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Welfare Reform Bill

As an amendment to Motion E, leave out from ““17A”” to the end and insert ““and do not agree with the Commons in their Amendment 19A but do propose Amendments 17B, 17C, 17D and 19B as amendments in lieu of Amendments 17 and 19A”” 17B: Page 36, line 19, leave out ““365 days”” and insert ““the relevant maximum number of days”” 17C: Page 36, line 21, at end insert— ““( ) In subsection (1) the ““relevant maximum number of days”” is— (a) 365 days, or (b) if the Secretary of State by order specifies a greater number of days, that number of days.”” 17D: Page 36, line 36, at end insert— ““(1A) In section 25 of that Act (regulations)— (a) in the heading, after ““regulations”” there is inserted ““and orders””; (b) in subsection (1), after ““regulations”” there is inserted ““or an order””. (1B) In section 26 of that Act (Parliamentary control), at the end there is inserted— ““(3) A statutory instrument containing an order under section 1A shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”””” 19B: Line 4, leave out ““a prescribed number of days which must be at least 730”” and insert— ““(a) 365 days, or (b) if the Secretary of State by order specifies a greater number of days, that number of days.””