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• Bereavement Benefits - Question 6 Apr 2017

  To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will reconsider changes to bereavement benefits for parents with dependent children.

• Bereavement Benefits - Question 6 Apr 2017

  I thank my noble friend for his response and agree that the old system needed modernising and the new system has some advantages, but these reforms are designed to cut £100 million from welfare spending for bereavement. Within that reduced budget, bereaved partners without children will get more at the expense of those with young children who will receive significantly reduced support...

• Pension Schemes Bill [HL] - Commons Amendments 5 Apr 2017

  My Lords, before the Bill passes through, I will make a couple of observations. Perhaps the Minister, who will not have the answers now, might write to me to allay some of my concerns that I will put on the record about the Bill. The first regards net pay schemes being used for auto-enrolment as master trusts for low earners, who cannot get tax relief so they end up paying 25% more for their...

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 1 June 2015

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Other offices held in the past

• The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (11 May 2015 to 15 Jul 2016)

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• Has spoken in 21 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords. See all Baroness Altmann’s speeches
• Has received answers to 65 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 81.96% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 24 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 52 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)