Clause 2 - Entitlement: basic cases
Age-Related Payments Bill
9:45 am
Mr Nigel Waterson (Shadow Minister, Economic Affairs; Eastbourne, Conservative)
These are fairly minor probing amendments. They are intended to get at the thinking behind the various conditions that apply to the £100 payment.
Amendment No. 2 would, as I understand it, mean that under subsection (2) someone would get the reduced payment of £50 only if they were single,
''in receipt of state pension credit''
''living with another qualified individual.''
I am not sure whether that is clear in the clause, but I should be grateful if the Minister clarified it.
Amendment No. 3 would remove the qualification in subsection (2)(c) of
''he is living with another qualifying individual.''
Is the provision a read-across from the winter fuel payment conditions? Is there a particular reason for it? Is there an issue around the basis on which someone is living with another qualifying individual? There is a reference to ''a couple'' in subsection (3). Has this provision been prepared with a view to the Civil Partnership Bill? What is the basis on which subsection (3) is included?