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Universal Credit Act 2025

Bill 3988Commons originatingintroduced 11 Jun 2025
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Amendments 20

Committee of the whole House — Commons 20

NegativedOnDivisionClause 2EditBillBody

Clause 2, page 3, line 3, leave out from “Schedule 1” to end of line 6 and insert “may not come into force until the conditions in section [<i>Pre-commencement requirements</i>] have been met. (4) If the conditions in section [<i>Pre-commencement requirements</i>] have been met prior to 6 April 2026, this section and Schedule 1 shall come into force on 6 April 2026 and have effect in relation to assessment periods commencing on or after that date, and for this purpose “assessment period” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

Moved: Steve DarlingSponsor: Vikki Slade, Caroline Voaden, Tom Morrison, Liz Jarvis, John Milne, Alison Bennett, Daisy Cooper, Andrew George#10024957
AgreedClause 1EditBillBody

Clause 1, page 2, line 25, leave out second “and” and insert “to”

Moved: Liz Kendall#10024958
AgreedClause 2EditBillBody

Clause 2, page 2, line 31, leave out subsection (1) and insert— “(1) In the table in regulation 36 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (amounts of elements)—

Moved: Liz Kendall#10024961
NoDecisionClause 4DeleteClauseOrSchedule

Page 3, line 20, leave out Clause 4

Moved: Siân BerrySponsor: Ellie Chowns, Carla Denyer, Adrian Ramsay#10024962
AgreedClause 4EditBillBody

Clause 4, page 3, line 32, at end insert— “(2A) Where it is necessary in order to achieve the result in subsection (2B) for any of the tax years 2026-27 to 2029-30, the Secretary of State must exercise the power in section 4(2)(a) or (6)(c) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 to increase—

Moved: Liz Kendall#10024965
NotSelectedClause 3DeleteClauseOrSchedule

Page 3, line 7, leave out Clause 3

Moved: Neil Duncan-JordanSponsor: Siân Berry, Rachael Maskell, Mary Glindon, Emma Lewell, Cat Eccles, Olivia Blake, Ian Lavery, John McDonnell, Jon Trickett, Brian Leishman, Richard Burgon, Kate Osborne, Ms Diane Abbott, Nadia Whittome, Imran Hussain, Ian Byrne, Mary Kelly Foy, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Carla Denyer, Ellie Chowns, Adrian Ramsay, Clive Lewis, Rebecca Long Bailey, Kim Johnson, Claire Hanna, Andy McDonald, Paula Barker, Sorcha Eastwood, Ayoub Khan, Steve Witherden, Apsana Begum, Zarah Sultana, Dr Simon Opher, Ms Marie Rimmer, Kirsty Blackman, Graham Leadbitter, Ann Davies, Rosie Duffield#10024968
NotSelectedClause 2DeleteClauseOrSchedule

Page 2, line 30, leave out Clause 2

Moved: Neil Duncan-JordanSponsor: Siân Berry, Rachael Maskell, Mary Glindon, Emma Lewell, Cat Eccles, Olivia Blake, Ian Lavery, John McDonnell, Jon Trickett, Brian Leishman, Richard Burgon, Kate Osborne, Ms Diane Abbott, Nadia Whittome, Imran Hussain, Ian Byrne, Mary Kelly Foy, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Carla Denyer, Ellie Chowns, Adrian Ramsay, Clive Lewis, Rebecca Long Bailey, Kim Johnson, Claire Hanna, Andy McDonald, Paula Barker, Sorcha Eastwood, Ayoub Khan, Steve Witherden, Apsana Begum, Zarah Sultana, Dr Simon Opher, Ms Marie Rimmer, Dawn Butler, Kirsty Blackman, Graham Leadbitter, Ann Davies, Rosie Duffield#10024969
NoDecisionClause 2EditBillBody

Clause 2, page 2, line 34, leave out “pre-2026” and insert “pre-November 2026”

Moved: Debbie AbrahamsSponsor: Cat Smith#10025039
NotCalledClause 2EditBillBody

Clause 2, page 3, line 3, leave out “6 April” and insert “1 November”

Moved: Debbie AbrahamsSponsor: Cat Smith, Alex Sobel, Siân Berry, Ellie Chowns, Carla Denyer, Adrian Ramsay, Dawn Butler, Clive Efford#10025049
NotCalledEditBillBody

Line 5, leave out "£217.26" and insert "£423.27"

