholeheartedly support the amendment.