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Welfare Reform Bill

I support the amendment to the extent that I, too, am bewildered about conflating these two completely different statuses because of the fear that that might engender. I would be grateful if the Minister could clarify whether the level of sanction might be different. I can understand that it might be appropriate to have similar options that might be applied to people in different circumstances, but if I were a social worker working with these people I would want to know clearly what the difference is for my client between being on a progression-to-work route and being on the work-ready group. There is a need for clarity. I am grateful to the noble Baroness for moving the amendment and look forward to the Minister’s response.