Moved: Richard BurgonSponsor: Andy McDonald, Rachael Maskell, Cat Eccles, Neil Duncan-Jordan, Paula Barker, Imran Hussain, John McDonnell, Apsana Begum, Mary Glindon, Nadia Whittome, Ian Byrne, Brian Leishman, Olivia Blake, Ms Diane Abbott, Kim Johnson, Mary Kelly Foy, Adrian Ramsay, Ian Lavery, Zarah Sultana, Rebecca Long Bailey, Jon Trickett, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Kate Osborne, Sorcha Eastwood, Dr Simon Opher, Carla Denyer, Siân Berry, Ellie Chowns, Emma Lewell, Clive Lewis, Ayoub Khan, Claire Hanna, Alex Sobel, Iqbal Mohamed, Steve Witherden, Shockat Adam, Jeremy Corbyn, Mr Adnan Hussain, Rosie Duffield, Grahame Morris, Colum Eastwood, Lorraine Beavers, Kirsty Blackman, Graham Leadbitter, Ann Davies#10025110
NotCalledClause 1EditBillBody

Clause 1, page 2, line 29, at end insert— “(8) This section, so far as it relates to tax years up to and including 2027-28, comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.

Moved: Graham Stuart#10025179
NegativedOnDivisionClause 1EditBillBody

Clause 1, page 1, line 21, leave out subsection (4) and insert— “(4) The relevant uplift percentage for tax years 2026-27 to 2029-30 is 4.8%.”

Moved: Siân BerrySponsor: Ellie Chowns, Carla Denyer, Adrian Ramsay#10025180
NotCalledClause 2EditBillBody

Clause 2, page 3, line 3, leave out from “Schedule 1” to end of line 6 and insert “may not come into force until the conditions in section [<i>Commencement requirements relating to welfare reform</i>] have been met. (4) If the conditions in section [<i>Commencement requirements relating to welfare reform</i>] have been met prior to 6 April 2026, this section and Schedule 1 shall come into force on 6 April 2026 and have effect in relation to assessment periods commencing on or after that date, and for this purpose “assessment period” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

Moved: Helen WhatelySponsor: Danny Kruger, Mr Peter Bedford#10025183
NotCalledEditBillBody

Line 10, leave out “pre-2026” and insert “pre-November 2026”

Moved: Debbie AbrahamsSponsor: Siân Berry, Ellie Chowns, Carla Denyer, Adrian Ramsay, Clive Efford#10025185
NotCalledClause 3EditBillBody

Clause 3, page 3, line 19, at end insert— “(3) This section comes into force when the conditions in section [<i>Commencement requirements relating to welfare reform</i>] have been met.”

Moved: Helen WhatelySponsor: Danny Kruger, Mr Peter Bedford#10025187
NotCalledClause 4EditBillBody

Clause 4, page 4, line 20, at end insert— “(4) This section comes into force when the conditions in section [<i>Commencement requirements relating to welfare reform</i>] have been met.”

Moved: Helen WhatelySponsor: Danny Kruger, Mr Peter Bedford#10025190
NotCalledEditBillBody

Line 6, leave out “pre-2026” and insert “pre-November 2026”

Moved: Debbie AbrahamsSponsor: Alex Sobel, Siân Berry, Ellie Chowns, Carla Denyer, Adrian Ramsay, Clive Efford#10025191
NegativedOnDivisionClause 1EditBillBody

Clause 1, page 2, line 29, at end insert— “(8) This section comes into force when the conditions in section [<i>Commencement requirements relating to welfare reform</i>] have been met.”

Moved: Helen WhatelySponsor: Danny Kruger, Mr Peter Bedford#10025192
NotCalledClause 4DeleteClauseOrSchedule

Clause 4, page 3, line 26, leave out subsections (2) and (3)

Moved: Siân BerrySponsor: Ellie Chowns, Carla Denyer, Adrian Ramsay, Bell Ribeiro-Addy#10025194
NotCalledClause 2EditBillBody

Clause 2, page 3, line 3, leave out from “Schedule 1” to end of line 6 and insert “may not come into force until the conditions in section [<i>Pre-commencement condition: Human rights analysis</i>] have been met. (4) If the conditions in section [<i>Pre-commencement condition: Human rights analysis</i>] have been met prior to 6 April 2026, this section and Schedule 1 shall come into force on 6 April 2026 and have effect in relation to assessment periods commencing on or after that date, and for this purpose “assessment period” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

Moved: Nadia WhittomeSponsor: Alex Sobel, Ian Byrne, Rachael Maskell, Andy McDonald, Siân Berry, Ellie Chowns, Carla Denyer, Adrian Ramsay, Richard Burgon, Mary Glindon, Dawn Butler, Ann Davies, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Marsha De Cordova, Clive Efford#10025195