On September 13th the Welfare Reform Bill will go to The House Of Lords.
In order to stop them passing this bill we are asking you all to write to the list of speakers with your objections. There is a draft letter but please feel free to alter it to reflect your own personal situation.
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The list of email addresses to write to (or website links) are below.
Baroness Thomas of Winchester
thomascm@parliament.uk
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
http://www.theyworkforyou.
Baroness Sherlock
http://www.theyworkforyou.
Baroness Stowell of Beeston
stowellt@parliament.uk
Lord Bishop of Hereford
bishop@hereford.anglican.o
Countess of Mar
marm@parliament.uk
Lord Feldman of Elstree
chairman@conservatives.com
Lord Freud
freudd@parliament.uk
Lord German
germanm@parliament.uk
Lord Stoneham of Droxford
http://www.theyworkforyou.
Lord Addington
addingtond@parliament.uk
Lord Adebowale
adebowalev@parliament.uk
Lord Beecham
beechamj@parliament.uk
Lord Boswell of Aynho
boswellte@parliament.uk
Baroness Campbell of Surbiton
campbelljs@parliament.uk
Baroness Donaghy
http://www.theyworkforyou.
Baroness Drake
http://www.theyworkforyou.
Baroness Flather
http://www.theyworkforyou.
Baroness Greengross
greengrosss@parliament.uk
Baroness Grey-Thompson
greeythompsont@parliament.
Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
hayterd@parliament.uk
Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill
healyab@parliament.uk
Baroness Hollins
http://www.theyworkforyou.
Baroness Hollis of Heigham
hollisp@parliament.uk
Baroness Howe of Idlicote
howee@parliament.uk
Lord Kennedy of Southwark
kennedyro@parliament.uk
Baroness King of Bow
http://www.theyworkforyou.
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
http://www.theyworkforyou.
Lord Knight of Weymouth
knightja@parliament.uk
Bishop Leicester
http://www.theyworkforyou.
Baroness Lister of Burtersett
http://www.theyworkforyou.
Lord Low of Dalston
lowc@parliament.uk
Lord Mackay of Clashfern
mackayjp@parliament.uk
Lord Mckenzie of Luton
mckenziew@parliament.uk
Baroness Meacher
http://www.theyworkforyou.
Lord Morris of Handsworth
morrisw@parliament.uk
Lord Newton of Braintree
http://www.theyworkforyou.
Lord Patel
http://www.theyworkforyou.
Lord Ramsbotham
ramsbothamd@parliament.uk
Lord Rix
http://www.theyworkforyou.
Lord Touhig
touhigjd@parliament.uk
Baroness Turner of Camden
http://www.theyworkforyou.
Lord Whitty
whittyl@parliament.uk
Lord Wigley
http://www.theyworkforyou.
Baroness Wilkins
wilkinsrc@parliament.uk
DRAFT LETTER:
Dear (insert Lord or Baroness’ name)
As you will be aware, the Welfare Reform Bill is due to be read in the House of Lords on 13 September, with the committee stage following. I am writing to you as a (insert disability/situation) to set out my main concerns about this bill and ask you to support me by speaking out in the House.
There are many aspects that concern me greatly. The abolishment of tax credits, most alarmingly the complete lack of help towards childcare costs. I believe this will not make work pay, but instead make it more difficult to manage financially both for all parents.
The introduction of Personal Independence Payments to replace the current Disability Living Allowance. I believe that the introduction of just two care rates will prevent many people who need extra help from receiving it. I am also very concerned that the new system for entitlement for PIPs will prevent genuinely disabled people, such as double amputees, from receiving any financial help.
The benefit cap will, I believe, plunge thousands of people into poverty and force many to move to unsuitable accommodation, lose valuable support networks and private landlords will evict tenants on benefits in favour of employed tenants, thus a rise in homelessness will occur.
The under occupations charges against Housing Benefit awards are equally punitive. And will force many to move from their communities
Non dependent charges changes are also punitive.
Universal Credit paid in full to tenants will place huge financial risks on rental flows to social landlords thereby affecting services that all tenants can receive.
The Housing Impacts of this bill are undesirably draconian, and the impact is potentially immensely negative to society.
The changes proposed to the Child Maintenance Scheme will certainly prevent many children living in lone parent families from ever climbing out of poverty. They are penalised from the moment their parents access the service and throughout the time the service is used. The government said that there would be no losers. It seems to me that there will be millions of losers, most of them children.
The Social Fund has been a lifesaver for many claimants for a long time. It has enabled people to buy essential appliances for the home that they would otherwise be unable to afford, such as a washing machine, a bed, a cooker. The government wishes to abolish this service and replace it with a loan that the applicant will pay interest on. Currently social fund loans are interest free. Millions will be forced into enormous debt on very low incomes. That cannot be considered fair.
Iain Duncan Smith claims that he wants to ‘make work pay’. Sadly, his Welfare Reform Bill is not going to make work pay for millions. Reducing someone’s standard of living to a level where it is impossible to survive whether they work or not will not enable that to happen. Punishing the disabled, couples that separate, their children and their futures is not going to help anyone, least of all the tax payer, who will be picking up the tab for health issues that arise, the cost of homelessness and a generation of children with no prospects and no hope.
I urge you to oppose the bill on 13th September and help save us from a life of poverty and social destruction.
Yours Sincerely, YOUR NAME & ADDRESS
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If you use the example letter , please make it YOURS , as some of the peers are on contacts via writetothem.com who advise caution in using pure copy and paste.
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