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Welfare Reform Bill

The Minister referred to the adviser taking account of the medical condition. My understanding is that, under the new regime, the whole idea is that people’s medical conditions will not be assessed. The whole point is that it is simply ability to work that is assessed. That is one of my concerns. With a condition such as schizophrenia, red lights will flash immediately; you would hope that advisers would be aware that it is a fluctuating condition and that they needed to revisit that person on a number of occasions. Am I right that those advisers will be looking not at conditions but at ability to work?