MPs debate tax credits and support for working families
7 July 2015 (updated on 7 July 2015)
MPs are to debate tax credits and support for working families in the House of Commons today, Tuesday 7 July 2015. The subject for debate was chosen by the Opposition.
Tax credits and support for working families
The debate is expected to start at approximately 3.30pm after the emergency debate on the means of delivery of English Votes on English Laws, but may be later if any Urgent Questions or statements are granted on the day.
Timings are approximate as Parliamentary business is subject to change.
Motion for debate
That this House believes that people should be given support and incentives to find employment and stay in employment; notes that, at a time when the recovery is still fragile for many, the impact of a significant reduction in in-work tax credits could increase hardship and undermine the importance of making work pay; believes that any meaningful effort to address the real causes of high welfare costs should tackle the underlying drivers of low pay, housing costs and insecure working conditions; further notes that the threat of a £5 billion reduction in child tax credits would see 3.7 million working families lose an average of £1,400 a year in income; and urges the Chancellor to guarantee that any assistance in the July 2015 Budget is focused solely on people on middle and low incomes.
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