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Amendments to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill

Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill -
Amendments to be debated in the House of Lords

Here you can browse the Amendments to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill to be moved in Committee in the House of Lords.

  
Schedule 9
 
  
BY THE LORD HIGGINS
THE BARONESS BUSCOMBE
THE LORD ASTOR OF HEVER
 
     Page 128, line 43, leave out paragraph 3 
  
Before Clause 1
 
  
BY THE BARONESS CASTLE OF BLACKBURN
THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN
 
     Page 1, line 4, at end insert-- 
     (". Part I of this Act shall not have effect until comprehensive legislation embodying the pensions proposals outlined in "A new contract for welfare: Principles into Practice" (Cm. 4101) has been introduced.")Part I: commencement.
  
Clause 1
 
  
BY THE BARONESS CASTLE OF BLACKBURN
THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN
 
     Page 1, line 11, after ("conditions") insert (", including a minimum level of employers' contributions,") 
     Page 1, line 18, after ("are") insert ("not") 
     Page 2, line 6, at end insert ("and that any such use does not reduce the value of the benefits provided for or in respect of any member by more than 10 per cent") 
     Page 2, line 11, leave out (", subject to such") 
     Page 2, line 12, leave out from ("levels") to end of line 13 and insert (", together with an equivalent employer's contribution, are such as to guarantee the employee an income sufficient to live on without recourse to means-tested benefits") 
  
BY THE LORD HIGGINS
THE BARONESS BUSCOMBE
THE LORD ASTOR OF HEVER
 
     Page 2, line 18, at end insert ("or other insurance contracts, annuity contracts or pension arrangements which satisfy prescribed requirements") 
  
Clause 2
 
  
BY THE BARONESS CASTLE OF BLACKBURN
THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN
 
     Page 3, line 34, at end insert (", which shall include such information as will enable the employee to assess whether and in what circumstances membership of the designated scheme or, as the case may be, of any of the designated schemes would be to his advantage") 
  
Clause 7
 
  
BY THE BARONESS CASTLE OF BLACKBURN
THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN
 
     Page 5, line 35, at end insert ("and whether contributions to it result in a reduction of the earner's liability for income tax") 
  
BY THE LORD HIGGINS
THE BARONESS BUSCOMBE
THE LORD ASTOR OF HEVER
 
     Page 5, line 44, at end insert ("; and
    (c)  specify different percentages in respect of earners whose chosen scheme for the purposes of section 43 of that Act meets such conditions as may be prescribed")
 
  
Clause 10
 
  
BY THE LORD HIGGINS
THE BARONESS BUSCOMBE
THE LORD ASTOR OF HEVER
 
     Page 11, line 5, at beginning insert ("the trustees or managers knew or ought reasonably to have known of such failure, then") 
  
Clause 11
 
  
BY THE LORD HIGGINS
THE LORD ASTOR OF HEVER
THE BARONESS BUSCOMBE
[In substitution for the third amendment to Clause 11 printed on sheet
HL Bill 62(a)
]
 
     Page 12, line 44, leave out ("under subsection (5) or (7)") and insert ("in accordance with this section") 
  
Clause 50
 
  
BY THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN
 
     Page 56, line 22, leave out ("for not more than 26 weeks") and insert ("up to pensionable age") 
     Page 56, line 31, leave out from ("age") to end of line 34 
  
Clause 52
 
  
BY THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN
 
     Page 59, line 21, at end insert--
 
    ("(  )  Regulations shall provide that a refusal by such a person to undertake work proposed at such an interview shall not, of itself, lead to a loss of benefit entitlement.")
 
  
Schedule 9
 
  
BY THE LORD HIGGINS
THE BARONESS BUSCOMBE
THE LORD ASTOR OF HEVER
 
     Page 129, leave out line 9 
     Page 129, leave out lines 10 and 11 
     Page 129, leave out line 12 
     Page 129, leave out line 13 
     Page 129, leave out lines 14 to 21 
     Page 129, line 22, leave out ("Except as may be prescribed") 
     Page 129, leave out lines 25 to 29 
  
Clause 70
 
  
BY THE LORD HIGGINS
THE BARONESS BUSCOMBE
THE LORD ASTOR OF HEVER
 
     Page 75, line 9, at end insert--
 
    ("(3)  Regulations shall not be made under this section until the Secretary of State, following full consultation with all interested parties, has laid before Parliament a Regulatory Impact Assessment which, amongst other matters, assesses the implications of the proposed Regulations for economic activity within the United Kingdom.")
 
     Page 75, line 9, at end insert--
 
    (3)  Regulations under this section shall not apply to any circumstances where the worker is entitled to delegate the whole performance of the services to another person, or where the third party is entitled to nominate someone other than the worker to perform the whole of the services."
 
     Transpose Clause 70 to after Clause 73 
  
Clause 71
 
  
BY THE LORD HIGGINS
THE BARONESS BUSCOMBE
THE LORD ASTOR OF HEVER
 
     Transpose Clause 71 to after Clause 73 
 
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