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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 Supplement (a) to the Marshalled List of Amendments to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill to be moved in Committee in the House of Lords.

  
Clause 51
 
  
BY THE EARL RUSSELL
THE LORD GOODHART
THE LORD ADDINGTON
 
     Page 58, line 25, leave out ("2000") and insert ("2010") 
  
After Clause 51
 
  
BY THE LORD GOODHART
THE EARL RUSSELL
THE LORD ADDINGTON
 
     Insert the following new Clause-- 
     ("(1)  After subsection (1) of section 113 of the Contributions and Benefits Act there shall be inserted--
        (1A)  Subsection (1) shall not disqualify a person absent from Great Britain from receiving a retirement pension under Part II of this Act."
    (2)  At the end of section 119 of the Contributions and Benefits Act there shall be added--
        (2)  No order made under this section may provide for any uprating under section 150 of the Administration Act of retirement pensions under Part II of this Act to be excluded or reduced by reason of the absence from Great Britain of the person entitled to the pension."")
Retirement pension of non-residents.
  
BY THE EARL RUSSELL
THE LORD GOODHART
THE LORD ADDINGTON
 
     Insert the following new Clause-- 
     ("  .  The Contributions and Benefits Act is amended by substituting ("2010") for ("2000") in--
    (a)  subsection (3) of section 39;
    (b)  subsection (3) of section 48C;
    (c)  subsection (3) of section 51; and
    (d)  paragraph 4(3), 5A(2) and (3), and 6(3) and (4) of Schedule 5.")
Deferment of reduction in SERPS for widows and widowers.
  
Clause 71
 
  
BY THE LORD GOODHART
THE EARL RUSSELL
THE LORD ADDINGTON
 
     Page 77, line 16, leave out from ("worker")") to ("and") in line 20 
 
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