Welfare Reform Bill

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply to the amendments, but I still do not understand why he is not prepared to accept the flexibility that they propose. The central problem is that Clause 140 allows the Minister to bring various parts of the universal credit system into play at different times. The only addition these two changes suggest is that there should be a review of housing before we do so or take a decision on it. He has conceded that we have a review of housing and that that ends in 2013. However, 2013 is, of course, the date on which we are bringing in the universal credit, so any conclusions from that housing review cannot be brought into play before that.