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Welfare Reform Bill

My Lords, I am delighted that the word "churlish" is to be banished from considerations in this House. I am not going to spend a lot of time on this. We have rehearsed the arguments on why it is desirable to give the House a chance to have another look at this matter. The Minister summed it up, although it was perhaps not what he meant to say, when he said that CMEC should be able to do things with less pressure on it now because of the variance in administration. That is exactly the point that we want to look at. It should be able to, but does it? In practice, what the Government propose—looking at a separate pilot in two years and six months, or as near to that timetable as you can get in getting Bills through—would satisfy our requirements to have the oversight. Accordingly, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 79 withdrawn. Clause 43 : Report on operation of driving licence amendments Clause 43 : Report on operation of driving licence amendments Amendments 80 to 83 not moved. Schedule 6 : Registration of births Amendment 84 Schedule 6 : Registration of births Amendment 84 Moved by