12143
1995-96
1007
Savings Tariff For Council Tax Benefit
Hugh Bayley
1996-06-18
That this House deplores the unfair rules for calculating tariff income from savings when assessing entitlement to council tax benefit and the punitive effect this has on pensioners on low incomes who have put money aside for their retirement; notes that the Government's rules make the ludicrous assumption that every ú250 of savings produces an income of ú52 a year, which implies that pensioners receive more than 20 per cent. interest on their savings when most banks and building societies currently pay around 2.5 per cent.; notes that interest rates have fallen since the tariff was set; and calls on the Government to review the tariff income rules to ensure that pensioners on low incomes are no longer penalised for their thrift and prudence in saving for retirement.
Hugh Bayley
1996-06-18
Proposed
York, City of
Jane Kennedy
1996-06-18
Seconded
Liverpool Broadgreen
Roger Berry
1996-06-18
Seconded
Kingswood
Estelle Morris
1996-06-18
Seconded
Birmingham, Yardley
Paul Flynn
1996-06-18
Seconded
Newport West
Helen Jackson
1996-06-18
Seconded
Sheffield, Hillsborough
Judith Church
1996-06-18
Signed
Dagenham
Tom Cox
1996-06-18
Signed
Tooting
Michael Clapham
1996-06-18
Signed
Barnsley West & Penistone
George Foulkes
1996-06-18
Signed
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Maria Fyfe
1996-06-18
Signed
Glasgow, Maryhill
Sam Galbraith
1996-06-18
Signed
Strathkelvin & Bearsden
Mike Gapes
1996-06-18
Signed
Ilford South
John Gunnell
1996-06-18
Signed
Leeds South and Morley
Joe Benton
1996-06-18
Signed
Bootle
Jack Thompson
1996-06-18
Signed
Wansbeck
Don Touhig
1996-06-18
Signed
Islwyn
Joan Walley
1996-06-18
Signed
Stoke-on-Trent North
David Winnick
1996-06-18
Signed
Walsall North
Audrey Wise
1996-06-18
Signed
Preston
Tony Wright
1996-06-18
Signed
Cannock and Burntwood
Edward O'Hara
1996-06-18
Signed
Knowsley South
David Hanson
1996-06-18
Signed
Delyn
Colin Pickthall
1996-06-18
Signed
West Lancashire
Peter Pike
1996-06-18
Signed
Burnley
Margaret Hodge
1996-06-18
Signed
Barking
Kevin Hughes
1996-06-18
Signed
Doncaster North
Eric Illsley
1996-06-18
Signed
Barnsley Central
Brian Jenkins
1996-06-18
Signed
Staffordshire South East
Denis MacShane
1996-06-18
Signed
Rotherham
Alice Mahon
1996-06-18
Signed
Halifax
Eric Martlew
1996-06-18
Signed
Carlisle
William McKelvey
1996-06-18
Signed
Kilmarnock & Loudoun
Bill O'Brien
1996-06-18
Signed
Normanton
Ken Livingstone
1996-06-18
Signed
Brent East
Richard Burden
1996-06-18
Signed
Birmingham, Northfield
Robin Corbett
1996-06-19
Signed
Birmingham, Erdington
Jeremy Corbyn
1996-06-19
Signed
Islington North
Lawrence Cunliffe
1996-06-19
Signed
Leigh
Donald Dixon
1996-06-19
Signed
Jarrow
John Evans
1996-06-19
Signed
St Helens North
Andrew Faulds
1996-06-19
Signed
Warley East
Norman Godman
1996-06-19
Signed
Greenock and Port Glasgow
Harry Barnes
1996-06-19
Signed
North East Derbyshire
Gerry Steinberg
1996-06-19
Signed
Durham, City of
Dennis Skinner
1996-06-19
Signed
Bolsover
James Callaghan
1996-06-19
Signed
Heywood & Middleton
Keith Bradley
1996-06-19
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Bill Michie
1996-06-19
Signed
Sheffield, Heeley
Alan Meale
1996-06-19
Signed
Mansfield
Glenda Jackson
1996-06-19
Signed
Hampstead & Highgate
John Heppell
1996-06-19
Signed
Nottingham East
Peter Hardy
1996-06-19
Signed
Wentworth
Ernie Ross
1996-06-19
Signed
Dundee West
Robert Parry
1996-06-19
Signed
Liverpool, Riverside
Eric Clarke
1996-06-19
Signed
Midlothian
Paddy Tipping
1996-06-20
Signed
Sherwood
Win Griffiths
1996-06-20
Signed
Bridgend
John Cummings
1996-06-20
Signed
Easington
Alan Simpson
1996-06-20
Signed
Nottingham South
Gordon Prentice
1996-06-20
Signed
Pendle
Lynne Jones
1996-06-20
Signed
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Mildred Gordon
1996-06-21
Signed
Bow and Poplar
Robert Wareing
1996-06-24
Signed
Liverpool, West Derby
Elfyn Llwyd
1996-06-25
Signed
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
Neil Gerrard
1996-06-25
Signed
Walthamstow
Mike Hall
1996-06-26
Signed
Warrington South
Dennis Turner
1996-06-26
Signed
Wolverhampton South East
Jean Corston
1996-06-26
Signed
Bristol East
Dafydd Wigley
1996-06-27
Signed
Caernarfon
Janet Anderson
1996-07-02
Signed
Rossendale & Darwen
Michael Connarty
1996-07-04
Signed
Falkirk East
Anne Campbell
1996-07-08
Signed
Cambridge
Nigel Jones
1996-07-09
Signed
Cheltenham
Bill Etherington
1996-07-09
Signed
Sunderland North
Martyn Jones
1996-07-18
Signed
Clwyd South West