Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill — 22 Jun 2000 at 16:39

moved Amendment No. 8:

Page 100, line 32, at end insert--

("(3) The regulations shall in any event provide that the net weekly income of the non-resident parent shall be reduced in the circumstances mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) and by the method mentioned in sub-paragraph (5), but subject to the limit mentioned in sub-paragraph (6).

(4) The circumstances referred to in sub-paragraph (3) are where the parent with care has a gross annual income from all sources for the most recently completed financial year of more than £25,000.

(5) The method referred to in sub-paragraph (3) is that for every pound by which the gross annual income of the parent with care exceeds £25,000 the net weekly income of the non-resident parent shall be reduced by one penny.

(6) The limit referred to in sub-paragraph (3) is that the net weekly income of the non-resident parent shall not be reduced by more than 50 per cent.

(7) The regulations shall in any event provide that net weekly income shall include both earned and unearned income.").

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 8) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 94; Not-Contents, 124.

Debate in Parliament | Historical Hansard | Source |

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Con0 49 (+2 tell)22.0%
Crossbench5 87.9%
Green0 1100.0%
Lab117 (+2 tell) 059.8%
LDem0 3353.2%
Total:122 9133.0%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

Lords for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible lord who could have voted in this division

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NamePartyVote
Lord Craig of RadleyCrossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Greengross Crossbenchno
Lord Hylton Crossbenchno
Lord Weatherill Crossbenchno
Lord Williamson of HortonCrossbenchno

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