Mr Secretary Darling

(d)

    "(9) In sub-paragraph (8)—

"benefit" includes (in addition to any benefit under Parts II to V of this Act)—

    (a) any benefit under Parts VII to XII of this Act, and

    (b) credits under regulations under section 22(5) above;".

Mr Secretary Darling

To move the following Amendments to the words so restored to the Bill:—

Mr Secretary Darling

(c)

(a) a person is entitled to incapacity benefit in respect of any period of a week or part of a week,

(b) a pension payment is payable to him in respect of that period (or a period which forms part of that period or includes that period or part of it), and

(c) the amount of that payment (or, as the case may be, the amount which in accordance with regulations is to be taken as payable to him by way of pension payments in respect of that period) exceeds the threshold,

    the amount of that benefit shall be reduced by an amount equal to 50 per cent. of that excess.

    (1A) In subsection (1) above "the threshold" means—

(a) if the period in question is a week, £85 or such greater amount as may be prescribed; or

(b) if that period is not a week, such proportion of the amount mentioned in paragraph (a) as falls to be calculated in accordance with regulations on such basis as may be prescribed.

    (1B) Regulations may secure that a person of any prescribed description does not suffer any reduction under subsection (1) in any amount of incapacity benefit to which he is entitled.

    (2) Regulations may provide—

( ) for sums of any specified description to be disregarded for the purposes of this section;'.

Mr Jim Cousins
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Mr Frank Field
Lynne Jones
Audrey Wise
Mr Alan Simpson

Dr Norman A. Godman	Mrs Betty Williams	Mr Brian Sedgemore
Mr Bill Etherington	Mr Neil Gerrard	Mr Kelvin Hopkins
Mr Kevin McNamara	Mr Dennis Skinner	John Austin
Mr George Stevenson	Mr Tony Clarke	Mr Tony Benn
Dr Desmond Turner	Mr Michael Clapham	Mr Ken Livingstone
Mr Llew Smith	Mr Harry Barnes	Mr Robert N. Wareing
Mr John McAllion	Mr Dennis Canavan	Mr Tom Clarke
Mr Jeremy Corbyn	Mr Bill Michie	Frank Cook
Mr John McDonnell	Maria Fyfe

(a)

Mr Jim Cousins
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Mr Frank Field
Lynne Jones
Audrey Wise
Mr Alan Simpson

Dr Norman A. Godman	Mrs Betty Williams	Mr Brian Sedgemore
Mr Bill Etherington	Mr Neil Gerrard	Mr Kelvin Hopkins
Mr Kevin McNamara	Mr Dennis Skinner	John Austin
Mr George Stevenson	Mr Tony Clarke	Mr Tony Benn
Dr Desmond Turner	Mr Michael Clapham	Mr Ken Livingstone
Mr Llew Smith	Mr Harry Barnes	Mr Robert N. Wareing
Mr John McAllion	Mr Dennis Canavan	Mr Tom Clarke
Mr Jeremy Corbyn	Mr Bill Michie	Frank Cook
Mr John McDonnell	Maria Fyfe

(b)

Mr Secretary Darling

(d)

Mr Secretary Darling

(e)

( ) for such sums or aggregate sums".

Mr Secretary Darling

To move the following Amendments to the Bill in lieu of the Lords Amendment:—

Audrey Wise
Mr Jim Cousins
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Mr Frank Field
Lynne Jones
Mr Alan Simpson

Dr Norman A. Godman	Mrs Betty Williams	Mr Brian Sedgemore
Mr Bill Etherington	Mr Neil Gerrard	Mr Kelvin Hopkins
Mr Kevin McNamara	Mr Dennis Skinner	John Austin
Mr George Stevenson	Mr Tony Clarke	Mr Tony Benn
Dr Desmond Turner	Mr Michael Clapham	Mr Ken Livingstone
Mr Llew Smith	Mr Harry Barnes	Mr Robert N. Wareing
Mr John McAllion	Mr Dennis Canavan	Mr Jeremy Corbyn
Mr Bill Michie	Frank Cook	Mr John McDonnell

(a)

Audrey Wise
Mr Jim Cousins
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Mr Frank Field
Lynne Jones
Mr Alan Simpson

