A Bill to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the likely effects of the abolition of the benefit cap, including on levels of absolute and relative poverty, poor mental health, food bank use, borrowing of money from friends and family, evictions from homes and problem debt, and on different groups including women, lone parents and people from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
29 April 2022
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The bill would force the Secretary of State to publish a Parliament-facing report on what would happen if the benefit cap were abolished. The report would assess the likely effects on absolute and relative poverty, poor mental health, food bank use, borrowing from friends and family, evictions and problem debt, and would examine how different groups—especially women, lone parents, and people from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds—might be affected. It is designed to help Parliament weigh the consequences before any change is made.
The bill is currently at the 2nd Reading in the Commons. If it progresses, it would move on to committee stage and further readings before becoming law.
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6 May 2022
The 2021-2022 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
