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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James Cartlidge generally voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
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On 2 Maw 2022:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio to increase the rates of various tax credits and benefits, including Child Benefit, Working Tax Credits and related payments, by 3.1% in line with inflation as measured by the Consumer Prices Index.
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On 7 Chw 2022:
James Cartlidge Fe wnaeth pleidleisio yes ar draft Social Security Up-rating Order 2022
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On 10 Ion 2022:
James Cartlidge Fe wnaeth pleidleisio yes ar Welfare Cap
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On 2 Maw 2016:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio against making the removal of the work-related activity component from employment and support allowance conditional on an impact assessment and against requiring Parliament to approve details of implementing the change.
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On 2 Maw 2016:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio against making the removal of the limited capability for work element of universal credit conditional on an impact assessment and against requiring Parliament to approve details of implementing the change.
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On 23 Chw 2016:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio to remove the "work-related activity component" from the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 23 Chw 2016:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio to remove the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 27 Hyd 2015:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio in favour of reducing the amount people are paid in tax credits.
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On 27 Hyd 2015:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio to remove the "work-related activity component" from the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 27 Hyd 2015:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio to remove the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 27 Hyd 2015:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio to reduce the household benefit cap, to freeze the rate of many working-age benefits, to reduce social rents in England and for other changes to the benefits system.
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On 15 Med 2015:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio to reduce the amounts people are paid in tax credits.
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On 20 Gor 2015:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio to reduce the household benefit cap, to freeze the rate of many working-age benefits, to reduce social rents in England and for other changes to the benefits system.
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On 20 Gor 2015:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio to reduce the household benefit cap, to freeze the rate of many working-age benefits, to reduce social rents in England and for other changes to the benefits system.
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On 14 Gor 2015:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio in favour of the Summer 2015 budget which, among other measures, increased the minimum wage, replaced student maintenance grants with loans and cut tax credits.
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On 18 Mai 2022:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio not to express support for a series of policy proposals put forward by the leader of the Scottish National Party Ian Blackford MP. The policies in question were: protecting workers' rights, doing more in respect of the cost of living and climate change; increasing benefits; imposing windfall taxes; retaining existing EU derived law and retaining the existing Human Rights Act.
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On 24 Ion 2022:
James Cartlidge was absent for a vote on Cost of Living Increases — Income — Poverty — Universal Credit — Energy Payment — Child Payments
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On 10 Ion 2022:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio to balance the national budget, reduce public sector debt, ensure public sector investment does not exceed 3% of GDP, and to keep spending on welfare under the cap set.
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On 21 Med 2021:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio for rising prices, lower benefits, and higher taxes particularly for low and middle income workers.
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On 15 Med 2021:
James Cartlidge was absent for a vote on Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit
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On 23 Chw 2021:
James Cartlidge was absent for a vote on Government's Management of the Economy
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On 18 Ion 2021:
James Cartlidge was absent for a vote on Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit
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On 16 Tach 2016:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio in favour of reductions to the work allowance element of universal credit and reductions to employment and support allowance and against analysing how changes impact those in different incomes.
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On 20 Gor 2016:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio for cuts in housing benefit for recipients in supported housing.
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On 20 Gor 2016:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio for reducing public borrowing and for capping welfare spending.
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On 8 Meh 2016:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio for reductions in benefits for disabled and ill claimants required to participate in activities intended to increase their chances of obtaining work.
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On 26 Mai 2016:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio in favour of repealing the Human Rights Act 1998; against plans to save the steel industry including fast-tracking infrastructure projects requiring large amounts of steel; and against a principle of the Government not borrowing to fund day-to-day spending.
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On 27 Ion 2016:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio n favour of planned housing benefit cuts applying to those in supported housing.
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On 6 Ion 2016:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio in favour of cutting universal credit benefits for many people in paid work
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On 18 Tach 2015:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio for proposed cuts to tax credits and against investment aimed at growing a productive economy focused on science, technology and green jobs.
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On 27 Hyd 2015:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio against a transitional scheme to protect those currently receiving tax credits as reductions in the amounts paid are brought in.
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On 20 Hyd 2015:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio in favour of an impending reduction in the amount people are paid in tax credits.
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On 14 Hyd 2015:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio for reducing public borrowing and in favour of capping welfare spending.
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On 4 Meh 2015:
James Cartlidge wedi pleidleisio in favour of proposed spending cuts and changes to the welfare system and in favour of spending on new nuclear weapons.
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