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| | Wednesday 16 January 2013 |
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| | For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:
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| | Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill |
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| | Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out ‘by 1%’. |
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| | Clause 1, page 1, line 4, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | In the case of employment and support allowance receivable by claimants of the |
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| | | support component of the allowance (who receive both personal allowance and |
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| | | support components) the mandatory 1% uprating stipulated in subsection (1) shall |
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| | | not apply to any components of the employment and support allowance |
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| | | (including personal allowance and support components) receivable by them.’. |
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| | Clause 2, page 2, line 19, leave out ‘by 1%’. |
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| | Clause 3, page 2, line 38, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(3A) | This Act will not come into force until a guarantee has been introduced that |
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| | | anyone who has been in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance for two years will be |
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| | | offered a job suitable to their circumstances paying at least the rate of the national |
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| | | minimum wage for 25 hours per week together with job-search support.’. |
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| | Clause 3, page 2, line 38, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(3B) | This Act will not come into force if, on or before 6 April 2013, the highest rate of |
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| | | income tax is reduced from 50%.’. |
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| | Schedule, page 4, line 7, leave out sub-paragraph (b). |
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| | Schedule, page 4, line 10, at end insert ‘with the exception of statutory maternity |
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| | | Assessment of impact on child poverty |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘The Secretary of State shall, in making the orders referred to in sections 1(1) and |
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| | | 2(1), publish and lay before Parliament a report assessing the impact of the order |
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| | | (b) | combined low income and material deprivation; |
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| | | as defined in the Child Povery Act 2010.’. |
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| | Clause 3, page 2, line 39, at beginning insert ‘Subject to subsections (3A) and |
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| | | Annual review of local housing allowance and market rents |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State must undertake a review of the current relationship |
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| | | between the amounts of housing welfare benefits in each local authority area and |
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| | | market rents in the same area during the relevant period. |
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| | | (2) | The relevant period in subsection (1) shall be each period of 12 months starting |
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| | | on 1 April 2013 and ending on 31 March 2016. |
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| | | (3) | A review under subsection (1) shall include an analysis of the effect of the levels |
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| | | of housing welfare benefits on the amount of private sector housing which is |
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| | | currently affordable by those in receipt of or entitled to such benefits. |
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| | | (4) | The Secretary of State must publish a report of the evidence and conclusions of |
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| | | each review undertaken under subsection (1). |
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| | | (5) | As part of each review undertaken under subsection (1), the Secretary of State |
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| | | shall consider amending the method used to uprate housing welfare benefits if |
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| | | there is shown to be a significant divergence between rent levels in the private |
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| | | rented sector and housing welfare benefits. |
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| | | (6) | In this section “housing welfare benefits” means “housing benefit in the form of |
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| | | the local housing allowance or (as the case may be) the housing component of |
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| | | universal credit” and “significant divergence” within the meaning of subsection |
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| | | (5) is to be defined in regulations.’. |
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