To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Jobcentre Plus centres have reported difficulties with capacity; and which Jobcentre Plus centres have made such reports.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Jobcentre Plus centres have reported difficulties with capacity; and which Jobcentre Plus centres have made such reports.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment vacancies were advertised in Jobcentre Plus offices in (i) Ashfield, (ii) Nottinghamshire, (iii) East Midlands and (iv) England in the latest period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment vacancies were advertised in Jobcentre Plus offices in (i) Ashfield, (ii) Nottinghamshire, (iii) East Midlands and (iv) England in the latest period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for how long the Aberdeen Chapel Jobcentre Plus has only been open to new claims.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for how long the Aberdeen Chapel Jobcentre Plus has only been open to new claims.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish a list of the size of live jobseeker's allowance registers at each individual Jobcentre Plus; and what the number of referrals to the Work programme is from each Jobcentre Plus as a proportion of each centre's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish a list of the size of live jobseeker's allowance registers at each individual Jobcentre Plus; and what the number of referrals to the Work programme is from each Jobcentre Plus as a proportion of each centre's...

In the light of yesterday's welcome news that there has been a 70% increase in job vacancies in West Worcestershire, and a 22% increase in the west midlands as a whole, may we have a debate on the wonderful role played by our network of jobcentres, which are working so...

In the light of yesterday's welcome news that there has been a 70% increase in job vacancies in West Worcestershire, and a 22% increase in the west midlands as a whole, may we have a debate on the wonderful role played by our network of jobcentres, which are working so...

I agree entirely with my hon. Friend and know that colleagues on both sides of the House regularly visit their jobcentres to see at first hand the heroic work being done to find suitable jobs for those currently out of work. She reminds the House that jobcentres are notified of...

I agree entirely with my hon. Friend and know that colleagues on both sides of the House regularly visit their jobcentres to see at first hand the heroic work being done to find suitable jobs for those currently out of work. She reminds the House that jobcentres are notified of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many complaints he has received relating to the performance of Jobcentre Plus offices in (a) Walthamstow constituency, (b) London and (c) nationally in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many complaints he has received relating to the performance of Jobcentre Plus offices in (a) Walthamstow constituency, (b) London and (c) nationally in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment vacancies were advertised in Jobcentre Plus offices in each (i) local authority area in Scotland and (ii) Parliamentary constituency in Scotland in each of the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment vacancies were advertised in Jobcentre Plus offices in each (i) local authority area in Scotland and (ii) Parliamentary constituency in Scotland in each of the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make it his policy to discontinue premium rate telephone numbers for people calling jobcentres.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make it his policy to discontinue premium rate telephone numbers for people calling jobcentres.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many jobcentres in Scotland he has visited on departmental business in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many jobcentres in Scotland he has visited on departmental business in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on proposed closures of Jobcentre Plus offices in Scotland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on proposed closures of Jobcentre Plus offices in Scotland.

Welfare Reform Bill. Lords committee stage first day. Clause 1 under consideration. Grand Committee held in Committee Room 4A.

Welfare Reform Bill. Lords committee stage first day. Clause 1 under consideration. Grand Committee held in Committee Room 4A.

On the impact of the taper rates, does the Minister agree that, if you have council tax benefit or its replacement outside the system, you simply cannot be sure what the effect of the withdrawal and taper rates will be? Can you include that benefit?

On the impact of the taper rates, does the Minister agree that, if you have council tax benefit or its replacement outside the system, you simply cannot be sure what the effect of the withdrawal and taper rates will be? Can you include that benefit?

1: Clause 1, page 1, line 7, leave out ““universal credit”” and insert ““working age entitlement””

1: Clause 1, page 1, line 7, leave out ““universal credit”” and insert ““working age entitlement””

My Lords, I preface my remarks in the slightly Foulkesian vein of exhibiting some displeasure, not about the logistics of the Committee Room—I understand that there are arguments about that—but because I certainly did not find it easy to prepare amendments, talk to colleagues and pressure groups and get here...

My Lords, I preface my remarks in the slightly Foulkesian vein of exhibiting some displeasure, not about the logistics of the Committee Room—I understand that there are arguments about that—but because I certainly did not find it easy to prepare amendments, talk to colleagues and pressure groups and get here...

My Lords, this is not the first time that a Grand Committee has taken place in this Room. I recall meeting here on a Northern Ireland Bill, when a Minister accepted an amendment of mine, as it happens. So it is not the first time that we have met here....

My Lords, this is not the first time that a Grand Committee has taken place in this Room. I recall meeting here on a Northern Ireland Bill, when a Minister accepted an amendment of mine, as it happens. So it is not the first time that we have met here....

I am grateful to the Whip for that explanation. I had heard through what I should probably call unusual channels that these discussions were taking place. There are a lot of questions arising from it. Is it just for the consideration of the Welfare Reform Bill in Grand Committee, or...

I am grateful to the Whip for that explanation. I had heard through what I should probably call unusual channels that these discussions were taking place. There are a lot of questions arising from it. Is it just for the consideration of the Welfare Reform Bill in Grand Committee, or...

My Lords, this looks like two bites at the same cherry, because I believe that this has been dealt with. There will be 10 minutes, and that the Chairman has discretion to extend that time. I understand that there has been a usual-channels agreement that there will not be voting...

My Lords, this looks like two bites at the same cherry, because I believe that this has been dealt with. There will be 10 minutes, and that the Chairman has discretion to extend that time. I understand that there has been a usual-channels agreement that there will not be voting...

I was hoping that I was not going to have to get up and that the Whips would immediately get up. I raised at the beginning of the Committee the problems that will be faced by Members of the House with severe disabilities getting down to vote in the Division...

I was hoping that I was not going to have to get up and that the Whips would immediately get up. I raised at the beginning of the Committee the problems that will be faced by Members of the House with severe disabilities getting down to vote in the Division...