My Lords, I have been pursuing this matter for almost two years. However, since just before the Summer Recess, I have been extremely careful not to interfere publicly in the deliberations of my noble friend Lord Freud. The Minister has my personal thanks for coming up with a sensible answer...

My Lords, I have been pursuing this matter for almost two years. However, since just before the Summer Recess, I have been extremely careful not to interfere publicly in the deliberations of my noble friend Lord Freud. The Minister has my personal thanks for coming up with a sensible answer...

The noble Baroness has used the word "should" twice. The question is: exactly what happens?

The noble Baroness has used the word "should" twice. The question is: exactly what happens?

No, and I am sure that we will discover from the Minister’s answer to the debate whether that is a job adviser or anyone else within the jobcentre. I rather doubt it, but we will discover, won’t we? The specific matter of propensity raised in these amendments begs the question:...

No, and I am sure that we will discover from the Minister’s answer to the debate whether that is a job adviser or anyone else within the jobcentre. I rather doubt it, but we will discover, won’t we? The specific matter of propensity raised in these amendments begs the question:...

It cannot be the Bill team. You should never blame officials. Clause 13 disagreed.

It cannot be the Bill team. You should never blame officials. Clause 13 disagreed.

Before the noble Baroness does that—oh! or rather before I do so—I had forgotten that we had got ourselves into a slight tangle. I am in a slight tangle because I quite understand that paragraph 5(1) refers to information going to the Secretary of State and to officers of the...

Before the noble Baroness does that—oh! or rather before I do so—I had forgotten that we had got ourselves into a slight tangle. I am in a slight tangle because I quite understand that paragraph 5(1) refers to information going to the Secretary of State and to officers of the...

The Minister did not continue paragraph 5(3)(b), which I think is what concerns the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, and is beginning to concern me. It goes on: ""if it is so used, to be supplied to any other person, and used for any purpose, to whom and for which that...

The Minister did not continue paragraph 5(3)(b), which I think is what concerns the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, and is beginning to concern me. It goes on: ""if it is so used, to be supplied to any other person, and used for any purpose, to whom and for which that...

The Government are obviously quite right to reduce the duplication in the Bill, but the noble Baroness did not say how this happened. Was it the fault of the Government Whips or was it the fault of the Speaker? It must have been one or the other.

The Government are obviously quite right to reduce the duplication in the Bill, but the noble Baroness did not say how this happened. Was it the fault of the Government Whips or was it the fault of the Speaker? It must have been one or the other.

As I assume that this is the last amendment of the day—

As I assume that this is the last amendment of the day—

I was only going to say that I am glad that we have not missed our daily ration of the word "conflation".

I was only going to say that I am glad that we have not missed our daily ration of the word "conflation".

Where do I go from here? I want the ideas behind Clause 9 to work. I suspect that we all do. The real question is whether this is the right way to get addicts off their drugs. I shall deal with this in a fairly seriatim way. Amendments 95 and...

Where do I go from here? I want the ideas behind Clause 9 to work. I suspect that we all do. The real question is whether this is the right way to get addicts off their drugs. I shall deal with this in a fairly seriatim way. Amendments 95 and...

Perhaps I may come back to the situation. I shall not repeat what I have already said, but it is clear from it that I agree with many of the worries that the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, has just expressed. One comment that I must make about what she has...

Perhaps I may come back to the situation. I shall not repeat what I have already said, but it is clear from it that I agree with many of the worries that the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, has just expressed. One comment that I must make about what she has...

Amendment 94 94: After Clause 8, insert the following new Clause— "Entitlement to tailored employment and career support (1) All new employment and support allowance (ESA) claimants and existing incapacity benefit claimants who are migrated to ESA, who have a diagnosed mental health problem which impacts on their ability to...

Amendment 94 94: After Clause 8, insert the following new Clause— "Entitlement to tailored employment and career support (1) All new employment and support allowance (ESA) claimants and existing incapacity benefit claimants who are migrated to ESA, who have a diagnosed mental health problem which impacts on their ability to...

It would be a wonderful world if the Government of the day, especially this Government, accepted everything that all your Lordships’ Committees had to say, but that just ain't so.

It would be a wonderful world if the Government of the day, especially this Government, accepted everything that all your Lordships’ Committees had to say, but that just ain't so.

The noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, would have raised the issue of data sharing. I recognise that this is a tricky matter. There is, as ever, a tension between protecting the individual’s privacy and ensuring that enough information is flowing to allow the system to work. Redaction, which is exercising the...

The noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, would have raised the issue of data sharing. I recognise that this is a tricky matter. There is, as ever, a tension between protecting the individual’s privacy and ensuring that enough information is flowing to allow the system to work. Redaction, which is exercising the...

Amendment 99 99: Schedule 3, page 72, line 38, at end insert— "( ) No information disclosed by a person in compliance with a requirement imposed by regulations under paragraphs 1 to 3 may be adduced in civil proceedings or in any other circumstances disclosed to third parties without the...

Amendment 99 99: Schedule 3, page 72, line 38, at end insert— "( ) No information disclosed by a person in compliance with a requirement imposed by regulations under paragraphs 1 to 3 may be adduced in civil proceedings or in any other circumstances disclosed to third parties without the...

In that case I will not comment.

In that case I will not comment.

I am grateful to all noble Lords, including the Minister, who have spoken in this exploratory debate. I said "including the Minister", because she started off by applauding the amendment and then knocked it flat on three grounds. Such is politics. I was grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Thomas,...

I am grateful to all noble Lords, including the Minister, who have spoken in this exploratory debate. I said "including the Minister", because she started off by applauding the amendment and then knocked it flat on three grounds. Such is politics. I was grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Thomas,...

I am not quite as quick as some Members of the Committee at finding bits of Bills, I have to confess, but the schedule says: ""Regulations may make provision for or in connection with imposing on a person who … is subject to a requirement imposed under paragraph 2, and...

I am not quite as quick as some Members of the Committee at finding bits of Bills, I have to confess, but the schedule says: ""Regulations may make provision for or in connection with imposing on a person who … is subject to a requirement imposed under paragraph 2, and...

I rather think that example does not cover any case. However, I shall look very carefully at what the Minister has said, and unless the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, wants to add anything—

I rather think that example does not cover any case. However, I shall look very carefully at what the Minister has said, and unless the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, wants to add anything—

There must be some sort of guide; I should have thought that with something as important as this, the department would start asking questions about every three months and not wait for an annual figure.

There must be some sort of guide; I should have thought that with something as important as this, the department would start asking questions about every three months and not wait for an annual figure.