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| | “(2A) | A person’s gross earnings from all sources shall be aggregated when |
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| | determining whether an individual is above the lower earnings limit.”.’. |
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| | Linking the introduction of uprating the basic state pension in line with earnings and the |
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| | increase in the state pension age |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘For each additional year after 2012 that retirement pensions referred to in section |
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| | 23A(1)(b) of SSCBA (inserted by section 3 of this Act) are not uprated in line |
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| | with the general level of earnings as defined in section 150A(2) of the |
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| | Administration Act (inserted by section 5(2) of this Act) the increase in state |
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| | pension age shall be delayed by an additional year.’. |
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| | Report on older workers not paying or being credited with National Insurance |
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| | Negatived on division NC21 |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The Secretary of State shall present a report annually to the House of |
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| | (a) | analysing, by local authority area and by job sector, the number and |
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| | distribution of people over 60 seeking work and not being credited with |
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| | contribution credits, and |
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| | (b) | on the training opportunities for people seeking to increase the number of |
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| | their qualifying years for receipt of a full Basic State Pension.’. |
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| | Commission on public sector pensions |
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| | Negatived on division NC22 |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The Secretary of State shall establish an independent commission to evaluate the |
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| | future terms, benefits and financing of public sector pensions.’. |
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| | Entitlement to a Basic State Pension |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The Secretary of State shall prepare a report on those groups reaching state |
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| | pension age in 2010 who will not be eligible for a full Basic State Pension.’. |
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| | Independent Pensions Commission |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The Secretary of State must, no later than 1st January 2010, establish an |
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| | independent Pensions Commission to— |
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| | (a) | advise the Government on affordability issues in relation to state pension |
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| | provision and the state pension age, |
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| | (b) | conduct and publish gender, carer and state pension coverage impact |
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| | (c) | publish annual projections of the proportion of pensioners facing |
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| | different withdrawal rates.’. |
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| | Job opportunities for workers over state pension age |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Before any increase in the State Pension age the Secretary of State shall publish |
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| | a report on improved training packages and flexible job opportunities for workers |
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| | Combined pensions forecasts |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The Secretary of State shall publish proposals, no later than 1st April 2008, for |
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| | the delivery of accurate combined pensions forecasts.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The Secretary of State shall bring forward a report, no later than 1st April 2008, |
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| | on the labour market disincentive effects of the operation of the Pension Credit |
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| | system, for people over entitlement age for Pension Credit, in employment.’. |
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| | Removal of overlap between carers’ allowance and state retirement pension |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The Secretary of State must make regulations to amend the Social Security |
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| | (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979 (S.I., 1979, No. 597) which will have |
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| | the effect of removing the overlap between carers’ allowance and state retirement |
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| | Category A and B retirement pensions: contribution condition |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Schedule 3 to the SSCBA (contribution conditions) is amended as follows. |
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| | (a) | delete sub-paragraph (2); |
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| | (b) | in sub-paragraph (3) delete the words “The second condition is that” and, |
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| | for the words “the requisite number of” in sub-paragraph (3)(a), |
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| | (c) | delete sub-paragraphs (5) to (8) inclusive and insert the following sub- |
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| | “(4A) | Regulations may modify sub-paragraph (3) above for the |
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| | purposes of its application in a case where— |
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| | (a) | the contributor concerned has paid, or been credited |
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| | (b) | contributions have been deemed to be, or treated as, paid |
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| | | under the National Insurance Act 1946 or the National Insurance Act |
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| | Widowed parent’s allowance and bereavement allowance |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Schedule 3 to the SSCBA (contribution conditions) is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | After paragraph 5A (inserted by section 1(3) of this Act) insert— |
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| | “5B(1) | This paragraph applies to a widowed parent’s allowance or |
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| | bereavement allowance in a case where the contributor concerned dies |
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| | on or after 6th April 2010. |
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| | (2) | Paragraphs 5A(2) to 5A(4) of this Schedule shall apply to an |
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| | allowance to which this paragraph applies as if it were a Category A |
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| | or Category B retirement pension.”.’. |
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| | Report on tax relief on pensions |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The Secretary of State shall, not later than 1st April 2008, prepare and publish a |
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| | report on tax relief on pension contributions, namely— |
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| | (a) | the annual cost to the Treasury of those reliefs, including projections for |
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| | the following five tax years, and |
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| | (b) | the extent to which the existing tax relief on pensions is, in his opinion— |
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| | (ii) | properly focussed, and |
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