PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING
TO THE REPORT
WEDNESDAY 13 JANUARY 1999
Members present:
Mr Archy Kirkwood, in the
Chair
| Ms Karen Buck
| Miss Julie Kirkbride
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| Mr Vernon Coaker
| Mr Edward Leigh
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| Mr Andrew Dismore
| Kali Mountford
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| Mr Howard Flight
| Mr Chris Pond
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| Mrs Joan Humble
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The Committee deliberated.
Mr Pond declared an un-remunerated
interest as a former Director of the Low Pay Unit.
Resolved, That
the Committee inquire into the consequences for social security
provision of the proposals in the Fairness at Work White Paper
on parental and adoption leave.
[Adjourned
till a time and date to be fixed by the Chairman.
WEDNESDAY 16 JUNE 1999
Members present:
Mr Archy Kirkwood, in the
Chair
| Mr Andrew Dismore
| Dr Doug Naysmith
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| Mrs Joan Humble
| Mr Chris Pond
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| Miss Julie Kirkbride
| Ms Debra Shipley
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| Kali Mountford
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The Committee deliberated.
Mr Pond declared an interest as Chair
of the Low Pay Unit.
Mr Archy Kirkwood declared an interest
a trustee of the Low Pay Unit.
Social Security Implications of Parental
Leave: Ms Christine Gowdridge, Director, and Ms Joanna Wade, Legal
Officer, Maternity Alliance, and Ms Catherine O'Donnell and Mr
Nick Burkitt, Senior Research Officers, Low Pay Unit, were examined.
Social Security Implications of Parental
Leave: Ms Lucy Anderson, Women's Equality Officer, Mr Richard
Exell, Senior Policy Officer, Economic and Social Affairs, Ms
Diana Holland, National Organiser for Women, Race and Equalities,
Ms Jocelyn Prudence, Women's Committee and Member of General Council,
and Ms Matilda Quiney, Parental Leave Campaign, Senior Researcher,
GMB, Trades Union Congress, were examined.
Social Security Implications of Parental
Leave: Mr Dominic Johnson, Head of Employee Relations, and Ms
Jadine Riley, Senior Policy Adviser, Employee Relations, Confederation
of British Industry, and Mr Brendan Burns, Policy Unit Chairman,
Federation of Small Businesses, were examined.
Social Security Implication of Parental
Leave: Ms Helen Wilkinson, Demos Advisory Council, was examined.
[Adjourned
till Wednesday 23 June at half-past Ten o'clock.
WEDNESDAY 21 JULY 1999
Members present:
Mr Archy Kirkwood, in the Chair
| Ms Karen Buck | Dr Doug Naysmith
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| Mr Andrew Dismore | Mr Chris Pond
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| Mr Edward Leigh | Ms Debra Shipley
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The Committee deliberated.
Ms Ruth Lea, Head of Policy Unit, and Mr Richard
Wilson, Business Policy Executive, Institute of Directors, were
examined.
Rt Hon Harriet Harman, a Member of the House, and
Ms Donna Lenhoff, Vice-Chair, US Family Leave Commission, were
examined.
[Adjourned
till Tuesday 27 July at a quarter to Ten o'clock.
WEDNESDAY 20 OCTOBER 1999
Members present:
Mr Archy Kirkwood, in the
Chair
| Ms Karen Buck
| Dr Doug Naysmith
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| Mr Andrew Dismore
| Ms Debra Shipley
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| Mrs Joan Humble
| Mr Desmond Swayne
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| Mr Edward Leigh
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The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report [Social Security Implications of Parental
Leave], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the Chairman's
draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraph 1 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 2 and 3 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 4 to 9 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 10 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 11 to 15 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 16 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 17 and 18 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 19 and 20 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 21 to 25 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 26 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 27 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 28 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 29 to 37 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 38 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 39 and 40 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 41 read, amended and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report,
as amended, be the Ninth Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman
do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the provisions
of Standing Order No. 134 (Select committees (reports)) be applied
to the report.
Several Papers were ordered to be appended to the
Minutes of Evidence.
Ordered, That the Appendices
to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee be reported
to the House.-(The Chairman.)
Several Memoranda were ordered to be reported to
the House.
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