Welfare Reform Bill

My Lords, it has certainly been a very interesting series of questions—and some answers—with different issues under the different amendments within this group. I will certainly want to reflect on what has been said about my amendments are concerned, as well as on some of the issues that have arisen, as to whether they have been as satisfactorily answered as they could be. The noble Baroness, Lady Morgan, made the point about parking costs and so on. We know that some hospitals have begun to make exceptions, but it is fairly appalling that it is going on at all. We would all like to know how widespread is the removal of the requirement to pay for parking if you are going in for a number of cancer treatments. My other point is that we are not just talking about the actual sufferer but the effect on the entire family—the husband or wife who may very well be put in a position where their own finances are being appallingly hit. There is a lot more that we are going to want to talk about, perhaps on Report, but perhaps by then there will be rather clearer instructions that we will all be able to say meet our points. I hope so. Perhaps I am being a bit over optimistic. Under those circumstances I will, for the moment, withdraw my amendment. Amendment 86ZC withdrawn. Amendments 86A to 86D not moved. Clause 79 agreed. Clause 80 : Terminal illness Amendments 86DZZA and 86DZZB not moved. Clause 80 agreed. Clause 81 : Persons of pensionable age Amendment 86DZA Moved by