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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David Anderson generally voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
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On 2 Mar 2016:
David Anderson 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:
David Anderson 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 23 Feb 2016:
David Anderson voted to retain the "work-related activity component" in the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 23 Feb 2016:
David Anderson voted to retain the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
David Anderson voted against reducing the amount people are paid in tax credits.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
David Anderson voted to retain the "work-related activity component" in the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
David Anderson voted to retain the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
David Anderson 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 15 Sep 2015:
David Anderson voted against reducing the amounts people are paid in tax credits.
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On 20 Jul 2015:
David Anderson was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Decline Second Reading
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On 20 Jul 2015:
David Anderson 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 14 Jul 2015:
David Anderson voted against 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 17 Jan 2014:
David Anderson was absent for a vote on Benefit Entitlement (Restriction) Bill
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On 21 Jan 2013:
David Anderson voted against setting the rate of increase of certain benefits, payments and tax credits at 1% rather than in line with prices at 2.2% for 2014 and 2015
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On 21 Jan 2013:
David Anderson voted not to cap specified benefits payments and tax credits at 1% potentially allowing them to increase by 2.2% in line with prices.
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On 21 Jan 2013:
David Anderson voted not to cap any increase in specified benefits payments and tax credits at 1% given an increase in prices of 2.2%.
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On 8 Jan 2013:
David Anderson was absent for a vote on Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Second Reading — Capping Increase of Specified Benefits at 1%
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On 21 Nov 2012:
David Anderson voted against capping 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:
David Anderson 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:
David Anderson 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:
David Anderson was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 51 — Period of Entitlement to Contributory Employment and Support Allowance
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On 1 Feb 2012:
David Anderson was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 51 — Employment and Support Allowance for Those With Cancer
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On 1 Feb 2012:
David Anderson was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 93 — Exclusion of Child Benefit from Benefit Cap
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On 1 Feb 2012:
David Anderson was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 10 — Universal Credit Payments In Relation to Disabled Children and Young People
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On 31 Jan 2012:
David Anderson 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:
David Anderson 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 13 Jun 2011:
David Anderson voted to introduce a childcare element to Universal Credit.
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On 13 Jun 2011:
David Anderson voted 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:
David Anderson acted as teller for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Decline Second Reading
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On 9 Mar 2011:
David Anderson was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Second Reading
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On 16 Nov 2016:
David Anderson was absent for a vote on Universal Credit and Employment and Support Allowance — Analysis of Impact of Changes on Those with Different Incomes
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On 20 Jul 2016:
David Anderson voted not to cut housing benefit for recipients in supported housing.
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On 20 Jul 2016:
David Anderson was absent for a vote on Charter for Budget Responsibility — Reducing Public Borrowing — Cap on Welfare Spending
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On 8 Jun 2016:
David Anderson voted against 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:
David Anderson voted against repealing the Human Rights Act 1998; for plans to save the steel industry including fast-tracking infrastructure projects requiring large amounts of steel; and for a principle of the Government not borrowing to fund day-to-day spending.
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On 27 Jan 2016:
David Anderson voted against planned housing benefit cuts applying to those in supported housing.
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On 6 Jan 2016:
David Anderson voted against cutting universal credit benefits for many people in paid work
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On 18 Nov 2015:
David Anderson voted against proposed cuts to tax credits and for investment aimed at growing a productive economy focused on science, technology and green jobs.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
David Anderson voted for a transitional scheme to protect those currently receiving tax credits as reductions in the amounts paid are brought in.
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On 20 Oct 2015:
David Anderson was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Tax Credits
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On 14 Oct 2015:
David Anderson was absent for a vote on Charter for Budget Responsibility — Aiming for Budget Surplus — Cap on Welfare Spending
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On 4 Jun 2015:
David Anderson was absent for a vote on Queen's Speech — Spending Cuts, Welfare Changes and Trident
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On 13 Jan 2015:
David Anderson voted yes on Charter for Budget Responsibility: Autumn Statement 2014 Update
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On 26 Mar 2014:
David Anderson was absent for a vote on Welfare Cap — Charter for Budget Responsibility
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On 25 Mar 2014:
David Anderson was absent for a vote on March 2014 Budget
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On 11 Feb 2014:
David Anderson was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Halt Further Spending and Welfare Cuts and Investigation Impact of Austerity Measures
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On 12 Nov 2013:
David Anderson voted against reducing housing benefit for those deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 12 Nov 2013:
David Anderson voted against a reduction in housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 27 Feb 2013:
David Anderson voted against a housing benefit under-occupancy penalty.
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On 8 Jan 2013:
David Anderson was absent for a vote on Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Decline Second Reading — Capping Increase of Specified Benefits at 1%
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On 1 Feb 2012:
David Anderson was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 51 — Employment and Support Allowance for Those Ill or Disabled Since Their Youth
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On 1 Feb 2012:
David Anderson was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 11 — Housing costs
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On 19 Jan 2011:
David Anderson acted as teller for a vote on Opposition Day — Education Maintenance Allowance
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On 19 Jan 2011:
David Anderson acted as teller for a vote on Opposition Day — Education Maintenance Allowance
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On 9 Nov 2010:
David Anderson was absent for a vote on Housing Benefit
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