Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Alexander Eadie (Labour), on Wednesday, 20 February 1991, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 111 members in total.

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RETIRED MINERS AND WIDOWS LUMP SUM PAYMENTS

That this House calls on the Secretary of State for Social Security to treat lump sum payments, accepted by retired miners and their widows in commutation of their cash in lieu rights, under the capital rules, to bring an end to the ludicrous state of affairs where the adjudicating authority is likely to decide, in such cases, that a person opting for a lump sum payment has deprived themselves of a regular income for the purposes of obtaining benefit and consequently is to be deemed as if they are still in receipt of that income.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

504 

Session

1990-91

Other sponsors

Dennis Skinner

Jim Hood

Eric Illsley

Ronnie Campbell

Lawrence Cunliffe

Subjects

Means-tested benefits Widowed people

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk