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May I go back to the qualification period, for both savings and income? Why did the Government choose six months? It was to ensure that people could not abuse the system by holding the money for only a day or two, making the application, succeeding and then giving the money back. It is to make sure that the money is genuinely under someone’s control and available to them rather than their borrowin...

14 March 2013 #13964
5
Ayes
84
Noes
79
Majority
FAIL
Result

Party breakdown

Party Aye No Other Total
CON Conservative 0 33 0 33
LAB Labour 4 23 0 27
UNK Unknown 1 10 0 11
LD Liberal Democrat 0 10 0 10
IND Independent 0 3 0 3
REF Reform UK 0 1 0 1
UK UK Independence Party 0 1 0 1
THE The Independent Group for Change 0 1 0 1

How MPs voted

87 recorded
MP Party Constituency Vote
Alan Whitehead NO
Alison McGovern LAB Birkenhead AYE
Andrew Jones CON NO
Andrew Miller LAB NO
Andrew Percy CON NO
Andrew Rosindell REF Romford NO
Andrew Selous CON NO
Andy Slaughter LAB Hammersmith and Chiswick NO
Anne Milton IND NO
Annette Brooke LD NO
Barry Gardiner LAB Brent West NO
Cathy Jamieson LAB NO
Chris Williamson IND NO
Dame Angela Eagle LAB Wallasey NO
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price CON NO
Dame Tracey Crouch CON NO
David Rutley CON NO
Debbie Abrahams LAB Oldham East and Saddleworth NO
Dr Phillip Lee LD NO
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods LAB NO
Dr Sarah Wollaston LD NO
Duncan Hames LD NO
Fiona Bruce CON NO
Fiona Mactaggart LAB NO
Greg Hands CON NO
Heidi Alexander LAB Swindon South NO
Henry Smith CON NO
Hilary Benn LAB Leeds South NO
Jeremy Lefroy CON NO
Jim Dowd LAB NO
Jon Cruddas LAB NO
Joseph Johnson NO
Julie Elliott NO
Julie Hilling LAB AYE
Justin Tomlinson CON NO
Kate Green LAB NO
Kerry McCarthy LAB Bristol East NO
Lyn Brown AYE
Mark Harper NO
Mark Reckless UK NO
Martin Horwood LD NO
Mary Creagh LAB Coventry East NO
Mike Weatherley CON NO
Mr Adrian Bailey LAB NO
Mr Alan Reid LD NO
Mr Barry Sheerman LAB NO
Mr Chris Leslie THE NO
Mr Philip Hollobone CON NO
Mr Sam Gyimah LD NO
Mr Stephen Dorrell CON NO
Mr Virendra Sharma LAB NO
Ms Diane Abbott IND Hackney North and Stoke Newington NO
Neil Carmichael CON NO
Neil Parish CON NO
Nicky Morgan NO
Norman Baker LD NO
Paul Flynn LAB AYE
Peter Aldous CON NO
Peter Lilley NO
Richard Benyon NO
Rosie Cooper LAB NO
Sir Bill Wiggin CON NO
Sir David Amess CON NO
Sir David Crausby LAB NO
Sir David Evennett CON NO
Sir Desmond Swayne CON New Forest West NO
Sir George Younger CON NO
Sir Gerald Kaufman LAB NO
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg CON NO
Sir Julian Lewis CON New Forest East NO
Sir Mike Penning CON NO
Sir Peter Bottomley CON NO
Sir Robert Buckland CON NO
Sir Robert Goodwill CON NO
Sir Robert Syms CON NO
Sir Sajid Javid CON NO
Sir Stephen Timms LAB East Ham NO
Stephen Metcalfe CON NO
Stephen Pound LAB NO
Steve Barclay CON North East Cambridgeshire NO
Tessa Munt LD Wells and Mendip Hills NO
Theresa May NO
Thérèse Coffey NO
Thomas Docherty LAB AYE
Tom Brake LD NO
Tom Randall CON NO
Vernon Coaker NO