Regulations changing ESA and PIP

The Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/204) remove the work related activity component (WRAG) for new claims from 3 April 2017.

The Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/194) make changes to PIP Activities Managing therapy or monitoring a health condition and Planning and following a journey from 16 March 2017.

Contact your MP to get these regulations annulled

These regulations are ‘subject to negative resolution procedure’ and automatically become law without a vote. However, if a member of either the Commons or the Lords makes a motion to annul a negative resolution regulation (known as a ‘prayer’) and it is accepted the regulation has to be debated and voted on.

These two EDMs are motions to annul the ESA and PIP regulations. If enough MPs sign up to them these regulations will be debated. In order to do this you need to get your MP to sign up to the motions

Early day motion (EDM) 985 re PIP

View early day motion EDM 985

The following motion has been tabled by Tim Farron MP (LibDem)

“That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I., 2017, No. 194), dated 22 February 2017, a copy of which was laid before this House on 23 February, be annulled.”

Get your MP to sign up to this EDM and if there are enough signatories the motion will be debated and voted on.

Early day motion (EDM) 992 re ESA

View early day motion EDM 992

The following motion has been tabled by Jeremy Corbyn

“That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations (S.I., 2017, No. 204), dated 23 February 2017, a copy of which was laid before this House on 27 February, be annulled.”

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