S.C.D.
Amendment Paper as at
Thursday 25th March 1999
STANDING COMMITTEE D
WELFARE REFORM AND PENSIONS BILL
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [2nd March], as follows:—
Clauses 1 to 5, Schedule 1, Clauses 6 to 14, Schedule 2, Clause 15, Schedule 3, Clauses 16 and 17, Schedule 4, Clauses 18 to 27, Schedule 5, Clauses 28 to 42, Schedule 6, Clauses 43 to 47, Clause 50, Clause 48, Schedule 7, Clause 49, Clause 60, Clause 58, Clauses 51 to 57, Clauses 61 to 68, Clause 71, New Clauses, New Schedules, Clause 59, Schedule 8, Clause 69, Schedule 9, Clause 70, Clause 72, Schedule 10, Clauses 73 to 75.
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 Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles
Mrs Jacqui Lait
220
Clause 44, page 39, line 42, at the end insert ', or was making voluntary contributions,'.
Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten
211
Clause 44, page 40, leave out lines 1 to 4.
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.'.
Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles
Mrs Jacqui Lait
218
Clause 44, page 40, line 12, after '£2,000.00', insert 'to be adjusted annually in direct relation to the retail price index'.
Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles
Mrs Jacqui Lait
206
Clause 45, page 40, line 16, leave out 'the appointed day' and insert '1st January 2020'.
Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles
Mrs Jacqui Lait
207
Clause 45, page 40, line 18, leave out 'that' and insert 'the appointed'.
Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles
Mrs Jacqui Lait
208
Clause 45, page 40, line 20, leave out 'person's spouse' and insert 'man's wife'.
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 Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles
Mrs Jacqui Lait
221
Clause 45, page 40, line 41, after '5', insert 'or was making voluntary contributions'.
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 Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles
Mrs Jacqui Lait
222
Clause 45, page 41, line 43, at end insert 'or was making voluntary contributions'.
Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies
105
Clause 45, page 41, leave out lines 44 to 48.
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
95
Clause 45, page 41, line 45, leave out '26 weeks' and insert 'five years'.
Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten
96
Clause 45, page 41, line 45, leave out '26 weeks' and 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 Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles
Mrs Jacqui Lait
219
Clause 45, page 41, line 45, after '26 weeks', insert ', or 52 weeks should the surviving spouse have been caring for the spouse full-time immediately before the death,'.
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 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
98
Clause 45, page 42, line 6, leave out '26 weeks' and 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 David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten
101
Clause 45, page 42, line 25, leave out from first 'pension' to end of line 27.
Mr. David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten
212
Clause 45, page 42, leave out lines 41 to 46.
Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten
214
Clause 45, page 42, line 42, leave out '2000' and insert '2010'.
Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten
216
Clause 45, page 42, line 44, leave out from 'be' to end of line 46 and insert 'nine-tenths of the amount which it would be apart from this subsection, decreasing by one-tenth of the original appropriate amount each year only until 2004 when the amount paid shall be one-half of the original appropriate amount.'.
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.
