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Welfare Reform Bill

At last it is becoming clearer in my confused mind, to which I referred earlier. I suspect that Amendment 169 depends on the draftsman. I know many draftsmen who would have used the word "section" at the beginning and drafted the rest of the clause slightly differently. Looking carefully at the clause, I see that it all refers to subsection (1), so in another draftsman’s mind, the word "subsection" would be perfectly appropriate. On Amendment 167, I am extremely grateful to the Minister. I shall have to study carefully what he has said, including the additional information on which I pinned him down, and I will consider that before we reach the next stage. In the mean time, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 167 withdrawn. Amendment 168 had been withdrawn from the Marshalled List. Clause 34 agreed. Clause 35 agreed. Clause 36 : Pilot schemes Amendment 169 not moved. Clause 36 agreed.