Welfare Reform Bill 2026-27 Alert Sample


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Publications and Debates

Date Type Title
29th January 2027 2nd reading
22nd June 2026 1st reading

Welfare Reform Bill 2026-27 mentioned

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27 Mar 2025, 12:27 p.m. - House of Lords
"whatsoever that the welfare reform bill in this particular area "
Lord Razzall (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
18 May 2026, 4:23 p.m. - House of Commons
"boosting our exports, and a welfare reform bill to get the benefits "
Rt Hon Sir Mel Stride MP (Central Devon, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
13 May 2026, 7:18 p.m. - House of Commons
"welfare reform bill? It is an appalling statistic, Madam Deputy "
Jerome Mayhew MP (Broadland and Fakenham, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
14 May 2026, 1:34 p.m. - House of Commons
"reforms that would end this welfare madness. Our welfare reform Bill would restore fairness, ensure that "
Mr Peter Bedford MP (Mid Leicestershire, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
14 May 2026, 5 p.m. - House of Lords
"speech for a welfare reform Bill. This would restrict eligibility for "
Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
22 Jun 2026, 6:42 p.m. - House of Commons
"Presentation of Bill David Simmonds. Welfare Reform Bill. Second Reading "
Presentation of bills - View Video - View Transcript


Parliamentary Debates
Oral Answers to Questions
64 speeches (6,589 words)
Wednesday 3rd June 2026 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Kemi Badenoch (Con - North West Essex) Prime Minister has promised welfare reforms—we heard him say it just now—so why was there no welfare reform Bill - Link to Speech

Backing Business to Create Economic Growth
258 speeches (57,415 words)
Monday 18th May 2026 - Commons Chamber
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Mentions:
1: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) reinvigorate our North sea oil and gas industry, creating jobs and boosting our exports; and a welfare reform Bill - Link to Speech

Getting Britain Working Again
121 speeches (38,666 words)
Thursday 14th May 2026 - Commons Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Peter Bedford (Con - Mid Leicestershire) Our welfare reform Bill would restore fairness, ensure that support goes to those who truly need it and - Link to Speech

King’s Speech
87 speeches (53,409 words)
Thursday 14th May 2026 - Lords Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) Speech.This failure is behind Kemi Badenoch’s proposal in the Alternative King’s Speech for a welfare reform Bill - Link to Speech

Debate on the Address
203 speeches (60,361 words)
Wednesday 13th May 2026 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland and Fakenham) Where is the welfare reform bill? - Link to Speech

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
155 speeches (33,958 words)
Committee stage
Friday 24th April 2026 - Lords Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: None The 176 pages of the Welfare Reform Bill took 17 sittings. - Link to Speech

Property Taxes
70 speeches (11,589 words)
Wednesday 3rd September 2025 - Commons Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Ashley Fox (Con - Bridgwater) We saw that on the welfare reform Bill, which was brought forward to save a modest £4.5 billion. - Link to Speech

British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
44 speeches (4,859 words)
Wednesday 2nd July 2025 - Commons Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Sammy Wilson (DUP - East Antrim) real story, will find it as difficult to walk through the Lobby for it as they did for the welfare reform Bill - Link to Speech

Technology in Public Services
94 speeches (23,848 words)
Monday 2nd September 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Mentions:
1: Patricia Ferguson (Lab - Glasgow West) and worked to give the issue wider prominence, and John Robertson succeeded in amending the Welfare Reform Bill - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 17th June 2026
Oral Evidence - Department for Work and Pensions, and Department for Work and Pensions

Work and Pensions Committee

Found: We are almost two years into this Parliament, but there was no welfare reform Bill in the King’s Speech

Wednesday 22nd October 2025
Written Evidence - Inclusion London
AHC0028 - Access to the House of Commons and its Procedures

Access to the House of Commons and its Procedures - Modernisation Committee

Found: We believe The Government used the emergency Money bill procedure for the Welfare Reform bill to bypass

Thursday 21st March 2024
Report - Large Print Report - Benefit levels in the UK

Work and Pensions Committee

Found: A key difference emerged however following attempts to pass a Welfare Reform Bill through the Northern

Thursday 21st March 2024
Report - Second Report - Benefit levels in the UK

Work and Pensions Committee

Found: A key difference emerged however following attempts to pass a Welfare Reform Bill through the Northern



Parliamentary Research
Autumn Budget 2025: Background briefing - CBP-10400
Nov. 20 2025

Found: Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill 2024-25: Progress of the bill; The Conversation, Welfare reform bill

Universal Credit Bill: HL Bill 123 of 2024–25 - LLN-2025-0027
Jul. 17 2025

Found: Rightsnet, ‘Work and pensions secretary’s letter to Labour MPs on changes to ‘strengthen’ the new welfare reform bill

Delegated powers and framework legislation - CBP-10046
Jul. 17 2024

Found: or out of work.45 Another MP described the bill as “skeletal in the extreme”.46 With the Welfare Reform Bill



