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.””
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.| Party | Majority (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
| Con | 123 (+1 tell) | 0 | 54.1% |
| Crossbench | 6 | 26 | 16.8% |
| Green | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Judge | 1 | 0 | 6.7% |
| Lab | 0 | 118 (+2 tell) | 53.1% |
| LDem | 50 (+1 tell) | 0 | 49.5% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Total: | 181 | 145 | 43.0% |
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Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.