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The Financial Privilege Amendment

Baroness Murphy 02/02/2012 – 1:50 pm

Yesterday afternoon in the Commons, just before the debate on the Lords’ Amendments to the Welfare Reform Bill, the Speaker announced  “I must draw the House’s attention to the fact that financial privilege is involved in a substantial number of Lords amendments. If the House agrees to these amendments, I shall ensure that the appropriate entry is made in the Journal.” Thus the Governmen […]

Written at 1:50 pm on 02/02/2012, by Baroness Murphy

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The Benefit Cap and Child Support

Baroness Murphy 27/01/2012 – 2:10 pm

No-one who has been reading this blog for a while will be surprised that I voted with the Government on the Benefit Cap last Monday night and also for the Changes to the Child Support Agency on Wednesday. There is however a good case for compromise on the benefit cap in one respect. The cap is the same for the whole of England and Wales, and yet we know that of the 67,000 families or so who are r […]

Written at 2:10 pm on 27/01/2012, by Baroness Murphy

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Government defeats

Lord Norton 26/01/2012 – 10:05 am

The Government has suffered two defeats this week on the Welfare Reform Bill, both attracting considerable media attention.  The fact of defeat is, as I have previously noted, not particularly unusual.   These two defeats, though, are noteworthy, the first for the fact that it was Liberal Democrat votes that accounted for it.  The Government is usually in trouble when there is large turnout of […]

Written at 10:05 am on 26/01/2012, by Lord Norton

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Welfare Reform Again

Baroness Murphy 13/01/2012 – 11:53 am

Lord Norton has referred to the Welfare Reform Bill defeats in the Lords, which I’ve been giving some considerable thought to. I voted with the Government against the amendment by Baroness Meacher to continue ESA for young disabled people who have resources of their own to support them and have not contributed to what is essentially a contributory benefit. The House voted to continue giv […]

Written at 11:53 am on 13/01/2012, by Baroness Murphy

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Interesting times

Lord Norton 12/01/2012 – 9:13 pm

The House returned on Tuesday and it has proved already an interesting week.  Both Houses had the statement on the constitutional position of Scotland, accompanied by a consultation paper on a referendum on whether Scotland should leave the United Kingdom.  There was notable cross-party unity on the subject.  That was Tuesday.  Then yesterday, we had the Welfare Reform Bill and four divisions […]

Written at 9:13 pm on 12/01/2012, by Lord Norton

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