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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John Battle (Labour), on Thursday, 16 October 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 65 members in total.

HOUSING BENEFITS REVIEW

That this House recognises concerns raised by Crisis and Shelter about the barriers faced by people on Housing Benefit who are trying to move into work; notes that people can often be worse off in work than they are on Housing Benefit; acknowledges that the excessive complexity and sensitivity of the system makes it risky for claimants to go into work; further notes that the withdrawal rate for claimants going back into work is too high; and calls on the Government to use the opportunity of the current review of Housing Benefit to ensure that work pays and to ease the transition into work in line with its ambition of increasing the employment rate.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

HOUSING BENEFITS REVIEW (2277A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by John Penrose (primary, Conservative) and tabled on Tuesday, 21 October 2008. It has been signed by 15 members in total.
leave out from first `work' to `high' in line 6 and insert `can mean some claimants face marginal deduction rates of only 90 per cent;'.

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
2277 
2277A1 
Session
2007-08
Other sponsors
Peter Bottomley
Glenda Jackson
Bob Spink
David Drew
Mike Hancock
Subjects
Housing benefit
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk