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  Welfare Reform and Work Bill - Clause 14 - Universal Credit: Limited Capability for Work Element
  
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  @ MP voted aye to remove the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
  @ MP voted no to retain the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
  
  The majority of MPs voted to remove the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
  
  MPs were considering the Welfare Reform and Work Bill[1].
  
  Lords amendment 9[2] was rejected in this vote, it stated:
  
  :Leave out Clause 14
  
  Clause 14 of the Bill[3] stated:
  
  :In [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/5/section/12 section 12(2) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012] (universal credit: particular needs or circumstances), omit paragraph (a).
  
  The sub-clause (a) in question listed "the fact that a claimant has limited capability for work" as a factor which may be used in the calculation of an award of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Credit universal credit].
  
  The amount of the limited capability for work was, at the time of the vote, set via [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111531938/regulation/36 Regulation 36 of the The Universal Credit Regulations 2013] at Â£123.62 per month.
  
  Together with the removal of the "work-related activity component" from the Employment and Support Allowance the changes are expected to reduce Government spending by Â£640m per year in 2020/21.[4]
  
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 9
  
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/welfarereformandwork.html Parliament's webpage on the Welfare Reform and Work Bill]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2015-2016/0132/16132.1-5.html Lords amendments to the Welfare Reform and Work Bill]
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2015-2016/0069/lbill_2015-20160069_en_3.htm#pb3-l1g14 Clause 14 of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill]
  * [4] [http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006B.pdf Impact assessment of removal of the the ESA Work Related Activity Component and the Universal Credit Limited Capability for Work Element  for new claims]
  
  
  
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