Removing the Universal Credit Two-Child Limit - Amendment 1

Division held on 16 April 2024. The Amendment Was Therefore Agreed

Decision type

Simple Majority

Method

Lobby Division

Result

The Amendment Was Therefore Agreed

Debate

Universal Credit: Remove the Two-child Limit

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The motion voted on

Motion Amendment (Private Members' Motion): Removing the Universal Credit Two-Child Limit - Amendment 1

Leave out all after ‘Executive’ and insert: ‘but would place serious and recurring constraints on public spending; further notes the recommendations of the Independent Advisory Panel Report Welfare Mitigations Review, including the proposal to offset the two-child limit by introducing a Better Start Larger Families payment; and calls on the Minister for Communities to consider the merits of this proposal when meeting his statutory obligation to produce a report on the current, and future, operation of welfare mitigation schemes by the end of this financial year.’

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Tabled by: Mr Maurice Bradley, Mr Brian Kingston

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