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| (a) | be available on a face-to-face basis for those who wish to receive the service in this way; |
| (b) | provided by a suitably qualified person; |
| (c) | in the case of face-to-face advice, be available either at home in specified circumstances or else within a reasonable travelling distance of home; |
| (d) | be available within a reasonable time period; |
| (e) | incorporate advice on entitlement to other benefits and on the implications for the claimant of receipt of state pension credit. |
As an Amendment to Steve Webb's proposed Clause (NC2) (Access to advice):
Mr David Willetts
Mr James Clappison
Mr Tim Boswell
(a)
Line 10, at end insert—
| '(cc) | in the case of telephone advice, not involve any charge to the caller.'. |
Duration of guarantee credit
Lynne Jones
Mr Jim Cousins
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Chris MacCafferty
Andrew Bennett
Dr Ian Gibson
| Dr Rudi Vis | Llew Smith |
NC3
To move the following Clause:—'( ) The provisions of section 2 shall cease to have effect on such date as the basic state pension is the same amount as the guarantee credit.'.
Increase in basic state pension
Lynne Jones
Mr Jim Cousins
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Chris MacCafferty
Andrew Bennett
Dr Ian Gibson
| Dr Rudi Vis | Llew Smith |
NC4
To move the following Clause:—'( ) The basic state pension shall be increased to the level of the guarantee credit over a period to be specified by regulation.'.
Report on incentives etc.
Mr David Willetts
Mr James Clappison
Mr Tim Boswell
NC5
To move the following Clause:—'( ) The Secretary of State shall as soon as practicable after the end of the financial year 2004-05 and annually thereafter lay before Parliament a report containing an assessment of the effect of the savings credit on the propensity of individuals of working age to save for their retirement; and may invite the Social Security Advisory Committee to comment thereon and make recommendations for any change to structures or benefits which seem to them to be appropriate.'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr James Clappison
Mr Tim Boswell
6
Page 1, line 5 [Clause 1], after 'credit', insert 'calculated in accordance with section 2'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr James Clappison
Mr Tim Boswell
7
Page 1, line 9 [Clause 1], leave out from '2' to end of line 10.
Mr David Willetts
Mr James Clappison
Mr Tim Boswell
8
Page 1, line 11 [Clause 1], leave out subsection (3).
Mr David Willetts
Mr James Clappison
Mr Tim Boswell
9
Page 1, line 18 [Clause 1], leave out 'and (3) are' and insert 'is'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr James Clappison
Mr Tim Boswell
10
Page 2, line 10 [Clause 2], leave out 'a guarantee' and insert 'state pension'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr James Clappison
Mr Tim Boswell
11
Page 2, line 11 [Clause 2], leave out 'guarantee' and insert 'state pension'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr James Clappison
Mr Tim Boswell
12
Page 2, line 13 [Clause 2], leave out 'guarantee' and insert 'state pension'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr James Clappison
Mr Tim Boswell
4
Page 2, line 36 [Clause 2], at end insert—'(8A) For the purposes of this section, where the client has attained the age of 65 or is a member of a married or unmarried couple the other member of which has attained that age, there shall be disregarded in the calculation of the claimant's income a prescribed percentage of the amount, if any, by which his qualifying income (after deducting such part of his income, if any, as lies between the standard minimum guarantee and the appropriate minimum guarantee) exceeds a prescribed amount (the savings disregard threshold).
(8B) Regulations may make provision as to income which is, and income which is not, to be treated as qualifying income for the purposes of this section.'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr James Clappison
Mr Tim Boswell
5
Page 2, line 40, leave out Clause 3.
Steve Webb
Mr David Heath
Paul Holmes
1
Page 2, line 42 [Clause 3], leave out 'age of 65' and insert 'qualifying age'.
Steve Webb
Mr David Heath
Paul Holmes
2
Page 3, line 26 [Clause 3], at end insert—'(6A) In the case of men aged under 65, such regulations shall provide that the calculation of qualifying income shall include an amount equal to the amount of retirement pension that the claimant is forecast by the Secretary of State to be entitled to at the age of 65. This forecast shall be revised on each anniversary of the initial claim until the claimant reaches the age of 65.'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr James Clappison
Mr Tim Boswell
13
Page 6, line 28 [Clause 9], at end insert—'(1A) The Secretary of State may provide by regulation for the assessed income period to be continued for a period not exceeding five years notwithstanding that the payment of benefit during that period has been terminated under regulations made under section 1(5) or section 2(6) of this Act, and may make provision for the restoration of benefit on the same basis of assessment as has previously applied when the conditions giving rise to the termination of that benefit no longer apply.'.
Steve Webb
Mr David Heath
Paul Holmes
3
Page 9, line 7 [Clause 15], after 'earnings', insert ', except that that part of a claimant's hourly earnings that is equal to the rate of the National Minimum Wage shall be disregarded'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr James Clappison
Mr Tim Boswell
14
Page 9, line 18 [Clause 15], at end insert 'but shall in no circumstances include income derived from or calculated as income implied by any compensation fund (whether or not written in trust) administered for the benefit of any claimant for state pension credit in connection with a settlement of a claim on behalf of that person arising from industrial injuries or medical negligence.'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr James Clappison
Mr Tim Boswell
15
Page 9, line 22 [Clause 15], at end insert 'but shall exclude any income derived from PEPs, TESSAs or ISAs.'.
Mr David Willetts
Mr James Clappison
Mr Tim Boswell
16
Page 9, line 24 [Clause 15], at end insert 'but subject to the restriction that the income implied by any capital holding shall not exceed the current Bank of England minimum lending rate plus two percentage points, to be averaged over a twelve month period prescribed in the regulations.'.
Dr Evan Harris
Hywel Williams
17
Page 12, line 6 [Clause 17], leave out from 'means' to end of line 8 and insert 'two people, who are not married, (whether of different sexes or the same sex) living as partners in an enduring family relationship, not including two people one of whom is the other's parent, grandparent, sister, brother, aunt or uncle, and where references to these relationships—
| (a) | are to relationships of the full blood or half blood or, in the case of an adopted person, such of those relationships as would exist but for the adoption, and |
| (b) | include the relationship of a child with his adoptive, or former adoptive, parents, |
ORDER OF THE HOUSE [25TH MARCH 2002]
Committal
(1) The Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee.
Programming of Proceedings
(2) All proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or on any other messages from the Lords) shall be programmed.
Proceedings in the Standing Committee
(3) Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 30th April.(4) The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
Consideration and Third Reading
(5) Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at Nine o'clock on the day on which those proceedings are commenced or, if that day is Thursday, at Six o'clock on that day.(6) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at Ten o'clock on the day on which proceedings on consideration are commenced or, if that day is a Thursday, at Seven o'clock on that day.
(7) Sessional Order B (Programming Committees) made on 28th June 2001 shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.
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