Welfare Reform Bill

I certainly understand the Minister’s rationale for saying that Amendment 138 is unnecessary, but I am afraid that such understanding does not extend to Amendment 139. After all, criminal means criminal and has a very wide meaning. Although the Minister says that the word "criminal", in its normal usage, is constricted by the Bill, I am not entirely sure that he is correct and I shall have to study the Bill very carefully to ascertain whether he is right. I am not prepared to spend time doing so at the moment so, for now, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 138 withdrawn. Amendment 139 not moved.