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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Lord Swire almost always voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
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On 2 Maw 2016:
Lord Swire 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:
Lord Swire 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:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio to remove the "work-related activity component" from the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 23 Chw 2016:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio to remove the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 27 Hyd 2015:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio in favour of reducing the amount people are paid in tax credits.
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On 27 Hyd 2015:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio to remove the "work-related activity component" from the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 27 Hyd 2015:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio to remove the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 27 Hyd 2015:
Lord Swire 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:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio to reduce the amounts people are paid in tax credits.
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On 20 Gor 2015:
Lord Swire 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:
Lord Swire 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:
Lord Swire 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 17 Ion 2014:
Lord Swire was absent for a vote on Benefit Entitlement (Restriction) Bill
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On 21 Ion 2013:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio to set 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:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio to cap any increase in specified benefits payments and tax credits at 1% rather allow them to be increased by 2.2% in line with prices.
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On 21 Ion 2013:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio to cap any increase in specified benefits payments and tax credits at 1% rather than allow them to increase by 2.2% in line with prices.
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On 8 Ion 2013:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio to cap 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:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio to cap 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:
Lord Swire 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:
Lord Swire was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 11 — Housing costs — Exemptions from Benefit Reductions Due to Excess Bedrooms
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On 1 Chw 2012:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio not 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:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio not to make an exception for those with a cancer diagnosis or undergoing cancer treatment from the 365 day limit on receiving contribution based Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 1 Chw 2012:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio not to exclude child benefit from the benefit cap.
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On 1 Chw 2012:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio not 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:
Lord Swire was absent for a vote on Local Government Finance Bill — Clause 8 — Move from Council Tax Benefit to Council Tax Reduction Schemes
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On 15 Meh 2011:
Lord Swire 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.
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On 13 Meh 2011:
Lord Swire was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — New Clause 2 — Childcare Element in Universal Credit
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On 13 Meh 2011:
Lord Swire was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 5 — Exclusion of Up to Fifty Thousand Pounds in an ISA from Capital Used to Determine Universal Credit Eligibility
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On 9 Maw 2011:
Lord Swire was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Decline Second Reading
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On 9 Maw 2011:
Lord Swire was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Second Reading
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On 16 Tach 2016:
Lord Swire 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:
Lord Swire was absent for a vote on Housing Benefit Cuts — Supported Housing
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On 20 Gor 2016:
Lord Swire was absent for a vote on Charter for Budget Responsibility — Reducing Public Borrowing — Cap on Welfare Spending
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On 8 Meh 2016:
Lord Swire was absent for a vote on Benefit Cuts for Disabled and Ill People Required to Participate in Activities Intended to Increase Their Chances of Obtaining Work
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On 26 Mai 2016:
Lord Swire 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:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio n favour of planned housing benefit cuts applying to those in supported housing.
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On 6 Ion 2016:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio in favour of cutting universal credit benefits for many people in paid work
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On 18 Tach 2015:
Lord Swire 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:
Lord Swire 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:
Lord Swire 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:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio for reducing public borrowing and in favour of capping welfare spending.
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On 4 Meh 2015:
Lord Swire 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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On 13 Ion 2015:
Lord Swire Fe wnaeth pleidleisio yes ar Charter for Budget Responsibility: Autumn Statement 2014 Update
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On 26 Maw 2014:
Lord Swire was absent for a vote on Welfare Cap — Charter for Budget Responsibility
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On 25 Maw 2014:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio to approve the March 2014 budget, increasing the personal income tax allowance, reducing corporation tax, capping welfare spending, reducing alcohol duties and more.
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On 11 Chw 2014:
Lord Swire 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:
Lord Swire was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Housing Benefit — Deductions for those deemed to have excess bedrooms
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On 12 Tach 2013:
Lord Swire was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Housing Benefit — Deductions for Those Deemed to Have Excess Bedrooms
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On 27 Chw 2013:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio in favour of a housing benefit under-occupancy penalty.
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On 8 Ion 2013:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio in favour of capping any increase in working age benefits and tax credits at 1% rather than potentially allowing them to rise by 2.2% in line with prices.
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On 1 Chw 2012:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio against those who have been ill or disabled since their youth recieving 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:
Lord Swire 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.
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On 19 Ion 2011:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio in favour of scrapping the education maintenance allowance (EMA) in England.
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On 19 Ion 2011:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio to support the Government reforms to arrangements for supporting students aged 16-19.
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On 9 Tach 2010:
Lord Swire wedi pleidleisio in support of government plans to reduce housing benefit for those who have been on Jobseekers Allowance for over a year.
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