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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

After ““168A”” insert ““but do propose Amendment 168B as an amendment in lieu”” 168B Page 115, line 5, at end insert— ““Social welfare law (No. 2) (1) Civil legal services for an appeal to a first-tier tribunal, in respect of a social welfare decision relating to a benefit, allowance, payment, credit or pension under— (a) the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; (b) the Jobseekers Act 1995; (c) the State Pension Credit Act 2002; (d) the Tax Credits Act 2002; (e) the Welfare Reform Act 2007; (f) the Welfare Reform Act 2012; (g) the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979; (h) Part 4 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008; and (i) any other enactment relating to social security. (2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), civil legal services includes independent advice and assistance.””