Spending on Welfare Benefits
There have been votes in Parliament on the level of spending on welfare benefits. Specific matters voted on include a cap on the overall amount the state spends on welfare each year, the rate of increase of various benefits, and the operation of specific benefits.
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Sir David Amess almost always voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
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On 21 Sep 2021:
Sir David Amess voted for rising prices, lower benefits, and higher taxes particularly for low and middle income workers.
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On 15 Sep 2021:
Sir David Amess was absent for a vote on Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit
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On 23 Feb 2021:
Sir David Amess was absent for a vote on Government's Management of the Economy
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On 18 Jan 2021:
Sir David Amess was absent for a vote on Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit
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On 16 Nov 2016:
Sir David Amess voted in favour of reductions to the work allowance element of universal credit and reductions to employment and support allowance and against analysing how changes impact those in different incomes.
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On 20 Jul 2016:
Sir David Amess voted for cuts in housing benefit for recipients in supported housing.
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On 20 Jul 2016:
Sir David Amess voted for reducing public borrowing and for capping welfare spending.
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On 8 Jun 2016:
Sir David Amess voted for reductions in benefits for disabled and ill claimants required to participate in activities intended to increase their chances of obtaining work.
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On 26 May 2016:
Sir David Amess voted in favour of repealing the Human Rights Act 1998; against plans to save the steel industry including fast-tracking infrastructure projects requiring large amounts of steel; and against a principle of the Government not borrowing to fund day-to-day spending.
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On 2 Mar 2016:
Sir David Amess was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Removal of Work Related Activity Component from Employment and Support Allowance — Impact Assessment and Parliamentary Approval of Implementation
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On 2 Mar 2016:
Sir David Amess was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Removal of Limited Capability for Work Component from Universal Credit — Impact Assessment and Parliamentary Approval of Implementation
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On 23 Feb 2016:
Sir David Amess voted to remove the "work-related activity component" from the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 23 Feb 2016:
Sir David Amess voted to remove the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 27 Jan 2016:
Sir David Amess voted n favour of planned housing benefit cuts applying to those in supported housing.
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On 6 Jan 2016:
Sir David Amess voted in favour of cutting universal credit benefits for many people in paid work
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On 18 Nov 2015:
Sir David Amess voted for proposed cuts to tax credits and against investment aimed at growing a productive economy focused on science, technology and green jobs.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Sir David Amess voted in favour of reducing the amount people are paid in tax credits.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Sir David Amess voted against a transitional scheme to protect those currently receiving tax credits as reductions in the amounts paid are brought in.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Sir David Amess voted to remove the "work-related activity component" from the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Sir David Amess voted to remove the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Sir David Amess voted to reduce the household benefit cap, to freeze the rate of many working-age benefits, to reduce social rents in England and for other changes to the benefits system.
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On 20 Oct 2015:
Sir David Amess voted in favour of an impending reduction in the amount people are paid in tax credits.
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On 14 Oct 2015:
Sir David Amess voted for reducing public borrowing and in favour of capping welfare spending.
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On 15 Sep 2015:
Sir David Amess voted to reduce the amounts people are paid in tax credits.
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On 20 Jul 2015:
Sir David Amess voted to reduce the household benefit cap, to freeze the rate of many working-age benefits, to reduce social rents in England and for other changes to the benefits system.
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On 20 Jul 2015:
Sir David Amess voted to reduce the household benefit cap, to freeze the rate of many working-age benefits, to reduce social rents in England and for other changes to the benefits system.
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On 14 Jul 2015:
Sir David Amess voted in favour of the Summer 2015 budget which, among other measures, increased the minimum wage, replaced student maintenance grants with loans and cut tax credits.
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On 4 Jun 2015:
Sir David Amess voted in favour of proposed spending cuts and changes to the welfare system and in favour of spending on new nuclear weapons.
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On 13 Jan 2015:
Sir David Amess voted yes on Charter for Budget Responsibility: Autumn Statement 2014 Update
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On 26 Mar 2014:
Sir David Amess voted to cap the overall amount the state spends on welfare each year.
