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Welfare Reform Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 18 October 2011. It occurred during Debate on bills and Committee proceeding on Welfare Reform Bill.
We can put a marker down on that clear answer, for which I am very grateful. Secondly, on one of the banks of amendments that dealt with disability and tried to get exclusions for people in certain categories of disability, the Minister, if I recall rightly, said that it would cost far too much, possibly £180 million. If that is the cost of excluding disabled families from the provisions of the Bill, it is, equally, the additional cost being faced by disabled families as a consequence of the Bill. That is an enormous cost. If it is a large sum for the Treasury budget, how much larger a sum must it be for disabled people trying to find it from their own domestic budgets? That is something that I suspect we shall need to come back to for clarification on Report. I hope that will be possible. I do not expect the Minister to respond at this point. My third point is in regard to Amendment 35 in my name and that of my friend, the noble Lord, Lord Rix, which concerns home ownership among people with long-term disabilities. The Minister mentioned that only 400 people were affected by this. I am sure he is not decrying the importance of the scheme for the 400 people that it has helped; every single one is important in its own right.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
731 c108GC 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
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