S.C.A.
Amendment Paper as at
Thursday 17th January 2002
STANDING COMMITTEE A
TAX CREDITS BILL
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the resolution of the Committee (15th January).
Clause No. 7 (Funding of Strategic Health Authorities and Health Authorities)
65
Amendment (No. 65) proposed in page 5, line 10, to leave out from the word 'means' to the end of line 23 and to insert the words 'current year income or previous year income as prescribed in regulations.'—(Steve Webb.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.
Ms Karen Buck
86
Clause 7, page 5, line 23, at end insert—
'(3A) The amounts prescribed under paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3) above must not be less than £2,000.
(3B) The amount prescribed under paragraph (c) of subsection (3) above must not exceed £500.'.
Steve Webb
Richard Younger-Ross
47
Clause 7, page 5, line 26, leave out ', aggregate income of the persons' and insert 'income of the higher earner'.
Steve Webb
Richard Younger-Ross
48
Clause 7, page 5, line 32, leave out ', aggregate income of the persons' and insert 'income of the higher earner'.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
17
Clause 7, page 5, line 43, leave out subsection (8).
Steve Webb
Richard Younger-Ross
66
Clause 8, page 6, line 19, leave out from 'who' to end of line 21 and insert 'either—
| (a) | has not attained such age (greater than sixteen) as is prescribed and satisfies prescribed conditions; or |
| (b) | is aged less than 20 and is engaged in a course of full-time non-advanced education and began that course before the age of 18.'. |
Steve Webb
Richard Younger-Ross
50
Clause 9, page 6, line 32, at end insert 'and,
| (c) | an element in respect of any second adult in the benefit unit'. |
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
31
Clause 9, page 6, line 40, after 'according', insert 'to the number of adults in the family and.'.
Steve Webb
Richard Younger-Ross
49
Clause 9, page 7, line 7, at end insert—
| '(d) | must include provision for the combined value of the child tax credit for a benefit unit in receipt of Income Support or Jobseeker's Allowance and the value of Child Benefit for such a family to be greater than or equal to the value of support in respect of dependent children available to a family of the same compositionreceiving Working Families Tax Credit, Children's Tax Credit and Child Benefit immediately prior to the coming into force of this Act.'. |
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
78
Clause 10, page 7, line 16, at end add 'and having one or more children or qualifying young persons in their direct care, in the case of the basic element as defined in section 11(4)'.
Steve Webb
Richard Younger-Ross
62
Clause 10, page 7, line 22, at end insert 'except that the minimum age of entitlement shall not be less than that for the child tax credit.'.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
79
Clause 10, page 7, line 24, leave out from 'persons' to ', or' in line 25 and insert 'has one or more children or qualifying young persons in their direct care'.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
80
Clause 11, page 7, line 31, after 'persons', insert 'having one or more children or qualifying young persons in their direct care'.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
32
Clause 11, page 8, line 19, at end add—
'(8) The prescribed manner of determination must take account of the needs of all the members of a married couple or an unmarried couple by comparison with those of a single person'.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
33
Clause 12, page 8, line 26, at end insert—
'(2A) The charges of a prescribed description under subsection (2) may include an amount to take account of the loss of earnings of a person or of the spouse or, in the case of an unmarried couple, of the partner of the personby whom a claim for working tax credit is made who does not take qualifying remunerative work in order to care for a child of a prescribed description for whom the person is responsible.
(2B) The amount of tax credit payable under subsection (2A) shall not exceed the maximum amount payable to a person in qualifying remunerative work'.
Ms Karen Buck
87
Clause 12, page 8, line 27, after 'provided', insert 'whether in the child's home or elsewhere'.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
95
Clause 12, page 8, leave out lines 34 to 41 and insert 'Secretary of State'.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
96
Clause 12, page 8, line 45, leave out 'appropriate national authority' and insert 'Secretary of State'.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
97
Clause 14, page 9, line 26, at end insert 'within 7 days of receiving such a claim'.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
98
Clause 14, page 9, line 36, at end insert 'not exceeding 7 days'.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
99
Clause 15, page 10, line 8, at end insert 'not exceeding 7 days'.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
100
Clause 16, page 10, line 34, at end insert 'not exceeding 7 days'.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
57
Clause 17, page 10, line 39, leave out from 'must' to end of line 41 and insert 'give a separate such notice to each claimant'.
Steve Webb
Richard Younger-Ross
84
Clause 20, page 15, line 22, at end insert 'provided that the effect of regulations shall not be more restrictive than would be the case if Extra-statutory Concession A19 were to apply'.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
34
Clause 23, page 16, line 4, after 'paid', insert 'by the Board directly'.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
94
Clause 23, page 16, line 19, leave out 'Subject to section 24'.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
102
Clause 23, page 16, line 19, at end insert 'through Post Offices where the claimant elects for payment by such method'.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
103
Clause 23, page 16, line 19, at end insert 'except for recipients of the child care elements of income support and income based jobseeker's allowance, which shall continue to be paid by the Department of Work and Pensions.'.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
101
Clause 23, page 16, line 21, at end insert 'provided that the regulations shall not directly or indirectly require the recipient to hold a bank account'.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
36
Clause 24, page 16, line 28, leave out 'Regulations may' and insert 'Nothing in this Act shall entitle regulations to'.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
37
Clause 24, page 16, line 30, at end insert 'unless payment is made to such employers equal to the full economic cost to the employer of doing so.'.
Steve Webb
Richard Younger-Ross
51
Clause 24, page 16, line 30, at end insert 'except where an employee requests payment into an account notified to the Board or via a Post Office, in which case the employee shall be entitled to receive payment in this manner'.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
35
Clause 24, page 16, line 31, leave out subsections (2) to (7).
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
104
Clause 24, page 17, line 2, at end insert 'provided the Board shall reimburse the full costs of so doing to employers.'.
