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Welfare Reform Bill

I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale, for tabling this amendment. My only regret is that I did not table an amendment to the amendment to include people with fluctuating medical conditions. They suffer from the same difficulties, and it would be enormously helpful, if the amendment comes back on Report, if we could add them. The Minister will have had a letter this week, I hope, from a lady called Sarah Smith, who describes how she has tried and tried to work but eventually had to give up. She has been rejected by Atos Healthcare twice and has appealed. This is no way to treat people who are trying to work. They need support and assistance, so I support the noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale.