<Summary>
There are two types of Tax credits system in British. Working Tax Credits(WTC) and Child Tax Credits(CTC). Under the British government, Minimum income for Working Tax Credits will be cut to 3,850pounds from April. Also Minimum income for Child Tax Credit will be cut from 16,105 pounds to 12,125 pounds. The rate at which those payments are cut is also going to get faster. In this circumstances in UK, The House of Lords block financial measures approved by the House of commons – Labour and Liberal Democratic. Labour’s shadow welfare secretary Owen Smith said there are more important things than these arguments, but Cabinet Office minister Matthew Hancock said these money is “obviously financial matter”, it should not be blocked by peers.
<Opinion>
These are many ways to do well in political conflict. In UK there are two types of members of parliament. Therefore It is very important to keep the balance between The House of Lords and The House of Commons. In this article House of Lords block decisions of House of commons. I think they have to respect the decisions of The House of Lords for these reason.
In my opinion, House of lords have to get rights authority by House of commons. Member of House of Lords are professional in every single fields – Financial, Business, Science and so on. They can predict financial matters of UK which were not figured out by House of commons when they propose the policy. That decision should have important reasons. I think House of commons have to care reason of this decision.
Of course, It must be lots of problems if House of lords hold the dominant that House of commons. But I think comments of Ministers is not right – peers do not have the right to block financial measures approved by the House of Commons. So I think House of Lords and House Commons have to meditate between two parties.