Bill Documents
Jul. 17 2025
Universal Credit Bill: HL Bill 123 of 2024–25
Universal Credit Act 2025
Briefing papers

Found: Rightsnet, ‘Work and pensions secretary’s letter to Labour MPs on changes to ‘strengthen’ the new welfare reform bill

Feb. 27 2025
Written evidence submitted by the Public Law Project (PAB05)
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025
Written evidence

Found: Information Act Response from Andy Mitchall, 30 October 2024 FOI Ref: FOI2024/84172 33 Col 1019, Welfare Reform Bill



Department Publications - Transparency
Wednesday 30th September 2026
Department for Work and Pensions
Source Page: Industrial Injuries Advisory Council public meetings
Document: (PDF)

Found: The analogous scheme for trainees is being abolished under the Welfare Reform Bill.



Department Publications - Guidance
Thursday 10th September 2026
Department for Work and Pensions
Source Page: Work Capability Assessment handbook: for healthcare professionals
Document: (webpage)

Found: background information and understanding of the evolution of ESA and the WCA.In July 2006, the Welfare Reform Bill

Thursday 10th September 2026
Department for Work and Pensions
Source Page: Work Capability Assessment handbook: for healthcare professionals
Document: (webpage)

Found: background information and understanding of the evolution of ESA and the WCA.In July 2006, the Welfare Reform Bill

Thursday 10th September 2026
Department for Work and Pensions
Source Page: Work Capability Assessment handbook: for healthcare professionals
Document: (webpage)

Found: In July 2006, the Welfare Reform Bill, outlining the concept of the Employment and Support Allowance,

Thursday 10th September 2026
Department for Work and Pensions
Source Page: Work Capability Assessment handbook: for healthcare professionals
Document: (webpage)

Found: In July 2006, the Welfare Reform Bill, outlining the concept of the Employment and Support Allowance,



Non-Departmental Publications - Transparency
Mar. 12 2025
Public Sector Fraud Authority
Source Page: National Fraud Initiative reports
Document: (PDF)
Transparency

Found: welfare reforms as part of the Welfare Reform Bill.i i Subject to successful passage of the Welfare Reform Bill



Non-Departmental Publications - Statistics
Sep. 12 2023
Social Security Advisory Committee
Source Page: SSAC Occasional Paper 26: The future of working age contributory benefits for those not in paid work
Document: (PDF)
Statistics

Found: parliament.uk) H ouse of Commons Library research paper 11/23, Jarret T, Kennedy S, Wilson W, Welfare Reform Bill




Welfare Reform Bill 2026-27 mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Government Publications
Wednesday 7th October 2026
Mental Health Directorate
Source Page: Correspondence between the Scottish Government and the charity WAVE Trust: FOI release
Document: FOI 202600535203 - Information Released - Documents 1 to 10 (PDF)

Found: During the passage of the Welfare Reform Bill — during the lobbying phase—we found it hard to get anyone



Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
Explainer: how devolution works
Tuesday 19th May 2026
This briefing considers the devolution settlement in Scotland, explaining the powers of the Scottish Parliament, what legislation is and how law making at the Scottish and UK Parliaments interacts. It describes how devolution works, including intergovernmental processes which affect the Parliament and the exercise of its powers. It considers how the operation of
View source webpage

Found: For example, the motion on the Welfare Reform Bill 2010-12 consent urged the UK Government to reconsider



Scottish Parliamentary Debates
First Minister’s Question Time
74 speeches (41,572 words)
Thursday 19th June 2025 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) behind the Labour leader in the United Kingdom to send 50,000 children into poverty through the welfare reform bill - Link to Speech




Welfare Reform Bill 2026-27 mentioned in Welsh results


Welsh Government Publications
Tuesday 10th March 2015

Source Page: Evaluation of the Nest energy efficiency scheme
Document: Evaluation of the Nest energy efficiency scheme (PDF)

Found: Welfare Reform on social landlords and tenants 14 Department for Work and Pensions (2011) Welfare Reform Bill

Thursday 16th October 2014

Source Page: Local authority projects to mitigate the impact of housing benefit reform, using Homelessness Grant funding: monitoring report (October 2013 to March 2014)
Document: Local authority projects to mitigate the impact of housing benefit reform, using Homelessness Grant funding: monitoring report, October 2013 to March 2014 (period 5) (PDF)

Found: In October 2010, the UK Government announced a public spending review and introduced their Welfare Reform Bill

Wednesday 12th March 2014

Source Page: Local authority projects to mitigate the impact of housing benefit reform, using Homelessness Grant funding: monitoring report (April 2013 to September 2013)
Document: Local authority projects to mitigate the impact of housing benefit reform, using Homelessness Grant funding: monitoring report, April 2013 to September 2013 (period 4) (PDF)

Found: In October 2010, the UK Government announced a public spending review and introduced their Welfare Reform Bill

Thursday 31st October 2013

Source Page: Local authority projects to mitigate the impact of housing benefit reform, using Homelessness Grant funding: monitoring report (October 2012 to March 2013)
Document: Local authority projects to mitigate the impact of housing benefit reform, using Homelessness Grant funding: monitoring report, October 2012 to March 2013 (period 3) (PDF)

