Welfare Reform Bill

Clause 3: Entitlement to jobseeker's allowance without seeking employment etc. Amendment 21 21: Clause 3, page 10, line 2, at end insert— "(4A) Regulations under paragraph (c) of subsection (4) must secure that a person who— (a) is not a member of a couple, and (b) is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child under the age of 7, falls within a description of person prescribed under that paragraph. (4B) Subsection (4A) does not apply if regulations under subsection (1)(e) of section 124 of the Benefits Act containing the provision mentioned in subsection (1A) of that section are in force." Amendment 21 agreed.