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Bill · started in the Commons

Welfare Benefits (Adequacy, Debt and Deductions) Bill

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the potential merits of prohibiting the making of deductions from certain social security benefits within the first six months of a claim, of restricting the making of deductions in cases where a claimant is at risk of hardship, of reducing the maximum proportion of a claim that may be deducted, and of changing the priority order in which debt repayments are recovered by deductions; to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the adequacy of the rate at which social security benefits are paid; to require the Secretary of State to publish a strategy for increasing the availability of free debt and money advice for people claiming social security benefits; and for connected purposes.

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)

The story so farThe Welfare Benefits (Adequacy, Debt and Deductions) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 13 December 2023 by David Linden (Scottish National Party). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Commons 13 Dec 2023
  2. 2nd reading Commons Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 14 Feb 2025.