Housing Benefit Reduction For Those Deemed to have Excess Bedrooms
There have been votes in Parliament on the introduction, and operation of, a policy to restrict housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms. This policy has been called the "Bedroom Tax" by Labour and some commentators
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Pete Wishart generally voted against reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax")
TheyWorkForYou has automatically calculated this MP’s stance based on all
of their votes on the topic. You can browse the source
data on PublicWhip.org.uk.
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On 8 May 2018:
Pete Wishart was absent for a vote on Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill — Clause 1 — Victims of Domestic Abuse — Benefit Reduction in Respect of Excess Bedrooms
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On 17 Dec 2014:
Pete Wishart voted to abolish housing benefit penalties for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 17 Dec 2014:
Pete Wishart voted to abolish housing benefit penalties for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 26 Nov 2014:
Pete Wishart was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Government Policies (Wales)
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On 14 Oct 2014:
Pete Wishart voted for an exception from the excess bedroom benefit penalty for people who require an extra bedroom due to their need for care.
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On 5 Sep 2014:
Pete Wishart was absent for a vote on Affordable Homes Bill — Second Reading — Housing Benefit Penalty for Those Deemed to Have Excess Bedrooms — Exemptions
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On 26 Feb 2014:
Pete Wishart voted to retain an exemption from housing benefit penalties due to being deemed to have excess bedrooms which applied to those who've continuously received the benefit in the same property since before 1 January 1996.
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On 12 Feb 2014:
Pete Wishart was absent for a vote on Housing Benefit and Universal Credit — Regular Payments and Penalty for Excess Bedrooms
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On 18 Dec 2013:
Pete Wishart voted to publish the results of research into food banks; to freeze energy prices; for a water affordability scheme; for measures to end abuses of zero hours contracts; to incentivise those paying the living wage and to abolish the under-occupancy penalty for social housing tenants.
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On 12 Nov 2013:
Pete Wishart voted against reducing housing benefit for those deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 12 Nov 2013:
Pete Wishart voted against a reduction in housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 27 Feb 2013:
Pete Wishart acted as teller for a vote on Opposition Day — Housing Benefit (Under-occupancy Penalty)
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On 24 Oct 2012:
Pete Wishart was absent for a vote on Draft Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2012 — Under Occupation Critera — Local Housing Allowance Rates
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On 21 Feb 2012:
Pete Wishart voted to exclude people in specified circumstances from a reduction in housing benefits due to being deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Pete Wishart voted to require the housing cost element of universal credit to 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 15 Jun 2011:
Pete Wishart voted against introducing Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and against restricting housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 9 Mar 2011:
Pete Wishart was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Decline Second Reading
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On 9 Mar 2011:
Pete Wishart was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Second Reading
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