Welfare Reform Bill

Amendments 24 to 29 24: Schedule 1, page 57, line 11, at end insert— "(5) In preparing any action plan, the Secretary of State must have regard (so far as practicable) to its impact on the well-being of any child who may be affected by it."" 25: Schedule 1, page 58, line 42, after "person" insert "— (a) " 26: Schedule 1, page 58, line 43, after "1A" insert ", and (b) who is not a lone parent of a child under the age of 3," 27: Schedule 1, page 59, line 16, at end insert— "(3A) Regulations under this section must include provision for securing that lone parents are entitled (subject to meeting any prescribed conditions) to restrict the times at which they are required to undertake work-related activity." 28: Schedule 1, page 59, line 23, at end insert— "(4A) But a direction under subsection (4) may not specify medical or surgical treatment as the only activity which, in any person’s case, is to be regarded as being work-related activity." 29: Schedule 1, page 59, line 34, after "section" insert "— "lone parent" means 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;" Amendments 24 to 29 agreed.