Amendments proposed to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

177

Schedule     5,     page     78,     line     14,     at end insert—

'(c) a stakeholder pension scheme;

(d) units in a unit trust, or shares in an investment trust or in an open-ended investment company held in a form approved by the Inland Revenue as a pension vehicle.'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

178

Schedule     5,     page     79,     line     19,     leave out 'as may be determined in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State.'.

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Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

179

Clause     28,     page     23,     leave out lines     26 to 30 and insert—

    '68D. That part of the rights to future benefits of a member of an occupational, personal or other approved pension scheme which consists of safeguarded rights as defined in section 68A should not be subject to pension sharing within the meaning of Parts III and IV of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.'.

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Mr Ian Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

146

Clause     33,     page     32,     line     37,     at end insert—

'(e) provision for the Secretary of State to draw up a scale of recommended charges, following consultation with representatives of the pensions industry and other interested parties.'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

180

Clause     33,     page     32,     line     46,     leave out 'is attributed to the transferor' and insert 'will be divided equally between the transferor and the transferee'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

181

Clause     33,     page     33,     line     13,     at end add—

    '(8) In the event of a dispute between either of the parties on the one side and a person or persons responsible for a pension arrangement on the other as to what is a reasonable or acceptable level of costs or charges including legal costs, the decision of the Pensions Ombudsman shall be final.'.

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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 Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles
Mrs Jacqui Lait

202

Clause     44,     page     39,     line     34,     after 'day', insert 'or a bereaved person aged 60 to 64 when the spouse died.'.

   

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'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

203

Clause     44,     page     40,     line     4,     at end insert—

    '( ) A bereavement payment shall also be payable to a man who before the appointed day—

(a) made or purported to make a claim for a widow's payment under section 36 in its form prior to the appointed day;

(b) indicated to the Benefits Agency that he would have made such a claim had he been eligible to claim the payment or an equivalent payment for widowers; or

(c) lodged an application at the European Commission of Human Rights or the European Court of Human Rights complaining that his rights under the European Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms had been violated by the non-availability for widowers of a payment equivalent to the widow's payment.'.

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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 David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

204

Clause     45,     page     41,     line     26,     at end insert—

    '( ) A widowed parent's allowance shall be payable for a period falling after a man who satisfies the conditions set out in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above—

(a) made or purported to make a claim for a widowed mother's allowance under section 37 above;

(b) indicated to the Benefits Agency that he would have made such a claim had he been eligible to claim the allowance or an equivalent allowance for widowers; or

(c) lodged an application at the European Commission of Human Rights or the European Court of Human Rights complaining that his rights under the European Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms had been violated by the non-availability for widowers of an allowance equivalent to the widowed mother's allowance.'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

191

Clause     45,     page     41,     line     38,     at end insert—

    '(1A) This section also applies where a man, who was over the age of 45 but under pensionable age at his wife's death, before the appointed day—

a) made or purported to make a claim for a widow's pension under section 38 above;

b) indicated to the Benefits Agency that he would have made such a claim had he been eligible to claim the pension or an equivalent pension for widowers; or

c) lodged an application at the European Commission of Human Rights or the European Court of Human Rights complaining that his rights under the European Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms had been violated by the non-availability for widowers of a pension equivalent to the widow's pension.

    (1B) A man who satisifies the conditions set out in subsection (1A) above shall be entitled to a bereavement allowance.'.

   

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'.

Prepared 23 Mar 1999