Proceeding contribution from Baroness Hollis of Heigham (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 14 December 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill on Welfare Reform Bill.
Welfare Reform Bill
Can the Minister explain what he expects here? The old enterprise allowance scheme, which was very effective, used to give people a top-up of £40 a week to start a business, and as far as I recall this ran for up to two years to give people a chance to establish a small business. How long will someone be allowed to have low earnings while they try to build up a business, and how quickly will guidance from young people in Jobcentre Plus, who frankly have never tried to start a business, steer them back into sanction and conditionality?
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- Proceeding contribution
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- 733 c1393
- Session
- 2010-12
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- House of Lords chamber
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- Disability Childcare Benefits rules Carers Cancer Criminal injuries compensation Housing benefit Domestic abuse Exemptions Interviews Landlords Medical treatments Payments Private rented housing Social security benefits Working hours Social rented housing Self-employed Consumer prices index Housing occupancy Shared housing Employment and support allowance Universal credit Severe disability premium
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- Welfare Reform Bill 2010-12
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