The UK Government’s Welfare Reform Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 16 February 2011. The Bill introduces a wide range of measures reforming the welfare benefit system.
Legislative Consent Memorandum (232KB pdf) was lodged by the Scottish Government in March 2011.
A Legislative Consent Motion was lodged by Nicola Sturgeon MSP on 31 October 2011.
Under Standing Order Rule 9B.3.5 the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee has been designated as a secondary Committee for the consideration of the Legislative Consent Memorandum (LCM) on the Welfare Reform Bill. Under this Rule the Committee will consider and report on the memorandum to the Health and Sport Committee as the lead Committee.
See the Health and Sport Committee's webpage on the LCM for details
Consideration
The Committee considered and noted the LCM at its meeting on 16 November 2011 (83KB pdf)
The Committee will consider its draft report to the lead Committee at its meeting on 23 November,
Evidence
The Committee heard evidence on the Welfare Reform Bill on 26 October 2011 in advance of the supplementary memorandum being lodged on 1 November 2011.
Sumbissions have been received from the following:
Report
The Committee has completed its scrutiny of the LCM and has reported to the Health and Sport Committee
Read the Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Welfare Reform Bill (UK Parliament legislation) - LCM (S4) 5.1
for further information on the work of the Committee you can contact the Clerks on 0131 348 5229 or by e-mail at: ici.committee@scottish.parliament.uk.