Daniel Poulter 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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Major votes

• On 12 Chw 2014: Daniel Poulter was absent for a vote on Housing Benefit and Universal Credit — Regular Payments and Penalty for Excess Bedrooms Show vote
• On 24 Hyd 2012: Daniel Poulter was absent for a vote on Draft Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2012 — Under Occupation Critera — Local Housing Allowance Rates Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
• On 21 Chw 2012: Daniel Poulter wedi pleidleisio not to add proposed exclusions from a reduction in housing benefits due to being deemed to have excess bedrooms. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
• On 15 Meh 2011: Daniel Poulter wedi pleidleisio to introduce Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and to restrict housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits

  This policy conflicts with:

  • paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability
• On 9 Maw 2011: Daniel Poulter wedi pleidleisio to introduce Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and to restrict housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits

  This policy conflicts with:

  • paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability
• On 9 Maw 2011: Daniel Poulter wedi pleidleisio to introduce Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and to restrict housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits

  This policy conflicts with:

  • paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability

Minor votes

• On 8 Mai 2018: Daniel Poulter wedi pleidleisio 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. Show vote

  This policy conflicts with:

  • more powers for local councils
• On 17 Rha 2014: Daniel Poulter wedi pleidleisio in favour of housing benefit penalties for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms. Show vote
• On 17 Rha 2014: Daniel Poulter wedi pleidleisio in favour of housing benefit penalties for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms. Show vote
• On 26 Tach 2014: Daniel Poulter wedi pleidleisio to keep the penalty for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms; against freezing energy bills; and against measures to increase pay rates in Wales. Show vote
• On 14 Hyd 2014: Daniel Poulter was absent for a vote on Carers Bedroom Entitlement (Social Housing Sector) Bill Show vote
• On 5 Med 2014: Daniel Poulter wedi pleidleisio against exemptions to the benefit penalty applied to social housing tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms and against requiring a report on affordable housing. Show vote
• On 26 Chw 2014: Daniel Poulter wedi pleidleisio to remove 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. Show vote
• On 18 Rha 2013: Daniel Poulter was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Food Banks — Economic Policies Show vote
• On 12 Tach 2013: Daniel Poulter wedi pleidleisio in favour of reducing housing benefit for those deemed to have excess bedrooms. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
• On 12 Tach 2013: Daniel Poulter wedi pleidleisio for a reduction in housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
• On 27 Chw 2013: Daniel Poulter wedi pleidleisio in favour of a housing benefit under-occupancy penalty. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
• On 1 Chw 2012: Daniel Poulter wedi pleidleisio 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. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits