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Proceeding contribution from Lord Northbourne (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 2 July 2009. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Welfare Reform Bill.


Welfare Reform Bill

The point of my intervention is that this does not seem to be at all different from money that I owe to a shop or to the bank; it is simply a debt that that person owes, and it should be dealt with within the existing law that relates to indebtedness, where eventually you end up in prison.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
712 c145GC 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Council tax benefits Disability Child support Children Disclosure of information Devolved matters Curriculum Community care Absent parents Direct payments Jobseeker's allowance Finance Education Driving Disqualification Domestic abuse Exemptions Legislative competence Harassment Fathers Maintenance Pilot schemes Pensioners Parents Payments National Assembly for Wales Passports Lone parents Scotland Social security Social security benefits Registration Voluntary organisations Wales Registration of births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships Travel restrictions Social services Take-up Unemployed people Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission Employment and support allowance Veterans
Legislation
Welfare Reform Bill 2008-09
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk