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Proceeding contribution from Lord Skelmersdale (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Monday, 15 June 2009. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Welfare Reform Bill.

Welfare Reform Bill

The noble Lord is quite right; my terminology was wrong. Clause 1 is indeed about welfare to work, which, as we all know, involves contractors and, as I think we all know, subcontractors. Someone is going to have to monitor all this. As the contractors in the pilots will be localised—I have somewhere a list which the Minister helpfully told us on Thursday was on the DWP website—and in specific geographical areas, it is logical to assume, although no one has yet told me, that the monitoring will be done, in part anyway, by the jobcentres in those areas. This monitoring is on top of the work that they are already doing. Over and above that, of course, there is the movement from the current job adviser to the personal adviser, as I tried to explain. I am suspicious, if I may put it that way.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
711 c193GC 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Disability Children Disability living allowance Contracts Benefits rules Carers Age Advisory services Autism Fraud Employment Jobseeker's allowance Income support Jobcentres Expenditure Exemptions Interviews Ethnic groups Jobcentre Plus Learning disability Offenders Mental illness Pilot schemes Recruitment Staff Minority groups Postal services Lone parents Social security Social security benefits Vulnerable adults Training Research Rural areas Unemployment Unemployed people Voluntary work Literacy New deal schemes Labour market Polygamy Employment and support allowance Community orders
Legislation
Welfare Reform Bill 2008-09
Link
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