Insert the following new Clause— “Energy bills and state pension
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Amendments 19
Committee stage — Lords 11
Insert the following new Clause— “Universal credit and state pension: mixed aged couples
at end insert— Within six months of the passing of this Act, the Secretary of State must publish a review of the impact of this Act on pensioner poverty.
The above-named Lords give notice of their intention to oppose the Question that Clause 1 stand part of the Bill.
Insert the following new Clause— “Review of the impact of this Act on poverty
leave out paragraph (a) and insert— for subsection (2) there were substituted—
Insert the following new Clause— “The universal credit uplift
at end insert “, for the purposes of paragraphs (za) to (c) of that subsection only.”
leave out from first “of” to end of line 8 and insert “earnings, as adjusted to take account of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the level of earnings for the previous year, including the financial measures implemented by the Government in response to it, in light of the views of the Office of National Statistics.”
leave out from “if” to end of line 8 and insert “the Secretary of State had determined that the general level of earnings obtaining in Great Britain had increased by 3.8%.”
leave out subsection (2) and insert— Section 1 of this Act comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by regulations.
Report stage — Lords 8
leave out subsection (2) and insert— Section 1 of this Act comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by regulations.
Leave out Clause 1
at end insert— Within six months of the passing of this Act, the Secretary of State must publish a review of the impact of this Act on pensioner poverty.
Insert the following new Clause— “Up-rating of the standard minimum guarantee following review in tax year 2021-22
leave out paragraphs (a) to (e) and insert “in subsection (2), at the end there were inserted “in the light of reasonable adjustments to take account of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic based on the Office for National Statistics reported earnings figure.””
leave out from the first “of” to end of line 8 and insert “earnings obtaining in Great Britain, as adjusted to take account of the exceptional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the level of earnings.”
leave out “(1)” and insert “(1)(za) to (c)”
leave out from “if” to end of line 8 and insert “the Secretary of State had determined that the general level of earnings obtaining in Great Britain had increased by 8.1%.”