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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Austin Mitchell almost always voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
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On 17 Ion 2014:
Austin Mitchell was absent for a vote on Benefit Entitlement (Restriction) Bill
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On 21 Ion 2013:
Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio 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 Ion 2013:
Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio 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 Ion 2013:
Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio 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 Ion 2013:
Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio against capping any increase discretionary working age benefits and tax credits at 1% in 2014-15 and 2015-16
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On 21 Tach 2012:
Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio 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 Hyd 2012:
Austin Mitchell 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 Chw 2012:
Austin Mitchell 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 1 Chw 2012:
Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio to increase the time people can receive contribution based ESA from one year to at least 730 days.
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On 1 Chw 2012:
Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio to allow those with a cancer diagnosis or undergoing cancer treatment to continue to receive contribution based Employment and Support Allowance after the usual 365 day limit is reached.
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On 1 Chw 2012:
Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio to exclude child benefit from the benefit cap.
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On 1 Chw 2012:
Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio to set the lower rate of the Universal Credit payment in relation to disabled children and young people at a minimum of two-thirds of the higher rate.
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On 31 Ion 2012:
Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio against moving from a national council tax benefit to a system of local councils administering council tax reductions for those in financial need.
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On 15 Meh 2011:
Austin Mitchell 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 13 Meh 2011:
Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio to introduce a childcare element to Universal Credit.
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On 13 Meh 2011:
Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio 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 Maw 2011:
Austin Mitchell 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:
Austin Mitchell was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Second Reading
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On 13 Ion 2015:
Austin Mitchell Fe wnaeth pleidleisio no ar Charter for Budget Responsibility: Autumn Statement 2014 Update
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On 26 Maw 2014:
Austin Mitchell was absent for a vote on Welfare Cap — Charter for Budget Responsibility
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On 25 Maw 2014:
Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio against the the March 2014 budget, against increasing the personal income tax allowance, against reducing corporation tax, against capping welfare spending, against reducing alcohol duties and more.
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On 11 Chw 2014:
Austin Mitchell 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 Tach 2013:
Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio against reducing housing benefit for those deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 12 Tach 2013:
Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio against a reduction in housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 27 Chw 2013:
Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio against a housing benefit under-occupancy penalty.
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On 8 Ion 2013:
Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio against capping proposed increases in working age benefits and tax credits at 1% potentially allowing them to rise by 2.2% in line with prices.
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On 1 Chw 2012:
Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio for those who have been ill or disabled since their youth to receive Employment and Support Allowance on the same basis as if they had made sufficient National Insurance contributions to qualify for a contribution based allowance.
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On 1 Chw 2012:
Austin Mitchell 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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On 19 Ion 2011:
Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio to call on the Government to keep the education maintenance allowance (EMA) in England.
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On 19 Ion 2011:
Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio against the Government reforms to arrangements for supporting students aged 16-19.
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On 9 Tach 2010:
Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio against reducing housing benefit for those who have been on Jobseekers Allowance for over a year.
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