Proceeding contribution from Baroness Meacher (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 22 October 2009. It occurred during Debate on bill on Welfare Reform Bill.
Welfare Reform Bill
The noble Lord has indicated that I was right and that the assessments focus on capabilities rather than the condition and that therefore he does not have an analysis of the conditions. The worry is that if the focus of the assessments is on different capabilities for work rather than, say, on a person’s schizophrenia, and if on the day the person appears to have all the capabilities, it will be easy to miss the fact that they are suffering from a fluctuating disorder. That is the essence of my concern.
Secondary information
- Type
- Proceeding contribution
- Reference
- 713 c905
- Session
- 2008-09
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Lords chamber
- Subjects
- Disability Disability living allowance Childcare Consent to medical treatment Jobseeker's allowance Income support Domestic abuse Drugs Interviews Employment schemes Jobcentre Plus Mental illness Medical treatments Low incomes Misuse Lone parents Standards Reform Social security benefits Social security Social Fund State retirement pensions Training Work experience Unemployed people Sanctions Uprating Employment and support allowance
- Legislation
- Welfare Reform Bill 2008-09
- Link
- View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2026-02-03 09:56:13 +0000
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_587529
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_587529
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_587529