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Provisional Sitting: 14/12/2015
Welfare Reform and Work Bill 2015-16
Type of Bill:
Government Bill
Sponsors:
Iain Duncan Smith
Department for Work and Pensions
Lord Freud
Department for Work and Pensions
Progress of the Bill
Bill started in the House of Commons
- House of Commons
- House of Lords
- Royal Assent
Last events
Next event
Committee stage: House of Lords | 02.12.2015
Latest Bill
| House | Bill | Date |
|---|---|---|
 |
HL Bill 69 2015-16, as brought from the Commons | PDF version, 203KB | 28.10.2015 |
Latest news on the Welfare Reform and Work Bill 2015-16
Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - took place on 17 November.
Committee stage - line by line examination of the Bill - is scheduled to begin on 2 December.
Summary of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill 2015-16
A Bill to make provision about reports on progress towards full employment and the apprenticeships target; to make provision about reports on the effect of certain support for troubled families; to make provision about social mobility; to make provision about the benefit cap; to make provision about social security and tax credits; to make provision for loans for mortgage interest; and to make provision about social housing rents.