| Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Amendments to be debated in the House of Lords - continued |
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| BY THE BARONESS STRANGE | |||
| 41 | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" .--(1) In determining whether a pension is payable to a person as a widow under any of the enactments in subsection (2), no account may be taken of the fact that the widow has remarried or is living together as husband and wife with a person of the opposite sex. (2) The enactments referred to in subsection (1) are-- | War pensions for widows: entitlement. | ||
| S.I. 1983/883. | ||
| S.I. 1983/686. 1939 c. 82. | ||
| 1939 c. 83. 1947 c. 19. | ||
| 1969 c. 65. | ||
| BY THE LORD GOODHART THE EARL RUSSELL THE LORD ADDINGTON | |||
| 42* | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" .--(1) The Social Security Act 1986 shall be amended as follows. (2) For section 19 (additional pensions: supplementary) there shall be substituted-- | |||
| "Additional pensions: supplementary. | 19.--(1) The additional pension falling to be calculated under section 6 of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 by virtue of the following provisions-- | ||
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| (2) In paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to that Act-- | |||
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(a) the increase in the basic pension to which the deceased spouse was entitled; and (b) one-half of the increase in the additional pension." | |||
| (3) In sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 4A of that Schedule after the word "increased" there shall be inserted the words ", subject to sub-paragraph (1A) below, ". (4) The following sub-paragraph shall be inserted after sub-paragraph (1)-- | |||
(i) one-half of the appropriate amount after it has been reduced by the amount of any increases under section 37A of this Act; and (ii) one-half of any increase to which he had been entitled under this paragraph.". | |||
| (5) In sub-paragraph (2), after the word "increased" there shall be inserted the words ", subject to sub-paragraph (2A) below,". (6) The following sub-paragraph shall be inserted after sub-paragraph (2)-- | |||
(a) if she dies before 6th April 2010, the words "an amount equal to the sum of-- (i) that increase, so far as attributable to employment before 6th April 1988; (ii) one-half of that increase so far as attributable to employment 5th April 1988; (iii) the appropriate amount reduced by the amount of any increases under section 37A of this Act; and (iv) any increase to which she had been entitled under this paragraph."; and (b) if she dies after 5th April 2010, the words "an amount equal to the sum of-- (i) one-half of that increase so far as attributable to employment before 6th April 1988; (ii) one-half of the appropriate amount after it has been reduced by the amount of any increases under section 37A of this Act; and (iii) one-half of any increase to which she had been entitled under this paragraph"".) | Full SERPS entitlement for widows. | ||
| 43* | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" .--(1) The Social Security Act 1986 shall be amended as follows. (2) Section 19 (additional pensions: supplementary) shall cease to have effect") | Repeal of halving of additional pension entitlement. | ||
| 44* | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" .--(1) The Social Security Act 1986 shall be amended as follows. (2) For section 19 (additional pensions: supplementary) there shall be substituted-- | |||
| "Additional pensions: supplementary. | 19.--(1) The additional pension falling to be calculated under section 6 of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 by virtue of the following provisions-- | ||
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(a) the increase in the basic pension to which the deceased spouse was entitled; and (b) nine tenths of the increase in the additional pension, and shall continue to decrease by one tenth of the amount so calculated each year only until 2004 when the amount paid shall be one-half of the original increase in the additional pension." | |||
| (3) In sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 4A of that Schedule after the word "increased" there shall be inserted the words ", subject to sub-paragraph (1A) below,". (4) The following sub-paragraph shall be inserted after sub-paragraph (1)-- | |||
(i) nine tenths of the appropriate amount and shall continue to decrease by one tenth of the amount so calculated each year only until 2004 when the amount paid shall be one-half of the original appropriate amount after it has been reduced by the amount of any increases under section 37A of this Act; and (ii) nine tenths of any increase and shall continue to decrease by one tenth of the amount so calculated each year only until 2004 when the amount paid shall be one-half of any increase to which he had been originally entitled under this paragraph."." | |||
| (5) In sub-paragraph (2), after the word "increased" there shall be inserted the words ", subject to sub-paragraph (2A) below,". (6) The following sub-paragraph shall be inserted after sub-paragraph (2)-- | |||
(a) if she dies before 6th April 2000, the words "an amount equal to the sum of-- (i) that increase, so far as attributable to employment before 6th April 1988; (ii) one-half of that increase so far as attributable to employment before 5th April 1988; (iii) the appropriate amount reduced by the amount of any increases under section 37A of this Act; and (iv) any increase to which she had been entitled under this paragraph."; and (b) if she dies after 5th April 2000, the words "an amount equal to the sum of-- (i) nine tenths of that increase and shall continue to decrease by one tenth of that increase each year only until 2004 when the amount paid shall be one-half of that original increase so far as attributable to employment before 6th April 1988; (ii) nine tenths of the appropriate amount after it has been reduced by the amount of any increases under section 37A of this Act and shall continue to decrease 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 after it has been reduced by the amount of any increases under section 37A of this Act; and (iii) nine tenths of any increase to which she had been entitled under this paragraph, and shall continue to decrease by one tenth of the original amount each year only until 2004 when the amount paid shall be one-half of any increase to which she had been originally entitled under this paragraph"."."") | Phasing in of cut in additional pension payments to widows. | ||
| Clause 19 | |||
| BY THE LORD HIGGINS THE BARONESS BUSCOMBE THE LORD ASTOR OF HEVER | |||
| 45 | Page 24, line 31, leave out ("have effect") and insert ("not have effect until the Law Commission have undertaken a review of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 and have reported on the extent to which it is appropriate to give legal force to pre-nuptial agreements.") | ||
| The above-named Lords give notice of their intention to opppose the Question that Clause 19 stand part of the Bill. | |||
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