Amendment 7 7: Clause 1, page 2, line 3, leave out "or be able to do so"

Amendment 7 7: Clause 1, page 2, line 3, leave out "or be able to do so"

I am sorry, but I am still confused. If a person is doing 30 hours of full-time work why does he need to do 10 hours of work experience?

I am sorry, but I am still confused. If a person is doing 30 hours of full-time work why does he need to do 10 hours of work experience?

Does the phrase "or be able to do so" apply to someone who is trained and ready for work but for whom there is no job, like the over-50s who I have talked about?

Does the phrase "or be able to do so" apply to someone who is trained and ready for work but for whom there is no job, like the over-50s who I have talked about?

It is clear from new subsection (5)(a) that the personal adviser needs to notify the participant of the need to undertake work-related activity. I assume that that will take place at the original interview when the sort of work-related activity will be proposed and, in theory, at least, be agreed....

It is clear from new subsection (5)(a) that the personal adviser needs to notify the participant of the need to undertake work-related activity. I assume that that will take place at the original interview when the sort of work-related activity will be proposed and, in theory, at least, be agreed....

One hopes that at the end of six months an individual would be able to reach and sustain employment. If not, they would return to the Flexible New Deal, or to Jobcentre Plus at an earlier stage of the journey through the jobseeker’s allowance process.

One hopes that at the end of six months an individual would be able to reach and sustain employment. If not, they would return to the Flexible New Deal, or to Jobcentre Plus at an earlier stage of the journey through the jobseeker’s allowance process.

Why could we not split the difference and shove in "personally" before "designed"?

Why could we not split the difference and shove in "personally" before "designed"?

I will start by responding to the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, and his comments about the staff survey. Jobcentre Plus in particular is under enormous pressure, given the volumes that it copes with, and in my view is doing fantastically well. It is still meeting the targets that were set...

I will start by responding to the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, and his comments about the staff survey. Jobcentre Plus in particular is under enormous pressure, given the volumes that it copes with, and in my view is doing fantastically well. It is still meeting the targets that were set...

I shall pick up one or two points. I want to be clear about the definition of "work for your benefit". They are people who are work-ready, but as my noble friend Lady Hollis has said, "work-ready" might mean they still have quite a long way to go. We probably...

I shall pick up one or two points. I want to be clear about the definition of "work for your benefit". They are people who are work-ready, but as my noble friend Lady Hollis has said, "work-ready" might mean they still have quite a long way to go. We probably...

Amendment 6 6: Clause 1, page 1, line 16, leave out "work, or"

Amendment 6 6: Clause 1, page 1, line 16, leave out "work, or"

We agree that blurring work and work-related activity is very confusing. I think this was the noble Lord’s point. "Work for your benefit" is a tough slogan, whereas "work-related activity for your benefit" does not work nearly so well. If this is what is meant, we should know this. In...

We agree that blurring work and work-related activity is very confusing. I think this was the noble Lord’s point. "Work for your benefit" is a tough slogan, whereas "work-related activity for your benefit" does not work nearly so well. If this is what is meant, we should know this. In...

I thank the noble Lord for this amendment, and indeed for the series of amendments. If it can help to clarify things for the record, it is time well spent. However, the amendment would remove our ability to suspend a jobseeker’s agreement while a jobseeker takes part in "work for...

I thank the noble Lord for this amendment, and indeed for the series of amendments. If it can help to clarify things for the record, it is time well spent. However, the amendment would remove our ability to suspend a jobseeker’s agreement while a jobseeker takes part in "work for...

Amendment 9 9: Clause 1, page 2, leave out lines 13 and 14

Amendment 9 9: Clause 1, page 2, leave out lines 13 and 14

Let me see if I can provide the noble Lord with a little more detail. If the individual goes back to Jobcentre Plus, they would go back to stage 3 of the process. There are three stages; the first three months is a self-managed job search, the next three months...

Let me see if I can provide the noble Lord with a little more detail. If the individual goes back to Jobcentre Plus, they would go back to stage 3 of the process. There are three stages; the first three months is a self-managed job search, the next three months...

I probably did not deal specifically with that. It depends on someone’s journey into the "work for your benefit" regime, but that will be provided by an external provider, so there will be a point at which the individual moves from a Flexible New Deal programme to the external provider....

I probably did not deal specifically with that. It depends on someone’s journey into the "work for your benefit" regime, but that will be provided by an external provider, so there will be a point at which the individual moves from a Flexible New Deal programme to the external provider....

I accept that any amendment has a proper purpose behind it. I do not mind how many there are, as long as we have the time to get through them all. I would not accept without detailed evidence the proposition that the use of a framework approach to legislation has...

I accept that any amendment has a proper purpose behind it. I do not mind how many there are, as long as we have the time to get through them all. I would not accept without detailed evidence the proposition that the use of a framework approach to legislation has...

There is absolutely no doubt that childcare, which the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, will remember came up strongly when we debated the original order on lone parents some two years or 18 months ago—I do not know; it does not matter—is vital to the whole scheme of things. The question...

There is absolutely no doubt that childcare, which the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, will remember came up strongly when we debated the original order on lone parents some two years or 18 months ago—I do not know; it does not matter—is vital to the whole scheme of things. The question...

Will the Minister say who will be responsible for determining whether the childcare is "reasonable" and all the other adjectives that he attaches to it? That is the crucial point; do these personal advisers have to determine that, and, if so, will they be qualified to make those decisions?

Will the Minister say who will be responsible for determining whether the childcare is "reasonable" and all the other adjectives that he attaches to it? That is the crucial point; do these personal advisers have to determine that, and, if so, will they be qualified to make those decisions?

As I listened to the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, I suddenly realised the problem of this Bill: the infrastructure is not in place. It is a little like building a whole lot of houses in the middle of a field and not having roads, water supplies, electricity and telephones. I...

As I listened to the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, I suddenly realised the problem of this Bill: the infrastructure is not in place. It is a little like building a whole lot of houses in the middle of a field and not having roads, water supplies, electricity and telephones. I...

Again, I wonder whether my noble friend can help us. Are we still eliding the distinction between progress to work and employment? Where we are dealing with employment, we are dealing with children whose youngest age is seven. Therefore, they would fall within the school day. It may well be...

Again, I wonder whether my noble friend can help us. Are we still eliding the distinction between progress to work and employment? Where we are dealing with employment, we are dealing with children whose youngest age is seven. Therefore, they would fall within the school day. It may well be...

It is not reasonable to go from the Gregg report to this legislation because a lot of the philosophy behind the Gregg report is to some degree misconceived; it is certainly not being taken as a straightforward transposition from the one to the other. I think the noble Lord would...

It is not reasonable to go from the Gregg report to this legislation because a lot of the philosophy behind the Gregg report is to some degree misconceived; it is certainly not being taken as a straightforward transposition from the one to the other. I think the noble Lord would...