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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Maria Eagle generally voted against reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax")
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On 12 Chw 2014:
Maria Eagle wedi pleidleisio against a financial penalty for those receiving housing related benefits on the basis of the number of bedrooms they have.
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On 24 Hyd 2012:
Maria Eagle wedi pleidleisio against introducing under-occupation criteria applying to housing benefit for working age claimants in the social rented sector and not to set the rates of Local Housing Allowance which applies to private rented accommodation.
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On 21 Chw 2012:
Maria Eagle wedi pleidleisio 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 15 Meh 2011:
Maria Eagle was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Third Reading
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On 9 Maw 2011:
Maria Eagle wedi pleidleisio 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 Maw 2011:
Maria Eagle was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Second Reading
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On 8 Mai 2018:
Maria Eagle was absent for a vote on Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill — Clause 1 — Victims of Domestic Abuse — Benefit Reduction in Respect of Excess Bedrooms
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On 17 Rha 2014:
Maria Eagle wedi pleidleisio to abolish housing benefit penalties for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 17 Rha 2014:
Maria Eagle wedi pleidleisio to abolish housing benefit penalties for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 26 Tach 2014:
Maria Eagle wedi pleidleisio to scrap the penalty for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms; to freeze energy bills; and to increase pay rates in Wales.
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On 14 Hyd 2014:
Maria Eagle wedi pleidleisio for an exception from the excess bedroom benefit penalty for people who require an extra bedroom due to their need for care.
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On 5 Med 2014:
Maria Eagle wedi pleidleisio for exemptions to the benefit penalty applied to social housing tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms and to require a report on affordable housing.
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On 26 Chw 2014:
Maria Eagle wedi pleidleisio to retain an exemption from housing benefit penalties due to being deemed to have excess bedrooms which applied to those who've continuously received the benefit in the same property since before 1 January 1996.
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On 18 Rha 2013:
Maria Eagle wedi pleidleisio to publish the results of research into food banks; to freeze energy prices; for a water affordability scheme; for measures to end abuses of zero hours contracts; to incentivise those paying the living wage and to abolish the under-occupancy penalty for social housing tenants.
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On 12 Tach 2013:
Maria Eagle wedi pleidleisio against reducing housing benefit for those deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 12 Tach 2013:
Maria Eagle wedi pleidleisio against a reduction in housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 27 Chw 2013:
Maria Eagle wedi pleidleisio against a housing benefit under-occupancy penalty.
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On 1 Chw 2012:
Maria Eagle wedi pleidleisio to require the housing cost element of universal credit to 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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