Amendments proposed to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Mr Stephen Timms

120

Clause     20,     page     16,     line     28,     leave out from '1985' to end of line 29 and insert 'which relates to benefits or future benefits to which the party who is the transferor is entitled under the pension arrangement to which the provision relates.'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

121

Clause     20,     page     17,     line     12,     at end insert—

    '(11) In subsections (4)(b), (5)(c) and (6), the reference to the party who is the transferor is to the party to whose rights the provision relates.'.

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Mr Stephen Timms

122

Clause     34,     page     33,     line     26,     at end insert—

    '( ) Any provision of, or under, an Act which makes benefits under a pension scheme established under an Act a charge on, or payable out of—

(a) the Consolidated Fund,

(b) the Scottish Consolidated Fund, or

(c) the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland,

    shall be treated as including any benefits under the scheme which are attributable (directly or indirectly) to a pension credit which derives from rights to benefits charged on, or payable out of, that fund.'.

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Mr Stephen Timms

123

Clause     40,     page     37,     line     34,     leave out subsection (6).

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Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

102

Clause     44,     page     39,     line     39,     leave out 'and' and insert 'or

( ) that the person was of pensionable age and in receipt of income support; and'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

109

Clause     44,     page     39,     line     40,     after 'condition', insert 'that person or the deceased'.

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Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

110

Clause     45,     page     40,     line     39,     after first 'the', insert 'surviving spouse or the'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

111

Clause     45,     page     41,     line     41,     after first 'the', insert 'surviving spouse or the'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

105

Clause     45,     page     41,     leave out lines 44 to 48.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

95

Clause     45,     page     41,     line     45,     leave out '26 weeks' and insert 'five years'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

103

Clause     45,     page     41,     line     45,     leave out '26 weeks' and insert 'six years'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

96

Clause     45,     page     41,     line     45,     leave out '26 weeks' insert 'three years'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

97

Clause     45,     page     41,     line     45,     leave out '26 weeks' and insert 'one year'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

107

Clause     45,     page     41,     line     45,     leave out '26 weeks' and insert '1 year plus 26 weeks for every whole year the surviving spouse has lived over the age of 45'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

106

Clause     45,     page     42,     leave out lines 6 to 8.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

108

Clause     45,     page     42,     line     6,     leave out 'of 26 weeks'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

98

Clause     45,     page     42,     line     6,     leave out '26 weeks' insert 'five years'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

99

Clause     45,     page     42,     line     6,     leave out '26 weeks' and insert 'three years'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

100

Clause     45,     page     42,     line     6,     leave out '26 weeks' and insert 'one year'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

104

Clause     45,     page     42,     line     6,     leave out '26 weeks' and insert 'six years'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

101

Clause     45,     page     42,     line     25,     leave out from first 'pension' to end of line 27.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

113

Clause     45,     page     42,     leave out from beginning of line 47 to end of line 4 on page 43.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

128

Clause     45,     page     42,     line     49,     leave out 'pension' and insert 'allowance'.

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Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

112

Clause     46,     page     43,     line     12,     after 'remarried', insert 'for as long as the person would have received a widowed parent's allowance but for reaching pensionable age and thereafter subsection (4) applies to such a person'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

129

Clause     46,     page     43,     leave out lines 22 to 26 and insert 'at any time prior to attaining that age, or

    (ii) entitled to a widowed parent's allowance at any time when over the age of 45 (but not immediately before attaining pensionable age); and'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

130

Clause     46,     page     44,     line     4,     after 'multiplied', insert—

'(a)''.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

131

Clause     46,     page     44,     line     6,     at end insert ', or

(b) by ten, if that number exceeds ten.'.

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Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

92

Clause     47,     page     44,     line     23,     leave out 'a work-focused interview' and insert 'an interview to advise on employment opportunities, benefit take up, and other issues of relevance to specific claimant groups.'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

91

Clause     47,     page     44,     line     27,     at end insert—

'(iii) that person is neither severely disabled, nor is a carer of a disabled or elderly person, or of a child under the age of 5'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

93

Clause     47,     page     44,     line     28,     after 'interview', insert ', to be held in an appropriate place,'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

94

Clause     47,     page     44,     line     28,     after 'interview', insert 'and where appropriate, with a representative advocate present'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

78

Clause     47,     page     44,     line     31,     at end insert—

    '(1A) A work focus interview for a person receiving or applying for or having applied for incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance, or disability premia in income support shall only take place once the personal capability assessment provided for in section 56 below has been made.'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

80

Clause     47,     page     45,     line     4,     at end insert—

'( ) for determining the training to be provided to persons by whom interviews are to be conducted which shall include training in the principles of personnel management and job placement, and in the types and incidence of mental and physical disability and in recent developments in coping with them.'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

81

Clause     47,     page     45,     line     9,     at end insert—

'( ) for determining the facilities which shall be required in any premises where an interview of a disabled person is to be held, other than in the disabled person's home.'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

82

Clause     47,     page     45,     line     9,     at end add—

'( ) for providing that persons required to attend interviews which they cannot reasonably be expected to reach on foot shall have reimbursed to them such costs as may reasonably be incurred by them, taking into acount inter alia any degree of disability from which they may suffer in travelling to the place of any work-focused interview and returning home thereafter.'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

79

Clause     47,     page     45,     line     24,     after 'regulations' insert 'such matters to include the degree of incapacity, invalidity or physical or mental illness of the person, the recent bereavement of such a person or the illness or incapacity of any child, parent, spouse, partner or other person for whom the person claiming benefit has care.'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

83

Clause     47,     page     47,     line     13,     at end insert—

    '(1A) Regulations shall be made specifying the maximum period which may elapse between the refusal of benefit and the hearing and determination of an appeal, and will provide, if the appeal has not been heard and determined within such periods, for the applicant to be deemed to have had his case upheld.'.

Prepared 16 Mar 1999