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  Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Bill - Second Reading
  
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  The majority of MPs voted to approve the Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Bill[1] at its second reading, approving the main principles of the Bill and allowing it to continue on its path to becoming law. 
  
  
  The [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/917/contents/made The Jobseekerâs Allowance (Employment, Skills and Enterprise Scheme) Regulations 2011] were [http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/66.html quashed by the Court of Appeal on 12 February 2013 in the case of R (on the application of Reilly and Wilson) vs Secretary of State for Work and Pensions ([2013] EWCA Civ 66)] on the ground that the Regulations did not contain an appropriate description of the Employment, Skills and Enterprise Scheme as required by the [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/18/contents Jobseekers Act 1995].
  
  The Bill provides for new regulations, [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/276/contents/made The Jobseekerâs Allowance (Schemes for Assisting Persons to Obtain Employment) Regulations 2013] to be treated as replacing those quashed by the court and deals with similar flaws in the [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/688/introduction/made The Jobseekerâs Allowance (Mandatory Work Activity Scheme) Regulations 2011]
  
  Regulations requiring individuals to carry out "mandatory activity", including work without pay, in order to continue to receive Jobseeker's Allowance  
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/jobseekersbacktoworkschemes.html Parliament's webpage on the Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Bill]
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