Public Bill Committees – Scrutiny Unit
Room G10, 7 Millbank
House of Commons London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 8387 Fax 020 7219 8381 Email scrutiny@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/scrutiny
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Programme: Welfare Reform Bill Committee
The provisional[i] programme of witnesses for the Welfare Reform Bill Committee has been agreed by its Programming Sub-Committee.[ii] The Committee will hear oral evidence on Tuesday 22 and Thursday 24 March and then consider the Bill every Tuesday and Thursday from that point concluding on Tuesday 24 May.
The meetings are open to the public.
| Tuesday 22 March 10.30am and 4.00pm in the Boothroyd Room Portcullis House |
| c10.30am until no later than 12.00pm…………………………. |
Policy Exchange; Centre for Social Justice; Institute for Fiscal Studies; Prof Roy Sainsbury, University of York; and Reform…………………………………….. |
| c12.00pm until no later than 1.00pm……………………………….. |
Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion; Oxfam; Personal Independence Payment Objective Assessment Development Group (and Equality 2025); and Mind…………………………………….. |
| c4.00pm until no later than 4.45pm…………………………… |
Anne Spaight MBE, former Chair, Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board; and Essex Coalition of Disabled People…………………………….. |
| c4.45pm until no later than 5.15pm…………. |
People First; and National Centre for Independent Living………………………… |
| c5.15pm until no later than 5.45pm…………………………. |
MacMillan; Scope; Community Links; and TUC…………………… |
| c5.45pm until no later than 6.45pm…………………………….. |
Low Incomes Tax Reform Group; and Citizen’s Advice Bureau…………………………… |
| Thursday 24 March 09.00am and 1.00pm in the Boothroyd Room Portcullis House |
| c9.00am until no later than 9.30am…………………… |
Social Security Advisory Committee…………………………… |
| c9.30am until no later than 9.50am……………… |
Carers UK………………………. |
| c9.50 until no later than 10.10 am……………………………. |
Professor Paul Gregg, Bristol University………………….. |
| c1.00pm until no later than 2.00pm……………………… |
Child Poverty Action Group; Gingerbread; Fatherhood Institute; and Working Families…………………………………… |
| c2.00pm until no later than 2.45pm……………………… |
Women’s Budget Group; Centre for Separated Families; and Family Action…………………….. |
| c2.45pm until no later than 3.15pm………………………… |
Local Government Association; and London Councils……………… |
| c3.15pm until no later than 4.15pm………………………………….. |
Shelter; National Housing Federation; National Landlords Association; and Crisis…………………………….. |
| c4.15pm until no later than 5.00pm……………………….. |
Department for Work and Pensions…………………….. |
Line by line scrutiny of the Bill (all in Committee Room 14, Palace of Westminster):
| Tuesday 29 March 10.30am and 4.00pm |
| Thursday 31 March 9.00am and 1.00pm |
| Tuesday 5 April 10.30am and 4.00pm |
| Tuesday 26 April 10.30am and 4.00pm |
| Thursday 28 April 9.00am and 1.00pm |
| Tuesday 3 May 10.30am and 4.00pm |
| Thursday 5 May 9.00am |
| Tuesday 10 May 10.30am and 4.00pm |
| Thursday 12 May 9.00am and 1.00pm |
| Tuesday 17 May 10.30am and 4.00pm |
| Thursday 19 May 9.00am and 1.00pm |
| Tuesday 24 May 10.30am and 4.00pm |
The Committee must complete consideration of the Bill no later than 7 pm on Tuesday 24 May.
The Bill can be viewed on the Parliamentary website:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmbills/154/11154.i-v.html
The Explanatory Notes on the Bill are also available:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmbills/154/en/11154en.htm
Further details on giving evidence to a public bill committee are available here:
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/Scrutiny/giving-evidence-to-PBC.pdf
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Contact details
The Scrutiny Unit can help with any queries about oral evidence. Contact details are as follows:
Telephone: 020 7219 8387
Email: scrutiny@parliament.uk
[i][i] This programme is provisional and is subject to formal agreement at the start of the first meeting of the Welfare Reform Bill Committee.
[ii] The Programming Sub-Committee consists of the Chair and seven members of the Public Bill Committee. It meets to agree the programme of sittings of the Bill Committee.
– WELFARE REFORM BILL: COMMITTEE PROGRAMME
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Public Bill Committees – Scrutiny Unit
Room G10, 7 Millbank
House of Commons London SW1A 0AA
Tel 020 7219 8387 Fax 020 7219 8381 Email scrutiny@parliament.uk Website www.parliament.uk/scrutiny
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Programme: Welfare Reform Bill Committee
The provisional[i] programme of witnesses for the Welfare Reform Bill Committee has been agreed by its Programming Sub-Committee.[ii] The Committee will hear oral evidence on Tuesday 22 and Thursday 24 March and then consider the Bill every Tuesday and Thursday from that point concluding on Tuesday 24 May.
The meetings are open to the public.
Line by line scrutiny of the Bill (all in Committee Room 14, Palace of Westminster):
The Committee must complete consideration of the Bill no later than 7 pm on Tuesday 24 May.
The Bill can be viewed on the Parliamentary website:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmbills/154/11154.i-v.html
The Explanatory Notes on the Bill are also available:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmbills/154/en/11154en.htm
Further details on giving evidence to a public bill committee are available here:
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/Scrutiny/giving-evidence-to-PBC.pdf
*****************************************************************
Contact details
The Scrutiny Unit can help with any queries about oral evidence. Contact details are as follows:
Telephone: 020 7219 8387
Email: scrutiny@parliament.uk
[i][i] This programme is provisional and is subject to formal agreement at the start of the first meeting of the Welfare Reform Bill Committee.
[ii] The Programming Sub-Committee consists of the Chair and seven members of the Public Bill Committee. It meets to agree the programme of sittings of the Bill Committee.