Motion or amendment: Impact of the Universal Credit Five-Week Wait - Amendment 1

Motion or amendment by Mr Andrew McMurray on .

MLA
Mr Andrew McMurray
Party at the time
Alliance Party
Date
6 February 2025
Type
Motion or amendment
Business
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Impact of the Universal Credit Five-Week Wait”
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Impact of the Universal Credit Five-Week Wait - Amendment 1
Assembly identifier
Document 427147

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Impact of the Universal Credit Five-Week Wait - Amendment 1

Leave out all after ‘illegal money lenders;’ and insert:

‘and calls on the Minister for Communities to rename and widen eligibility for the Universal Credit Contingency Fund and introduce a system of backdating for claimants’ first Universal Credit assessment period, in order to reduce and remove the five-week wait.’

59 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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