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Intellectual Property Bill [HL]: Second Reading (22 May 2013) See 2 other results from this debate

Viscount Younger of Leckie: My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. It has certainly been wide-ranging and interesting, and I particularly welcome the support for the Bill from all sides of the House. Many points were raised and I shall do my best to address them all. If I am unable to do so, I shall write to the Peers concerned. I first pay tribute to the noble and learned Lord, Lord...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Courts: High-value Civil Claims (22 May 2013)

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon: Data available through administrative systems do not readily support the calculation of the cost to the court system or the fee income generated in conducting high value claims involving foreign litigants. HMCTS Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12 showed that the total fee recovery rate for civil and family court business was 85%. The department’s aim is that by March 2015 there will be...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Poverty (22 May 2013)

Lord Freud: It is not possible accurately to predict income and poverty rates in 2020 and the Government believe it unwise to assume the figures forecast by the Institute for Fiscal Studies will reflect the full picture of what will happen in 2020. The coalition Government remain committed to ending child poverty and the Child Poverty Act 2010. They also understand that poverty is about more than income...

Care Bill [HL]: Second Reading (21 May 2013) See 4 other results from this debate

Earl Howe: ...and that is why we took the decision to prioritise adult social care and provide extra funding to help local authorities maintain access to services. In the White Paper, we committed to additional support for social care over the next two years. However, it has to be remembered that local authorities ultimately have discretion over how they use their resources. Of course we agree that the...

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Clause 9 — Conversion of civil partnership into marriage (21 May 2013)

Julian Huppert: ...In many cases, of course, there is no problem, and there are technical ways in which the issue has been resolved. It is already possible for people to transition and the state manages to cope—income tax, HMRC and other systems manage to cope and each have detailed arrangements. I do not think that would pose a problem for somebody transitioning to avoid their previous criminal...

Written Answers — Treasury: Mortgages: Government Assistance (21 May 2013)

Mark Prisk: ...scheme. This scheme enables older people to purchase between a 25-75% share of a purpose built property from a registered provider on shared ownership terms. We recognise that, the household income for many older people is unlikely to rise significantly, therefore any purchaser who has purchased a maximum 75% share will not have to pay any rent on the unowned equity. We have also...

Written Answers — Treasury: Social Security Benefits: East Renfrewshire (21 May 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Jim Murphy: ...Exchequer how many people in East Renfrewshire constituency were in receipt of (a) child benefit, (b) working families tax credits, (c) incapacity benefit, (d) disability living allowance and (e) income support in May (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Pension Credit (21 May 2013)

Steve Webb: The Income Related Benefits: Estimates of Take-up report covers Great Britain for the financial year 2009-10. It provides caseload and expenditure estimates of take-up for income support and employment and support allowance (income-related), pension credit, housing benefit (including local housing allowance), council tax benefit and jobseeker's allowance (income-based). The latest release...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Asylum Seekers: Children (21 May 2013)

Lord Roberts of Llandudno: To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the report by the Children’s Society Parliamentary Inquiry into Asylum Support for Children and Young People, whether support for applicants will, in future, be increased (1) annually, and (2) in line with income support.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members' Business: Hill Farming (20 May 2013) See 4 other results from this debate

Christopher Hazzard: Go raibh maith agat, a Phríomh-LeasCheann Comhairle.  Unsurprisingly, I, too, support the motion, which is very timely on the back of the Minister's very positive comments at the Balmoral show.  It is a pleasure to take part in tonight's debate.  First, I will outline some of the key points that were made before wrapping up with a few points of my own.  My colleague...

Mesothelioma Bill [HL] — Second Reading (20 May 2013)

Lord Howarth of Newport: ...process, and I think that means that credit should go to the permanent Civil Service. Credit should, of course, also go to the campaigners. It is right that we should do all we reasonably can to support those who are victims of the horrors of diffuse mesothelioma because of their employers' negligence. This long-latency illness incubates for perhaps three to four decades but at the end...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members' Business: Clause 2 (Special advisers: serious criminal convictions) (20 May 2013)

Judith Cochrane: ..., which appear to remove the Bill's major vulnerabilities, namely the areas open to legal challenges.  Of course, we do not want to pass a Bill that will, inevitably, end up being legally challenged and, in essence, provide only an income for lawyers.  Although I take on board Mr Allister's comments on amendment Nos 2, 5, 6, 7, 18 and 20, and that he says that it is a...

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Disability-related Benefits (20 May 2013)

Esther McVey: ...hon. Lady knows, there are different types of benefit for disabled people, including disability living allowance, which is paid irrespective of whether the claimant is in work or not, as well as income replacement benefits such as employment and support allowance, so a person could receive ESA and DLA or wages and DLA. Around a third of households in receipt of disability living allowance...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members' Business: Clause 2 (Special advisers: serious criminal convictions) (20 May 2013)

Jim Allister: ...have applied to her.  If, between now and the Bill obtaining Royal Assent and becoming operative, she were, by one means or another, to be reappointed, this Bill, if the SDLP had its way, would not apply to her.  That is incongruous and wrong.  There is no justification for seeking to distinguish between the sitting SpAd and the incoming SpAd if both have the qualifying...

Written Ministerial Statements — Work and Pensions: Child Maintenance (20 May 2013)

Steve Webb: On 19 July 2012, the Government published “Supporting separated families; securing children’s futures” (Cm 8399), a public consultation on the draft Child Support Fees Regulations 2013 and the draft Child Support (Ending Liability in Existing Cases and Transition to New Calculation Rules) Regulations 2013. This statement summarises the changes the Government intend to make...