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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Meacher (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Monday, 24 October 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Welfare Reform Bill.

Welfare Reform Bill

I very strongly support the comments of the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie, because it seems to me that we are talking about oiling the wheels and enabling the system to work. It seems to me that part of that is transparency to the claimant, which is the noble Lord's previous point, but also transparency for the provider. If I understood this right, the assessment and the clinical report on the claimants will not be provided to the provider, who then has to prepare all this activity to enable the person to return to work. If that is really so, I appeal to the Minister to take that back and think about it because I cannot see the system working.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
731 c213GC 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Databases Age Costs Department for Work and Pensions Employment Jobseeker's allowance Health ICT Health professions Medical examinations Mental illness Pension credit Low incomes Social security benefits School meals Wheelchairs Revenue and Customs Employment and support allowance Universal credit
Legislation
Welfare Reform Bill 2010-12
Link
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