Benefits for Those Unemployed Due to Illness or Disability
The amount of welfare benefits paid to those unemployed due to disability or illness has been the subject of a number of votes in Parliament.
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Pete Wishart almost always voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability
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of their votes on the topic. You can browse the source
data on PublicWhip.org.uk.
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On 18 May 2022:
Pete Wishart voted to express support for a series of policy proposals put forward by the leader of the Scottish National Party Ian Blackford MP. The policies in question were: protecting workers' rights, doing more in respect of the cost of living and climate change; increasing benefits; imposing windfall taxes; retaining existing EU derived law and retaining the existing Human Rights Act.
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On 7 Feb 2022:
Pete Wishart was absent for a vote on Social Security and Pensions
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On 24 Jan 2022:
Pete Wishart voted for measures to boost incomes and reverse rising poverty, for reinstating extra universal credit, for a living wage of at least £10 an hour, for an energy payment for low income households and for a payment of £20 a week in respect of every child under 6.
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On 21 Sep 2021:
Pete Wishart was absent for a vote on Working People’s Finances: Government Policy
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On 15 Sep 2021:
Pete Wishart voted in favour of continuing paying an additional twenty pounds a week to those on Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit beyond April 2021; the additional sum had been introduced for one year in April 2020 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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On 18 Jan 2021:
Pete Wishart voted in favour of continuing paying an additional twenty pounds a week to those on Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit beyond April 2021; the additional sum had been introduced for one year in April 2020 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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On 20 Jul 2016:
Pete Wishart was absent for a vote on Housing Benefit Cuts — Supported Housing
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On 8 Jun 2016:
Pete Wishart was absent for a vote on Benefit Cuts for Disabled and Ill People Required to Participate in Activities Intended to Increase Their Chances of Obtaining Work
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On 2 Mar 2016:
Pete Wishart voted to make the removal of the work-related activity component from employment and support allowance conditional on an impact assessment and to require Parliament to approve details of implementing the change.
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On 2 Mar 2016:
Pete Wishart voted to make the removal of the limited capability for work element of universal credit conditional on an impact assessment and to require Parliament to approve details of implementing the change.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Pete Wishart voted to retain the "work-related activity component" in the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Pete Wishart voted to retain the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Pete Wishart voted against reducing the household benefit cap, against freezing the rate of many working-age benefits, against reducing social rents in England and against other changes to the benefits system.
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On 20 Jul 2015:
Pete Wishart voted against reducing the household benefit cap, against freezing the rate of many working-age benefits, against reducing social rents in England and against other changes to the benefits system.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Pete Wishart voted for those who have been ill or disabled since their youth to receive 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:
Pete Wishart voted 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:
Pete Wishart voted to allow those with a cancer diagnosis or undergoing cancer treatment to continue to receive contribution based Employment and Support Allowance after the usual 365 day limit is reached.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Pete Wishart voted 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 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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