Proceeding contribution from Baroness Thomas of Winchester (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 11 November 2010. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Welfare Reform.
Welfare Reform
My Lords, I, too, warmly welcome my noble friend’s repeated Statement today. I have one very simple, fundamental question to which I do not know the answer. How much discretion will decision-makers at Jobcentre Plus have about the sorts of work that jobseekers will be compelled to take? We hear that the conditionality rules will be tougher than those set by the previous Government. Let us suppose that a graduate or a highly qualified person can find only a cleaning job. Will they be compelled to take it and does the decision-maker have any discretion about that?
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- 2010-12
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- House of Lords chamber
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- Disability Benefits rules Employment Finance Employment schemes Social security benefits Welfare tax credits Reform Taxation Universal credit
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