Anneliese Dodds

Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities

Labour/Co-operative MP for Oxford East

@AnnelieseDodds

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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We don’t have enough information to calculate Anneliese Dodds’s position on this issue

However, Anneliese Dodds has taken part in the following votes on the topic:

Scoring Agreements

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This does not necessarily mean universal approval, but does mean there were no (or few) objections made to the decision being made.

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Minor votes

  • On 8 May 2018: Anneliese Dodds voted to give local councils the freedom to decide if benefits to cover housing costs should be reduced in respect of excess bedrooms in cases of new local council secure tenancies offered to victims of domestic abuse. Show vote

Informative Agreements

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This does not necessarily mean universal approval, but does mean there were no (or few) objections made to the decision being made.

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