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Proceeding contribution from Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 24 July 2006. It occurred during Debate on bill on Welfare Reform Bill.


Welfare Reform Bill

We will have plenty of opportunities to listen to those concerns and to act on them where we think that that is the right thing to do. I think that my hon. Friend is referring to the aspiration—the objective—of getting 1 million people off incapacity benefit. That is the right objective for us to have. We are investing significantly more in the help and support available to people who have a measure of incapacity. They and the organisations that represent disabled people have made very clear to us the importance that they attach to extending what my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Central (Tony Lloyd), who is no longer present, referred to as the right to work. That is the right and proper thing for us to do, but I am quite sure that the debate about how we implement these reforms will continue inside and outside Jobcentre Plus, and we are certainly more than willing to listen to what people are telling us about them.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
449 c628-9 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Council tax benefits Disability Children Disability living allowance Appeals Disadvantaged Benefits rules Administration Anti-social behaviour Direct payments Housing benefit Fraud Employment Interviews Employment schemes Incapacity benefit Local government Medical examinations Overpayments Pilot schemes Poverty Payments Recipients Mental health Lone parents Pneumoconiosis Social security benefits Social Fund Young people Reform Sick pay Tenants Rents Take-up Unemployed people Pathways to work programme Employment and support allowance Housing allowances
Legislation
Welfare Reform Bill 2005-06 to 2006-07
Link
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