Results 1-20 of 354 for bedroom tax

Economic Growth (15 May 2013) See 4 other results from this debate

Sheila Gilmore: ...a couple of issues, including Europe and child care ratios. Can we therefore assume that they support all the other unfair measures on which they have chosen not to flex their muscles, such as the bedroom tax and people losing contributory employment allowance after a year?

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Housing Benefit (15 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Elfyn Llwyd: Today, 10 brave families will be applying to the High Court to declare the immoral bedroom tax unlawful. They are parents of disabled children and, in many instances, are disabled themselves. Will the Minister update the House on what steps his Government are taking to exempt those families from this immoral, unjust and unworkable tax that, according to an all-party report in March, will not...

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Disabled People (Welfare Policies) (15 May 2013)

Jessica Morden: In Wales, 25,000 disabled people will be hit by the bedroom tax, more than 40,000 are set to lose their disability living allowance and more than 50,000 will see their benefits reduced. Does the Minister agree with Disability Wales that a cumulative impact assessment of the Government’s welfare changes is urgently needed?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (15 May 2013)

Tristram Hunt: ...Members of Parliament do not have to support the Government on Europe, why do Liberal Democrat MPs have to support the Government on tripling tuition fees, top-down reorganisation of the NHS, the bedroom tax and all the other wretched policies of this Government?

Queen’s Speech — Debate (4th Day) (14 May 2013)

Lord Best: ...landlords to reduce rents to help them, have been accompanied by the levy on housing association and council tenants deemed to have a spare room. I have been much criticised for naming this the bedroom tax, but I suspect that Ministers now regret introducing this controversial measure. This levy penalises those in work as well as those who must find the money from their other benefits by...

Cost of Living (14 May 2013) See 7 other results from this debate

Hilary Benn: ...for Monmouth (David T. C. Davies), who railed against environmentalists in general. The hon. Member for North East Somerset (Jacob Rees-Mogg) was, I think, at one point inviting us to send our tax contributions to him at home, but I do not think he will be very successful because he forgot to give us his address. We heard serious contributions on Syria from the hon. Members for New Forest...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions: Rates: Welfare Reform (14 May 2013)

Mickey Brady: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle.  I thank the Minister for his answers.  One of the most contentious areas of welfare reform is the so-called bedroom tax, and, at the weekend, we heard on the news about a lady in England who apparently took her own life as a result of the impact of that particular piece of legislation.  Can the Minister give us any assurances that...

Health and Social Care (13 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Mark Lazarowicz: ...that passed through Parliament not long ago. Another broader area that has a direct impact on health is poor-quality housing and lack of housing provision. The situation has been exacerbated by the bedroom tax. There cannot be a single MP on either side of the House who has not been contacted by constituents who are suffering directly as a result of the introduction of the bedroom tax. I...

Jobs and Business (10 May 2013)

Julie Hilling: .... They will do nothing to introduce fair rents and nothing to curb the cost of private rented accommodation; they simply cap benefits in the hope that that might just bring down the rents. They introduce a bedroom tax that drives people to desperation. The Government refuse to acknowledge that the work capability assessments that are conducted on ill and disabled people are fundamentally...

Home Affairs (9 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Gemma Doyle: ...this Government. Yet the Government repeatedly say they want to reward those in work; indeed, the Home Secretary said so in her opening remarks today. However, those in work who are having their tax credits and housing benefit cut will struggle to see how what the Government are saying to us here in this Chamber matches up with what they are doing to people around the country. There are...

Business of the House (9 May 2013)

Meg Hillier: We are a month into the implementation of the bedroom tax and the benefit cap is about to be rolled out across London. Does the Leader of the House not think that it would be good to have a debate between Members and Ministers from the Departments for Communities and Local Government and for Work and Pensions, because there is clearly a gap? Constituents of mine are being issued with letters...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [Ist Day] (8 May 2013) See 3 other results from this debate

Bill Esterson: ..., were given what their friends in government had promised them, which amounted to £100,000 each year to anyone earning £1 million a year. At the same time, our constituents paid for that through the bedroom tax and in cuts in support for those in work and those looking for work. While the wealthiest in our society have enjoyed the benefits of a handout from the Chancellor,...

Public Bill Committee: Children and Families Bill: New Clause 49 - Inclusion of children in equality impact assessments (25 April 2013) See 1 other result from this clause

Lisa Nandy: ...would be a significant step forward for those children. I want to mention one more example, because this concerns more than one Department. It can be of concern in any Government Department. The recent bedroom tax was introduced with no thought to children. The Minister shakes his head, but—

Scotland Office: Welfare Reform (24 April 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Pete Wishart: We now know that more than 100,000 Scots will be affected by the Government’s bedroom tax, which is opposed by over 90% of Scottish MPs and has appalled civic Scotland. It is opposed in every locality in Scotland and there have been protests in Glasgow. Does the Secretary of State agree that the bedroom tax is quickly becoming his Government’s poll tax?

Public Bill Committee: Finance (No. 2) Bill: Clause 2 - Personal allowance for 2013-14 for those born after 5 April 1948 (23 April 2013) See 8 other results from this clause

Ian Mearns: I echo my hon. Friend’s sentiments. It does not feel like we are all in this together. Some 60% of the people who benefit from the cut in the top rate of income tax reside in the three south-east regions, and only 1% reside in the north-east. That differentiation in spending power has a major impact on local economies. Conversely, we are sucking money out of local economies by reducing...

Reservists (23 April 2013)

Gemma Doyle: ...face when they return from serving. Access to MOD health care needs to be considered much more carefully. We should not forget about the families of reservists, although the recent handling of the bedroom tax was an example of how not to do things. The Government finally U-turned by recognising that reservists and their families could be affected by the bedroom tax, because they are...

Northern Ireland (23 April 2013) See 2 other results from this debate

Theresa Villiers: ...strengthen Northern Ireland’s reputation as a centre of excellence in aerospace. Also, when I met representatives of HBO in New York recently, I heard at first hand that the Chancellor’s tax relief for high-end TV production was crucial to delivering HBO’s plans to film a fourth series of “Game of Thrones” in Belfast, with all the job opportunities that that...

Public Bill Committee: Finance (No. 2) Bill: Clause 2 - Personal allowance for 2013-14 for those born after 5 April 1948 (23 April 2013) See 7 other results from this clause

Sheila Gilmore: ...instances in other Committees—was when we were debating the Welfare Reform Bill at great length and we came to some difficult amendments. I might be wrong in saying that those applied to the bedroom tax. I do not want to mislead the Committee; I have not looked it up in Hansard. However, there was certainly a clause about which the Liberal Democrat Members were clearly having some...

Under-Occupancy Penalty (Wigan) (23 April 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Yvonne Fovargue: In the Budget, the Chancellor cut the beer duty and cancelled a planned future rise at the cost of £200 million, which equates to 40% of the anticipated savings from the bedroom tax. Is the Government priority beer or bedrooms?

Public Service Pensions Bill: Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993 (22 April 2013)

Christopher Leslie: ...happening in the UK economy. The first line states: “The Government’s objective is to…build…a fairer society”. Well, tell that to those who are struggling with the new bedroom tax while they watch the great and good millionaires of this country rake in a typical £100,000 tax cut, thanks to the reduction in the 50p rate of income tax for those earning more...