Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Bill

Baroness Stowell of Beeston Excerpts

Monday 25th March 2013 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Hollis of Heigham]

My Lords, this is pivotal. This is Committee.

[Baroness Stowell of Beeston]

It is Committee, but the Companion guides us by stating that, during any stages:

“Lengthy or frequent interventions should not be made, even with the consent of the member speaking”.

My noble friend is very tolerant and I know that he will keep responding to interventions. However, the hour is late and there have been several interventions.

[Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton]

My Lords, this is Committee. Many of us are deeply distressed about the Bill. To seek to curtail a discussion where clearly the Minister is saying that people will be asked to comply with a norm if they have no good excuse not to, is to my mind—and, I suspect, to the minds of other noble Lords—little different from a target.