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Lords Chamber
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill
Report stage part one - Tue 25 Feb 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: None the structure of public expenditure. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie (Con - Life peer) The lists covered by these amendments are all of organisations that support public services and the public - Speech Link
3: Baroness Barker (LD - Life peer) This is a question not just about the cost of public services; it is about the indirect costs to the - Speech Link
4: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) of the public work they do. - Speech Link
5: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) national insurance contribution costs. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Universal Credit (Standard Allowance Entitlement of Care Leavers) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 17 Jan 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bshp - Bishops) That monthly figure is not dissimilar to the daily allowance that Members of your Lordships’ House can - Speech Link
2: Lord Palmer of Childs Hill (LD - Life peer) purse for Ministers, but so many of these assumed costs to the public purse are not the whole story. - Speech Link
3: Earl of Effingham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) They may also be eligible to claim housing costs for setting up home allowance, which is a grant local - Speech Link
4: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) Indeed, there are reasons why the standard allowance differs according to age. - Speech Link


Deposited Papers

Feb. 04 2008

Source Page: Reward and recognition: the principles and practice of service user payment and reimbursement in health and social care. A guide for service providers, service users and carers. 44 p.
Document: DEP2008-0329.pdf (PDF)

Found: This duty of care is paramount.


Grand Committee
Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2025 - Tue 25 Feb 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) of benefits for those of working age; and increases the rates of benefits to help with additional costs - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Chelmsford (Bshp - Bishops) It seems eminently sensible to calculate benefits in relation to the day-to-day costs people face. - Speech Link
3: None I am ever mindful of the pensioners affected by the cut in the winter fuel allowance. - Speech Link


Welsh Government Publication (Guidance)

Mar. 28 2025

Source Page: Placing a value on carbon: technical advice note
Document: Placing a value on carbon: technical advice note (PDF)

Found: These impacts are called external costs, whereby an impact occurs as the result of an activity, but


Lords Chamber
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill
2nd reading - Thu 15 May 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) It brings in new powers to tackle fraud right across the public sector by empowering the Public Sector - Speech Link
2: Baroness Kramer (LD - Life peer) Stamping out public sector fraud, including public authority and welfare fraud, is clearly a priority - Speech Link
3: Lord Vaux of Harrowden (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Set against that are the direct costs to the department of around £42 million per year, and the costs - Speech Link
4: Baroness Spielman (Con - Life peer) This costs the public purse and the taxpayers who fund it.Secondly, it corrodes mutual trust in communities - Speech Link
5: Lord Sikka (Lab - Life peer) Can the Minister say what the initial set-up costs and the annual operating costs for the banks, which - Speech Link


Welsh Government Publication (FOIrelease)

Feb. 12 2025

Source Page: FOI release 23266: HR Policies
Document: Doc 4 (PDF)

Found: Carer’s costs 14. Hire or purchase of evening wear 15.


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Pensioner Poverty - Thu 06 Feb 2025

Mentions:
1: Doris, Bob (SNP - Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) There is no specific statutory duty on the UK Government. - Speech Link
2: Stevenson, Collette (SNP - East Kilbride) Adam has already touched on our next theme, which is energy and food costs. - Speech Link
3: None Very often, too, carers in rural areas have additional costs for fuel. - Speech Link
4: None Part of the driving force for that is housing costs. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Support for Pensioners - Wed 12 Feb 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Blake Stephenson (Con - Mid Bedfordshire) Indeed, the winter fuel allowance is one example of many broken promises. - Speech Link
2: Blake Stephenson (Con - Mid Bedfordshire) We have a duty in this place to deliver the things we promise. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I recently went to the home of a lady who was applying for attendance allowance. - Speech Link
4: Torsten Bell (Lab - Swansea West) Attendance allowance would entitle a pensioner to extra income to pay for extra costs, including heating - Speech Link
5: Siobhain McDonagh (Lab - Mitcham and Morden) We are out of time, but I want to make a public apology to the hon. - Speech Link


Bill Documents
13 Nov 2024 - Explanatory Notes
Bill 131 EN 2024-25
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Act 2024-26

Found: Secondary threshold for secondary Class 1 contributions etc 3 Clause 3: Increase of employment allowance