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House of Commons

 
 

Monday 17 November 2014

 

Consideration of Bill

 

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Childcare Payments Bill


 

New Clauses

 

Catherine McKinnell

 

Alison McGovern

 

NC1

 

To move the following Clause

 

         

“Proposals relating to three and four year olds

 

(1)    

The Chancellor of the Exchequer shall within three months of this Act coming

 

into force lay a report before the House of Commons setting out—

 

(a)    

an assessment of the benefits of top-up payments to people responsible

 

for a child or children aged three to four years since the Act came into

 

force; and

 

(b)    

an assessment of those benefits in addition to the likely benefits of

 

funding 25 hours per week free childcare for working persons

 

responsible for a child or children aged three and four.”

 


 

Catherine McKinnell

 

Alison McGovern

 

NC2

 

To move the following Clause

 

         

“Review of impact on childcare costs

 

(1)    

The Chancellor of the Exchequer shall, three months after this Act is passed, and

 

every three years thereafter, review the impact of the measures in this Act on the

 

cost of childcare with particular reference to—

 

(a)    

the effectiveness of this Act on making childcare more affordable;

 

(b)    

the average cost of childcare for parents in work, including the impact of

 

other changes to the tax and benefits system and with reference to the

 

trends in childcare costs since 2010; and


 
 

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(c)    

the impact of supply-led measures on the cost of childcare.”

 


 

Alex Cunningham

 

2

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  4,  at end insert—

 

“( )    

The amount of the top-up payment is 66.66 per cent. of the amount of the

 

qualifying payment where the qualifying child is a disabled child.”

 


 

Alex Cunningham

 

12

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  8,  after “may—”, insert—

 

“(a)    

repeal this section, or”

 


 

Alex Cunningham

 

1

 

Clause  14,  page  8,  line  42,  at end add—

 

“(3)    

A child is a qualifying child for the purposes of the Act until the last day of the

 

week in which falls on the 1 September following the child’s eleventh birthday

 

(or eighteenth birthday in the case of a disabled child).”

 


 

Alex Cunningham

 

13

 

Clause  15,  page  9,  line  10,  after “may—”, insert—

 

“(a)    

amend this Act to allow childcare accounts to be held by persons other

 

than those specified in subsection (1),”

 


 

Alex Cunningham

 

3

 

Clause  30,  page  17,  line  3,  leave out “an award of tax credit is or has been made”

 

and insert “an award of tax credit which includes the childcare element is or has been

 

made”

 

Alex Cunningham

 

4

 

Clause  30,  page  17,  line  18,  after “credit”, insert “which includes the childcare

 

element”


 
 

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Alex Cunningham

 

5

 

Clause  30,  page  17,  line  22,  after “credit”, insert “which includes the childcare

 

element”

 

Alex Cunningham

 

6

 

Clause  30,  page  17,  line  31,  after “credit”, insert “which includes the childcare

 

element”

 


 

Alex Cunningham

 

7

 

Clause  32,  page  19,  line  16,  after “credit”, insert “which includes the childcare

 

element”

 


 

Alex Cunningham

 

8

 

Clause  35,  page  21,  line  21,  after “credit”, insert “which includes the childcare

 

element”

 

Alex Cunningham

 

9

 

Clause  35,  page  21,  line  32,  after “credit”, insert “which includes the childcare

 

element”

 


 

Alex Cunningham

 

10

 

Clause  36,  page  22,  line  12,  after “credit”, insert “which includes the childcare

 

element”

 

Alex Cunningham

 

11

 

Clause  36,  page  22,  line  24,  after “credit”, insert “which includes the childcare

 

element”

 

 

Order of the House [16 July 2014]

 

That the following provisions shall apply to the Childcare Payments Bill—

 

Committal

 

1.    

The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.


 
 

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Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

 

2.    

Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

 

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 28 October 2014.

 

3.    

The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

 

which it meets.

 

Consideration and Third Reading

 

4.    

Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

 

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

 

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

 

5.    

Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

 

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

 

6.    

Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

 

proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.

 

Other Proceedings

 

7.    

Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

 

consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

 

Lords) may be programmed.

 


 
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