Clause 3
Pensions Bill
4:00 pm
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Amendment No. 61, page 3, line 31, at end insert—
‘(d) is certified by the local social services authority as providing caring services for at least 20 hours a week for one or more people.’.
Amendment No. 63, page 3, line 31, at end insert—
‘(d) is engaged in caring for a person or persons in receipt of the higher, medium or lower rate care component of the Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance, Constant Attendance Allowance, higher rate of short-term or long-term incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance and any means-tested benefit for which a disability premium or addition has been added in the applicable amount for 20 hours a week or more.’.
New clause 15—Report on contribution credits—
‘The Secretary of State shall present a report annually to the House of Commons on—
(a) the number of carers in receipt of contribution credits;
(b) the number of carers caring for 20 or more hours per week who are not in receipt of contribution credits;
(c) the associated costs of contribution credits to the National Insurance Fund of (a);
(d) an estimate of the cost of providing contribution credits to persons falling within paragraph (b), and
(e) any proposals he may have for reviewing eligibility for contributions credits.’.
New clause 17—Allocation of child benefit to the relevant parent—
‘If child benefit is paid into a joint account and allocated to a parent who did not wish to accrue home responsibilities protection or contribution credits, and the other parent wishes to have accrued home responsibilities protection or contribution credits, the Secretary of State must reallocate the qualifying years of home responsibilities protection or contribution credits, as the case may be, to the parent who wished to receive them.’.