Welfare Reform Bill. Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Grand Committee.
Welfare Reform Bill
Debate on bills on Wednesday, 29 April 2009,
in the House of Lords,
led by Lord McKenzie of Luton.
The answering
member was Lord Skelmersdale.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
710 c261-318
Session
2008-09
Legislative stage
Second reading
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Welfare Reform Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory Notes HL Bill 32-EN also published.
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Bills
House of Lords
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Bills
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Meacher | 710 c285-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I welcome the Government’s objective of achieving an 80 per cent employment rate for peopl...
Lord Northbourne | 710 c292-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I very much welcome Part 4 of and Schedule 6 to of the Bill. For a number of years I have ...
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Baroness Murphy | 710 c295-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we are here today to praise the value of work, but I cannot help remembering that some wit...
Duke of Montrose | 710 c293-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Bill has long been promised by the Government. Perhaps it is just as well that we have...
Baroness Wilkins | 710 c299-301 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as we are only too aware, the Welfare Reform Bill arrives with us at a time of deepening r...
Lord Ramsbotham | 710 c297-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, like other noble Lords, I give a cautious welcome to this Bill, with its aim to achieve an...
Countess of Mar | 710 c301-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, unlike the Minister, I am not sure whether this is the right time for Part 1 of this Bill ...
Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws | 710 c303-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, with leave of the House, perhaps I may speak in this gap. I am sorry I was not present ear...
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 710 c304-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of The Shaws. She made the mos...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 710 c313 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, my noble friend is right to say that once the youngest child reaches the age of seven the ...
Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 710 c312-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, perhaps my noble friend will come to this before he leaves the point about transport, in w...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 710 c310-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. I am grateful for their excellent ...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 710 c307-10 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is always a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, as even with his ja...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 710 c316-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am certainly happy to take that away and explore what flexibility there is at the moment...
Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws | 710 c316 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for seeking to answer that question. What really concerns us...
Duke of Montrose | 710 c313-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the Minister for giving way. Following up the end of this discussion of the points...
Bishop of Portsmouth | 710 c276-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, no one disputes that work is the main route out of poverty for most people. In recent year...
Lord Rix | 710 c283-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am delighted to welcome the Bill to this House. I begin by thanking the noble Lord, Lord...
Lord Sheikh | 710 c280-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support the Bill, as it is evident that the welfare system in this country is in urgent ...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 710 c261 (Link to this contribution)
That the Bill be read a second time.
Lord Skelmersdale | 710 c266-70 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, before I start my remarks on the Bill, I congratulate the usual channels on the decision n...
Baroness Thomas of Winchester | 710 c270-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, unemployment is set to rise to more than 3 million by next year, with some forecasting civ...
Baroness Campbell of Surbiton | 710 c274-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this Bill contains many significant reforms. Some offer new kinds of support to those who ...
Baroness D'Souza | 710 c276 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Campbell, has been authorised to allow me to complete her speech ...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 710 c314-6 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, my Lords, indeed we are, on a whole range of provisions. I remember that when we dealt with the...
Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 710 c278-80 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Bill continues to replace income support with jobseeker’s allowance, but introduces pr...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 710 c261-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, last summer, the Government published the Green Paper, No One Written Off: Reforming Welfa...
Lord Watson of Invergowrie | 710 c288-92 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Department for Work and Pensions website tells us that this Bill, ""proposes to reform...
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