Found: In October 2010, the UK gov ernment announced a public spending review and introduced their Welfare Reform Bill

Friday 17th May 2013

Source Page: Local authority projects to mitigate the impact of housing benefit reform, using Homelessness Grant funding: monitoring report (October 2011 to September 2012)
Document: Local authority projects to mitigate the impact of housing benefit reform, using Homelessness Grant funding: monitoring report, October 2011 to September 2012 (periods 1 and 2) (PDF)

Found: In October 2010, the UK government announced a public spending review and introduced their Welfare Reform Bill

Wednesday 15th May 2013

Source Page: Advice services review
Document: Advice services review (PDF)

Found: the literature40 Practice Example: Citizens Advice Social Policy work on Welfare Reform The Welfare Reform Bill

Tuesday 12th March 2013

Source Page: Evaluation of the access to financial products through Credit Unions project: interim report
Document: Evaluation of the access to financial products through Credit Unions project: interim report (PDF)

Found: Act available at http://www.dwp.gov.uk/policy/welfare- reform/legislation-and-key-documents/welfare-reform-bill

Monday 21st January 2013

Source Page: New Ideas Fund: Researching the effectiveness of the Third Party reporting centres (TPRCs)
Document: New Ideas Fund: Researching the effectiveness of the Third Party reporting centres (PDF)

Found: potential impact of media reporting is the way that people with disability are portrayed with the Welfare Reform Bill



Welsh Senedd Research
UK Welfare Reform Bill - Plenary Briefing
Wednesday 11th June 2014
Enquiry no: 12/0121/Alys Thomas 1 13 January 2012 Research Service Y Gwasanaeth Ymchwil Reference: Plenary Meeting (40) Plenary Briefing UK Welfare Reform Bill Briefing Date of debate 24 January 2012 This briefing has been produced by the Researc...

Found: UK Welfare Reform Bill - Plenary Briefing

The Queen’s Speech 2010 - Research paper
Wednesday 11th June 2014
The Queen’s Speech 2010 June 2010 Following the General Election on 6 May 2010, the Queen’s Speech took place on the 25 May 2010. 23 Bills are to be brought forward by the newly elected UK Coalition Government. The National Assembly for Wales wil...

Found: ....................................................................................... 10 Welfare Reform Bill

UK Government Legislative Programme 2006-07 (Update) - Research paper
Wednesday 11th June 2014
Members’ Research Service / Gwasanaeth Ymchwil yr Aelodau June 2007 This paper provides an overview of the content and progress through Parliament and the Assembly of UK bills that were remitted to, and considered, by the committees of the Second...

Found: Paper Gwasanaeth Ymchwil yr Aelodau: Papur Ymchwil Bill Parliamentary Stage Assembly Stage Welfare Reform Bill

UK Government Legislative Programme 2005-2006 Outcome of Bills - Research paper
Wednesday 11th June 2014
Members’ Research Service / Gwasanaeth Ymchwil yr Aelodau November 2006 UK Government Legislative Programme 2005-06: Outcome of Bills Enquiry no: MRS06/2879/pw Date: 30 November 2006 This document has been prepared by the Members’ Research Servic...

Found: Violent Crime Reduction Bill: Royal Assent 08/11/06 Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 • • Welfare Reform Bill

Welfare in Wales series Welfare reforms - Quick guide
Wednesday 11th June 2014
1 Welfare in Wales series: Welfare reforms September 2011 April 2007 What are Assembly Measures? Introduction In addition to the introduction of a new Universal Credit and large scale changes to Housing Benefit (see guides 3 and 4 in this series)...

Found: per annum by 2014-15.1 Many of the changes needing primary legislation are contained in the Welfare Reform Bill

UK Welfare Reform Bill - Plenary Briefing
Wednesday 11th June 2014
Enquiry no: 12/0121/Alys Thomas 1 13 January 2012 Research Service Y Gwasanaeth Ymchwil Reference: Plenary Meeting (40) Plenary Briefing UK Welfare Reform Bill Briefing Date of debate 24 January 2012 This briefing has been produced by the Researc...

Found: UK Welfare Reform Bill - Plenary Briefing

Welfare in Wales series Housing Benefit reforms - Quick guide
Wednesday 11th June 2014
1 Welfare in Wales series: Housing Benefit reforms September 2011 What are Assembly Measures? Introduction In the June 2010 Budget, the UK Government put forward proposals for wide-ranging reforms to the Housing Benefit system. 1 The proposals in...

Found: the Consumer Price Index (CPI), as well as the household benefit cap, are contained in the Welfare Reform Bill



Welsh Senedd Debates
1. Questions to the First Minister

Tuesday 24th June 2025
Mentions:
1: Rhun ap Iorwerth (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn) It seems there are now enough potential Labour rebels to stop the reforms when the welfare reform Bill - Link to Speech