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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 on Report in the House of Lords. |
Clause 1 | |||
BY THE BARONESS CASTLE OF BLACKBURN THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN | |||
Page 1, line 17, leave out subsection (4) | |||
Page 1, line 22, leave out from ("that") to ("or") on page 2, line 2, and insert ("no part of--
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Clause 2 | |||
BY THE BARONESS CASTLE OF BLACKBURN THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN | |||
Page 2, line 35, after ("scheme") insert ("or that the scheme was established to replace an occupational pension scheme") | |||
Clause 3 | |||
BY THE BARONESS CASTLE OF BLACKBURN THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN | |||
Page 3, line 31, at end insert ("other than those who prefer to acquire earnings-related pension rights under section 44(3)(b) of the Contributions and Benefits Act (SERPS).") | |||
Page 3, line 38, after ("schemes;") insert--
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Page 3, line 38, after ("schemes;") insert--
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Clause 7 | |||
BY THE BARONESS CASTLE OF BLACKBURN THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN | |||
Page 5, line 47, at end insert ("and whether contributions to it result in a reduction of the earner's liability for income tax") | |||
After Clause 18 | |||
BY THE BARONESS CASTLE OF BLACKBURN THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN | |||
Insert the following new Clause-- | |||
(" . In section 44(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act, for "£66.75" there shall be substituted "£75".") | Weekly rate of basic pension. | ||
Insert the following new Clause-- | |||
(" .-- Employees who are contributors or prospective contributors to an occupational, stakeholder or personal pension scheme shall be given the option of contributing to the state earnings related pension scheme enacted in the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 as amended.") | Continuing contributions to SERPS. | ||
Insert the following new Clause-- | |||
(" .--(1) Section 150 of the Administration Act shall be amended as follows. (2) In subsection (1), after "prices" insert "or earnings". (3) In subsection (2)--
| Uprating of benefits. | ||
After Clause 51 | |||
BY THE BARONESS PITKEATHLY | |||
Insert the following new Clause-- | |||
(" . In section 70 of the Contributions and Benefits Act, at the end there shall be added--
| Extension of Invalid Care Allowance for bereaved carers. | ||
Clause 71 | |||
BY THE LORD GOODHART THE EARL RUSSELL | |||
Page 76, leave out lines 18 to 28 and insert-- ("(5) Regulations under this section shall provide a right for the worker or the client to apply for a ruling from the Inland Revenue as to whether the relevant payments or benefits are to any extent to be treated as earnings paid to the worker in respect of an employed earner's employment of his. (5A) If no ruling is given on an application under subsection (5) within 4 weeks after the Inland Revenue has been supplied with all relevant information which may be required under regulations, relevant payments or benefits shall not be treated as earnings paid to the worker in respect of an employed earner's employment of his between the end of that period and the giving of the ruling by the Inland Revenue.") | |||
Clause 72 | |||
BY THE LORD GOODHART THE EARL RUSSELL | |||
Page 78, line 44, leave out from beginning to end of line 6 on page 79 and insert-- ("(5) Regulations under this section shall provide a right for the worker or the client to apply for a ruling from the Inland Revenue as to whether the relevant payments or benefits are to any extent to be treated as earnings paid to the worker in respect of an employed earner's employment of his. (5A) If no ruling is given on an application under subsection (5) within 4 weeks after the Inland Revenue has been supplied with all relevant information which may be required under regulations, relevant payments or benefits shall not be treated as earnings paid to the worker in respect of an employed earner's employment of his between the end of that period and the giving of the ruling by the Inland Revenue.") | |||
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