State Pension Credit Bill [HL]
AMENDMENTS
TO BE MOVED
IN COMMITTEE
| | THE BARONESS BARKER
THE LORD ADDINGTON |
| Page 1, line 6, leave out paragraph (a) |
| Page 2, line 2, leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert "in the case of a man or a woman, a woman's pensionable age." |
| | THE BARONESS BARKER
THE LORD ADDINGTON |
| Insert the following new Clause— |
| | "Annual up-rating of the standard minimum guarantee |
| (1) | Within one month of the start of each tax year the Secretary of State shall, by order, up-rate the standard minimum guarantee. |
| (2) | The up-rating referred to in subsection (1) shall be by the same percentage as either— |
| (a) | the general rise in prices during the preceding tax year; or |
| (b) | the general rise in earnings during the preceding tax year, |
| (3) | The Secretary of State may, in up-rating the standard minimum guarantee, round any sum up or down to such extent as he thinks appropriate. |
| (4) | Any order made under subsection (1) shall be laid before and subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. |
| (5) | Subsection (1) shall not apply if, in any year, the calculation in subsection (2) would cause a reduction in the standard minimum guarantee." |
| | THE BARONESS BARKER
THE LORD ADDINGTON
THE LORD HODGSON OF ASTLEY ABBOTTS |
| Page 2, line 42, leave out "age of 65" and insert "qualifying age" |
| | THE LORD HODGSON OF ASTLEY ABBOTTS |
| Page 3, line 2, leave out "that" and insert "the qualifying" |
| | THE BARONESS BARKER
THE LORD ADDINGTON |
| Page 3, line 38, at end insert ", except where he is— |
| (a) | separated under a court order; or |
| (b) | separated in circumstances which are likely to be permanent" |
| | THE LORD HODGSON OF ASTLEY ABBOTTS |
| Page 6, line 28, leave out "5" and insert "3" |
| | THE BARONESS BARKER
THE LORD ADDINGTON |
| Page 6, line 28, at the end insert— |
| "( ) | Where a claimant is in receipt of housing benefit or council tax benefit (or both), regulations may provide for the pension credit assessed income period to apply also to such benefits." |
| | THE BARONESS BARKER
THE LORD ADDINGTON |
| Insert the following new Clause— |
| (1) | The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for the Pension Service to offer a benefit check to all people who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit. |
| (2) | In this Act "a benefit check" means information about possible entitlement to state pension credit to be provided by— |
| (b) | personal visit to the Pension Service; |
| (d) | other ways as deemed appropriate." |
| | THE BARONESS BARKER
THE LORD ADDINGTON |
| Page 9, line 7, leave out paragraph (a) |
| | THE LORD HODGSON OF ASTLEY ABBOTTS |
| Page 9, line 18, at end insert— |
| "( ) | For the purposes of this Act, a person's earnings shall not include any income arising from rent or the release of equity in a person's principal place of residence." |
| Page 9, line 20, at end insert "having regard to the yield to redemption available on long-dated (over fifteen years) United Kingdom government bonds" |
| | THE LORD HODGSON OF ASTLEY ABBOTTS |
| Insert the following new Clause— |
| | "Service level indicators |
| (1) | The Secretary of State shall lay an annual report before Parliament setting out the service level indicators by which, over the next twelve months, the performance of the pensions service in relation to the state pension credit scheme will be judged. |
| (2) | Each annual report shall provide an analysis of, and commentary on, the performance of the pensions service in the prior year measured against that year's service level indicators." |
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