Welfare Benefits (Adequacy, Debt and Deductions) Bill

Commons bill Private Members' Bill (Presentation) 2024-25

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Second reading · Commons
Sponsor
David Linden (Scottish National Party)
Introduced
13 December 2023
Last activity
13 December 2023
About this bill

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the potential merits of prohibiting the making of deductions from certain social security benefits within the first six months of a claim, of restricting the making of deductions in cases where a claimant is at risk of hardship, of reducing the maximum proportion of a claim that may be deducted, and of changing the priority order in which debt repayments are recovered by deductions; to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the adequacy of the rate at which social security benefits are paid; to require the Secretary of State to publish a strategy for increasing the availability of free debt and money advice for people claiming social security benefits; and for connected purposes.

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Commons
First reading 13 Dec 2023
Second reading
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