State Pension Credit Bill [HL]
AMENDMENTS
TO BE MOVED
IN COMMITTEE
| | THE BARONESS CASTLE OF BLACKBURN
THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN |
| Page 1, line 5, after "credit" insert "calculated in accordance with section 2" |
| Page 1, line 9, leave out from "section 2(1)" to the end of line 10 |
| Page 1, line 11, leave out subsection (3) |
| Page 1, line 18, leave out "Subsections (2) and (3) are" and insert "Subsection (2) is" |
| Page 2, line 1, leave out from "means" to end of line 4 and insert "the age of 60" |
| | THE BARONESS CASTLE OF BLACKBURN
THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN |
| Page 2, line 8, leave out "does not exceed" and insert "is less than" |
| Page 2, line 10, leave out "a guarantee" and insert "state pension" |
| Page 2, line 11, leave out "guarantee" and insert "state pension" |
| Page 2, line 13, leave out "guarantee" and insert "state pension" |
| | THE LORD HIGGINS
THE BARONESS NOAKES |
| Page 2, line 21, leave out "or unmarried" |
| | THE BARONESS CASTLE OF BLACKBURN
THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN |
| Page 2, line 23, at end insert— |
| "( ) | The Secretary of State shall in each tax year review the amounts prescribed as the standard minimum guarantee for the purpose of determining whether those amounts have retained their value in relation to the general level of earnings in Great Britain, estimated in such manner as he thinks fit. |
| ( ) | If on any such review the Secretary of State concludes that the prescribed amounts have not retained their value in relation to the general level of earnings, he shall prescribe such higher amounts as he thinks necessary to restore their value." |
| Page 2, line 36, at end insert— |
| "( ) | For the purposes of this section, there shall be disregarded in the calculation of the claimant's income a prescribed percentage of the amount, if any, by which his qualifying income exceeds a prescribed amount (the savings disregard threshold). |
| ( ) | Regulations may make provision as to income which is, and income which is not, to be treated as qualifying income for the purposes of this section." |
| | THE BARONESS CASTLE OF BLACKBURN
THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN |
| Page 3, line 13, leave out "a prescribed percentage" and insert "60 per cent" |
| | THE LORD HIGGINS
THE BARONESS NOAKES |
| Page 3, line 14, leave out "qualifying" |
| | THE BARONESS CASTLE OF BLACKBURN
THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN |
| Page 3, line 25, after the first "income" insert "including earnings" |
| | THE LORD HIGGINS
THE BARONESS NOAKES |
| Page 3, line 26, at end insert— |
| "( ) | Where any contributory social security benefit falls to be included in the qualifying income of any claimant, only the actual amount of the benefit received by him shall count for the purposes of this section and there shall not be attributed to any claimant any qualifying income by way of social security benefit which he would have received had he paid a higher amount of contributions." |
| | THE BARONESS CASTLE OF BLACKBURN
THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN |
| Page 3, line 28, leave out "such amount as may be prescribed" and insert— |
| "(a) | where the claimant is not a member of a married or unmarried couple, the first of the sums specified in section 44(4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4); or |
| (b) | where the claimant is a member of a married or unmarried couple, that sum increased by the sum specified as an increase for an adult dependant in paragraph 5 of Part IV of Schedule 4 to that Act." |
| Page 3, line 28, at end insert "or the amount of the basic pension payable to the claimant and if the claimant is a member of a married or unmarried couple, to the other member of the couple, under Parts II and IV of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4), whichever is less" |
| | The above-named Lords give notice of their intention to oppose the Question that Clause 3 stand part of the Bill. |
| | THE BARONESS CASTLE OF BLACKBURN
THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN |
| Page 3, line 44, leave out "not be payable" and insert "be payable as an annual lump sum" |
| | THE BARONESS CASTLE OF BLACKBURN
THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN |
| | The above-named Lords give notice of their intention to oppose the Question that Clause 5 stand part of the Bill. |
| | THE BARONESS CASTLE OF BLACKBURN
THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN |
| Page 4, line 24, leave out paragraph (c) |
| | THE LORD HIGGINS
THE BARONESS NOAKES |
| Page 5, line 10, leave out subsection (3) |
| | THE BARONESS CASTLE OF BLACKBURN
THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN |
| Page 5, line 18, at end insert "and the Secretary of State shall inform the claimant of any changes in the assessed amount and of the effect of that change on his entitlement to state pension credit" |
| Page 5, line 39, at end insert— |
| "( ) | Where a recoverable overpayment of state pension credit has occurred as a result of an error, however caused, in the determination of the amount of an element of the claimant's retirement provision, the amount recoverable shall be limited to the amount overpaid in a period of 12 months or the assessed income period, whichever is shorter." |
| | THE BARONESS CASTLE OF BLACKBURN
THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN |
| Page 9, line 19, leave out subsection (2) |
| Page 9, line 27, at end insert— |
| "( ) | #40 of a person's earnings in any week, or the whole of his earnings if less than #40, shall be disregarded." |
| Page 9, line 32, leave out paragraph (c) |
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