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On 25 Mar 2014:
Sir David Amess voted to approve the March 2014 budget, increasing the personal income tax allowance, reducing corporation tax, capping welfare spending, reducing alcohol duties and more.
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On 11 Feb 2014:
Sir David Amess voted not to halt further spending and welfare cuts and not to investigate the impact of austerity measures on the incidence of poverty and inequality.
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On 17 Jan 2014:
Sir David Amess was absent for a vote on Benefit Entitlement (Restriction) Bill
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On 12 Nov 2013:
Sir David Amess was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Housing Benefit — Deductions for those deemed to have excess bedrooms
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On 12 Nov 2013:
Sir David Amess was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Housing Benefit — Deductions for Those Deemed to Have Excess Bedrooms
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On 27 Feb 2013:
Sir David Amess voted in favour of a housing benefit under-occupancy penalty.
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On 21 Jan 2013:
Sir David Amess was absent for a vote on Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Clause 1 — Rate of Increase of Certain Benefits, Payments and Tax Credits
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On 21 Jan 2013:
Sir David Amess was absent for a vote on Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Clauses 1 to 3 and Schedule — Capping Increase of Specified Benefits at 1%
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On 21 Jan 2013:
Sir David Amess was absent for a vote on Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Third Reading — Capping Increase of Specified Benefits at 1%
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On 8 Jan 2013:
Sir David Amess voted in favour of capping any increase in working age benefits and tax credits at 1% rather than potentially allowing them to rise by 2.2% in line with prices.
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On 8 Jan 2013:
Sir David Amess voted to cap any increase discretionary working age benefits and tax credits at 1% in 2014-15 and 2015-16
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On 21 Nov 2012:
Sir David Amess voted to cap the total amount of welfare benefits an individual can claim from April 2013 at £350 for a single person and £500 for couple per week.
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On 24 Oct 2012:
Sir David Amess voted to introduce under-occupation criteria applying to housing benefit for working age claimants in the social rented sector and to set the rates of Local Housing Allowance which applies to private rented accommodation.
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On 21 Feb 2012:
Sir David Amess voted not to add proposed exclusions from a reduction in housing benefits due to being deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Sir David Amess voted against those who have been ill or disabled since their youth recieving Employment and Support Allowance on the same basis as if they had made sufficient National Insurance contributions to qualify for a contribution based allowance.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Sir David Amess voted not to increase the time people can receive contribution based ESA from one year to at least 730 days.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Sir David Amess voted not to make an exception for those with a cancer diagnosis or undergoing cancer treatment from the 365 day limit on receiving contribution based Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Sir David Amess voted not to exclude child benefit from the benefit cap.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Sir David Amess voted not to set the lower rate of the Universal Credit payment in relation to disabled children and young people at a minimum of two-thirds of the higher rate.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Sir David Amess voted not to require the housing cost element of universal credit be sufficient to cover the actual cost of housing for social tenants in cases where no offer of alternative accommodation has been made and the household has no more than one spare bedroom.
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On 31 Jan 2012:
Sir David Amess was absent for a vote on Local Government Finance Bill — Clause 8 — Move from Council Tax Benefit to Council Tax Reduction Schemes
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On 15 Jun 2011:
Sir David Amess voted to introduce Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and to restrict housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 13 Jun 2011:
Sir David Amess voted against introducing a childcare element to Universal Credit.
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On 13 Jun 2011:
Sir David Amess voted against a proposal to exclude up to fifty thousand pounds in an ISA from the assessment of capital used to determine if someone in work is eligible for Universal Credit.
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On 9 Mar 2011:
Sir David Amess voted to introduce Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and to restrict housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 9 Mar 2011:
Sir David Amess voted to introduce Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and to restrict housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 19 Jan 2011:
Sir David Amess was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Education Maintenance Allowance
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On 19 Jan 2011:
Sir David Amess was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Education Maintenance Allowance
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On 9 Nov 2010:
Sir David Amess voted in support of government plans to reduce housing benefit for those who have been on Jobseekers Allowance for over a year.
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