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Angus Robertson

Mike Weir

Dr Eilidh Whiteford

Stewart Hosie

Michelle Thomson

Natalie McGarry

Negatived on division  NC39

To move the following Clause—

“National Insurance

(1)    

Section F1 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998 is amended as follows.

(2)    

In the illustrations, omit “National Insurance;”

(3)    

In the exceptions, at the beginning insert—

“National Insurance.”

Angus Robertson

Mike Weir

Dr Eilidh Whiteford

Stewart Hosie

Michelle Thomson

Natalie McGarry

Not called  NC40

To move the following Clause—

“National Insurance: employers’ contributions

(1)    

Section F1 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998 is amended as follows.

(2)    

In the illustrations, omit “National Insurance;”

(3)    

In the Exceptions, after exception 11 (see section (Benefits relating to children))

insert—

“Exception 12

National Insurance so far as relating to contributions payable by

employers.””

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Angus Robertson

Mike Weir

Dr Eilidh Whiteford

Stewart Hosie

Michelle Thomson

Natalie McGarry

Not called  NC43

To move the following Clause—

“Job search and support

In Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998, omit Section H3 (job search and

support).”

Angus Robertson

Mike Weir

Dr Eilidh Whiteford

Stewart Hosie

Michelle Thomson

Natalie McGarry

Not called  NC44

To move the following Clause—

“Working age benefits

In Section F1 of Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998, in the Exceptions,

after exception 9 (see section 23A above) insert—

“Exception 10

Benefits entitlement to which, or the purposes of which, are the same as

or similar to those of any of the following benefits—

(a)    

universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012,

(b)    

jobseeker’s allowance (whether contributions-based or income-

based) under the Jobseekers Act 1995,

(c)    

employment and support allowance (whether contributory or

income-related) under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007,

(d)    

income support under section 124 of the Social Security and

Benefits Act 1992,

(e)    

housing benefit under section 130 of that Act,

(f)    

child tax credit and working tax credit under the Tax Credits Act

2002.

The benefits referred to in paragraphs (a) to (f) above are—

(a)    

in the case of income-based jobseeker’s allowance and income-

related employment support allowance, those benefits as they

existed on 28 April 2013 (the day before their abolition),

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(b)    

in the case of the other benefits, those benefits as they existed on

28 May 2015 (the date of introduction into Parliament of the Bill

for the Scotland Act 2015).”

Angus Robertson

Mike Weir

Dr Eilidh Whiteford

Stewart Hosie

Michelle Thomson

Natalie McGarry

Not called  NC45

To move the following Clause—

“Universal credit: powers to vary other elements

(1)    

A function of making regulations to which this section applies, so far as it is

exercisable by the Secretary of State in or as regards Scotland, is exercisable by

the Scottish Ministers concurrently with the Secretary of State.

(2)    

This section applies to—

(a)    

regulations under section 8(3)(a) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012

(amount in respect of earned income) so far relating to the work

allowance (that is, the amount of a claimant’s earned income that is to be

disregarded in calculating the amounts to be deducted from the maximum

amount in accordance with section 8(3) of that Act),

(b)    

regulations under section 10 of that Act (amount in respect of

responsibility for children and young persons),

(c)    

regulations under section 12 of that Act (amounts in respect of other

particular needs or circumstances) so far as relating to—

(i)    

the needs or circumstances referred to in subsection (2)(c) of that

section (caring responsibilities for a severely disabled person), or

(ii)    

needs or circumstances of a claimant in paid work relating to

childcare costs,

(d)    

regulations under any of sections 14 to 22, 24 and 25 of that Act (work-

related requirements), and

(e)    

regulations under any of sections 26 to 28 of that Act (sanctions).

(3)    

The Scottish Ministers may not exercise the function of making regulations to

which this section applies unless they have consulted the Secretary of State.

(4)    

The Secretary of State may not exercise the function of making regulations to

which this section applies in or as regards Scotland unless he or she has consulted

the Scottish Ministers.

(5)    

Where regulations are made by the Scottish Ministers by virtue of subsection

(1)—

(a)    

section 43 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (regulations: procedure) does

not apply, and

(b)    

the regulations are subject to the negative procedure (see Part 2 of the

Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010).”

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Angus Robertson

Mike Weir

Dr Eilidh Whiteford

Stewart Hosie

Michelle Thomson

Natalie McGarry

Not called  NC46

To move the following Clause—

“Benefits relating to children

In Section F1 of Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998, in the Exceptions,

after exception 10 (see section (Working age benefits) above) insert—

“Exception 11

Benefits entitlement to which, or the purposes of which, are the same as

or similar to those of any of the following benefits—

(a)    

guardian’s allowance under section 77 of the Social Security

Contributions and Benefits Act 1992,

(b)    

child benefit under Part 9 of that Act.

The benefits referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) are those benefits as

they existed on 28 May 2015 (the date of introduction into Parliament of

the Bill for the Scotland Act 2015).”

Ian Murray

Wayne David

Kate Green

Not called  NC53

To move the following Clause—

“Childcare element of universal credit

In Section F1 of Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998, in Exceptions,

after exception 6 (see section 22 above) insert—

“Exception 7

The subject-matter of regulations 31 to 34 of the Universal Credit

Regulations 2013.””

Sir Edward Leigh

Not called  NC55

To move the following Clause—

“Social security

In Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998, leave out Head F (Social

security).”