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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Lord Harrington of Watford generally voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax")
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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 8 May 2018:
Lord Harrington of Watford voted not 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.
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On 17 Dec 2014:
Lord Harrington of Watford voted in favour of housing benefit penalties for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 17 Dec 2014:
Lord Harrington of Watford voted in favour of housing benefit penalties for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 26 Nov 2014:
Lord Harrington of Watford was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Government Policies (Wales)
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On 14 Oct 2014:
Lord Harrington of Watford was absent for a vote on Carers Bedroom Entitlement (Social Housing Sector) Bill
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On 5 Sep 2014:
Lord Harrington of Watford voted against exemptions to the benefit penalty applied to social housing tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms and against requiring a report on affordable housing.
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On 26 Feb 2014:
Lord Harrington of Watford was absent for a vote on Housing Benefit — Penalty for Excess Bedrooms — Removal of Unintended Exemption
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On 12 Feb 2014:
Lord Harrington of Watford 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:
Lord Harrington of Watford voted against publishing the results of research into food banks; against freezing energy prices; against a water affordability scheme; against measures to end abuses of zero hours contract; against incentives for those paying the living wage and against abolishing the under-occupancy penalty for social housing tenants.
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On 12 Nov 2013:
Lord Harrington of Watford voted in favour of reducing housing benefit for those deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 12 Nov 2013:
Lord Harrington of Watford voted for a reduction in housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 27 Feb 2013:
Lord Harrington of Watford was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Housing Benefit (Under-occupancy Penalty)
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On 24 Oct 2012:
Lord Harrington of Watford 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:
Lord Harrington of Watford 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:
Lord Harrington of Watford 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 15 Jun 2011:
Lord Harrington of Watford was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Third Reading
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On 9 Mar 2011:
Lord Harrington of Watford was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Decline Second Reading
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On 9 Mar 2011:
Lord Harrington of Watford was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Second Reading
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