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  Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill - Legal Aid for Social Welfare Law
  
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  @ MP voted aye against making legal aid available in respect of social welfare decisions.
  @ MP voted no to make legal aid available in respect of social welfare decisions.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against making legal aid available in respect of social welfare decisions.
  
  MPs were considering the Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill[1]. The motion passed in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 168
  
  Lords amendment 168, which was rejected in this vote was[2][3]:
  
  
  :Page 115, line 5, at end insertâ	
  :''"Social welfare law''
  :(1)  Civil legal services provided in respect of a social welfare decision relating to a benefit, allowance, payment, credit or pension underâ
  :(a)    the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;
  :(b)    the Jobseekers Act 1995;
  :(c)    the State Pension Credit Act 2002;
  :(d)    the Tax Credits Act 2002;
  :(e)    the Welfare Reform Act 2007;
  :(f)    the Welfare Reform Act 2012; or
  :(g)    any other enactment relating to social security.
  :(2)  For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), âcivil legal servicesâ includes independent advice and assistance for a review, or appeal to a first-tier tribunal, of such a decision.â
  
  The above would have been added to the start of  [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2010-2012/0109/lbill_2010-20120109_en_13.htm#sch1 Schedule 1 of the Bill] where the civil legal services that can generally be made available under the arrangements for civil legal aid are described. 
  
  The explanatory notes[4] describe the effect of the rejected amendment, and related amendment 169 as being to:
  
  :"insert new paragraphs into Part 1 of Schedule 1 to bring within the scope of civil legal aid, civil legal services in respect of a social welfare decision relating to a benefit, allowance, payment, credit or pension under certain social security legislation. Sub-paragraph (2) of the new paragraph inserted by Lords Amendment 168 would provide that in this context civil legal services include independent advice and assistance for a review, or appeal to a first-tier tribunal, of such a decision. "
  
  
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/legalaidsentencingandpunishmentofoffenders.html Parliament's webpage on the Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill (now an Act)]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2010-2012/0327/2012327.1-5.html Lords amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill]
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2010-2012/0327/2012327.35-41.html Page of Lords amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill containing amendment 171]
  * [4] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2010-2012/0327/en/2012327en.htm Explanatory notes to the Lords amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill]
  
  
  
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