Clause 7 - Income test
Tax Credits Bill
6:45 pm
Professor Steve Webb (Northavon, Liberal Democrat)
I beg to move amendment No. 65, in page 5, line 10, leave out from 'means' to end of line 23 and insert
'current year income or previous year income as prescribed in regulations.'.
This is the nub of the Bill for us in relation to people's entitlements. Clearly, fraud is an important issue and I know that Conservative Members will seek to raise it. We are particularly interested in the way in which the measurement of income will work. I had to read subsection (3) many times and I still do not really understand it.