Children and Families Bill — Report (5th Day) — 29 Jan 2014 at 19:18

Amendment 57BC

Moved by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

57BC: Before Clause 80, insert the following new Clause-

“Welfare of children: housing benefit

(1) The Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2006 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation B13 (determination of maximum rent (social sector)), inserted by regulation 5 of the Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2012-

(a) in paragraph (5), at beginning insert “Subject to paragraph (5A)”; and

(b) after paragraph (5) insert-

“(5A) The relevant authority shall make a determination that the restriction to one bedroom under paragraph (5) does not apply if it is in the interests of the welfare of a child or the children living in the dwelling to make such a determination.””

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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
Con123 (+1 tell) 054.1%
Crossbench6 2616.8%
Green0 1100.0%
Judge1 06.7%
Lab0 118 (+2 tell)53.1%
LDem50 (+1 tell) 049.5%
UUP1 050.0%
Total:181 14543.0%

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 Aberdare Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Bew Crossbenchno
Viscount Colville of CulrossCrossbenchno
Viscount Craigavon Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Greenway Crossbenchno
Lord Kilclooney Crossbenchno
Baroness Tonge LDemaye

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