Dr Norman A. Godman	Mrs Betty Williams	Mr Brian Sedgemore
Mr Bill Etherington	Mr Neil Gerrard	Mr Kelvin Hopkins
Mr Kevin McNamara	Mr Dennis Skinner	John Austin
Mr George Stevenson	Mr Tony Clarke	Mr Tony Benn
Dr Desmond Turner	Mr Michael Clapham	Mr Ken Livingstone
Mr Llew Smith	Mr Harry Barnes	Mr Robert N. Wareing
Mr John McAllion	Mr Dennis Canavan	Mr Jeremy Corbyn
Mr John McDonnell	Frank Cook	Mr Bill Michie

(b)

Audrey Wise
Mr Jim Cousins
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Mr Frank Field
Lynne Jones
Mr Alan Simpson

Dr Norman A. Godman	Mrs Betty Williams	Mr Brian Sedgemore
Mr Bill Etherington	Mr Neil Gerrard	Mr Kelvin Hopkins
Mr Kevin McNamara	Mr Dennis Skinner	John Austin
Mr George Stevenson	Mr Tony Clarke	Mr Tony Benn
Dr Desmond Turner	Mr Michael Clapham	Mr Ken Livingstone
Mr Llew Smith	Mr Harry Barnes	Mr Robert N. Wareing
Mr John McAllion	Mr Dennis Canavan	Mr Jeremy Corbyn
Mr John McDonnell	Frank Cook	Mr Bill Michie

(c)

Audrey Wise
Mr Jim Cousins
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Mr Frank Field
Lynne Jones
Mr Alan Simpson

Dr Norman A. Godman	Mrs Betty Williams	Mr Brian Sedgemore
Mr Bill Etherington	Mr Neil Gerrard	Mr Kelvin Hopkins
Mr Kevin McNamara	Mr Dennis Skinner	John Austin
Mr George Stevenson	Mr Tony Clarke	Mr Tony Benn
Dr Desmond Turner	Mr Michael Clapham	Mr Ken Livingstone
Mr Llew Smith	Mr Harry Barnes	Mr Robert N. Wareing
Mr John McAllion	Mr Dennis Canavan	Mr Jeremy Corbyn
Mr Bill Michie	Frank Cook	Mr John McDonnell

(d)

    '(2B) The condition in this subsection is that throughout one of the last two complete tax years before the relevant benefit year he has been—

(a) in receipt of invalid care allowance, or

(b) within the meaning of regulations, precluded from employment by responsibilities at home

    and in either case suffers from loss of physical or mental faculty such that the extent of the resulting disablement amounts to not less than 80 per cent.

    (2C) The conditions in this subsection are that—

(a) for at least 25 weeks of the last two complete years before the beginning of the relevant benefit year he has been in receipt of Disabled Persons' Tax Credit or Disability Working Allowance;

(b) on the relevant day he satisfies the prescribed conditions as to residence in Great Britain, or as to presence there; and

(c) he is not, on that day, a person who is receiving full-time education.'.

Mr Secretary Darling

Mr Secretary Darling

Mr Secretary Darling

(a)

Mr Secretary Darling

(b)

Mr Secretary Darling

(c)

Mr Secretary Darling

(d)

(c) the circumstances are such that, were the services to be performed by the worker under a contract between him and the client, he would be regarded for the purposes of the applicable provisions of this Act as employed in employed earner's employment by the client,".

Mr Secretary Darling

(e)

Mr Secretary Darling

(f)

Mr Secretary Darling

(g)

    "(2) For the purposes of this section—

(a) "the intermediary" means—

    (i) where the third person mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above has such a contractual or other relationship with the worker as may be specified, that third person, or

    (ii) where that third person does not have such a relationship with the worker, any other person who has both such a relationship with the worker and such a direct or indirect contractual or other relationship with the third person as may be specified; and

(b) a person may be the intermediary despite being—

    (i) a person with whom the worker holds any office or employment, or

    (ii) a body corporate, unincorporated body or partnership of which the worker is a member;

    and subsection (1) above applies whether or not the client is a person with whom the worker holds any office or employment.".