Concerns over psychiatric welfare cut

Cutting welfare from the criminally insane could be against their right to social security, a parliamentary committee has warned.

The measures - which came into public focus after independent senator Jacqui Lambie spoke out about her ice-addicted son - would strip the disability support pension from people in psychiatric confinement who've been charged with serious crimes.

But the human rights committee in a report on Tuesday has called for the bill to clarify what circumstances some people could still be eligible for welfare.