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Effect of working tax credit on housing or council tax benefits
Steve Webb NC5 To move the following Clause:—'No award of working tax credit under this Act shall be taken into account in the determination of any housing or council tax benefit to which a person may be entitled under any other enactment.'.
Review and alteration of rates of tax credits
Steve Webb NC6 To move the following Clause:—'Section 150 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 shall apply with like effect to tax credits and paragraph 28A of Schedule 3 to this Act shall amend the said section 150 accordingly.'.
Passporting
Ms Karen Buck NC7 To move the following Clause—'.—A person entitled to the maximum rate of child tax credit shall be entitled to:
Access to Social Fund
Mr Howard Flight NC8 To move the following Clause:—'Before the coming into effect of this Act, the Secretary of State shall lay before Parliament regulations providing for the conditions and qualifications for access to the Social Fund of persons ceasing to qualify for income support or income based jobseeker's allowance upon the coming into effect of this Act.'.
Access to passported benefits
Mr Howard Flight NC9 To move the following Clause:—'Before the coming into effect of this Act, the Secretary of State shall lay before Parliament regulations providing for the conditions and qualifications for access to passported benefits provided by other Government Departments, devolved administrations and local authorities which prior to the coming into effect of this Act had been afforded by qualifying for working families' tax credit, disabled person's tax credit, income support or income based jobseeker's allowance.'.
Fraudulent incorrect statements
Mr Howard Flight NC10 To move the following Clause:—'(1) If a person fraudulently—
(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to both.'.
Review of payment arrangements
Steve Webb NC11 To move the following Clause:—'(1) Not later than 2 years from the commencement of the Board's responsibilities under Part 1 of the Act, the Board shall review, in conjunction with the Secretary of State, the effectiveness of the payment arrangements, particularly insofar as these relate to persons whose tax credit status changes during the course of the tax year; and a report for consultation shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament. (2) The Board's report shall draw attention to any change in entitlement conditions, including the capital and income rules, which would seem likely to ease any difficulties experienced in establishing entitlement and making payments.'.
Advisory bodies and consultation
Steve Webb NC12 To move the following Clause:—'The Social Security Advisory Committee (constituted under section 9 of the Social Security Act 1980 and Part XIII of the Social Security Administration Act 1992) and its functions shall apply to tax credits and paragraph 28B of Schedule 3 to this Act shall apply to Part XIII of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 accordingly.'.
Negative income tax annual return
Mr Howard Flight NC13 To move the following Clause:—'(1) Regulations shall provide for the Board to require from every person in receipt of any tax credit for any part of a year a return for that year, and for the following year, containing such information as is necessary to enable the Board to determine the level of tax credits to which the person was entitled for the year. (2) The Board shall lay before both Houses of Parliament each year a return of overpaid amounts of all tax credits, and of the recovery of such, for the preceding year.'.
Mr Howard Flight 110 Clause 45, page 25, leave out lines 34 and 35.
Ms Karen Buck 89 Schedule 4, page 52, line 1, leave out from 'section' to end of line 3 and insert '115(1), the words "(i) child benefit" are omitted.'.
Mr Howard Flight 107 Clause 48, page 26, line 39, leave out 'subsection (1)' and insert—'(1) Regulations made under section 61 may transfer and vest in the Treasury such property, rights and liabilities to which the Secretary of State or the Northern Ireland Office is entitled or subject in connection with functions transferred to the Treasury by section 45 provided such Regulations specify each and every property, right and liability to be transferred.'.
Mr Howard Flight 115 Clause 60, page 32, line 25, at end insert '(except for regulations made under section (NC8 Access to Social Fund) or section (NC9 Access to passported benefits)).'.
Mr Howard Flight 111 Clause 61, page 33, line 30, at beginning insert 'Subject to subsection (1A)'.
Mr Howard Flight 108 Clause 61, page 33, leave out lines 34 to 36 and insert 'shall be approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament'.
Mr Howard Flight 112 Clause 61, page 33, line 36, at end insert—'(1A) Regulations may not be made under section 38(1) unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.'.
EXCERPT FROM ORDER OF THE HOUSE (10TH DECEMBER 2001)Proceedings in Standing Committee (3) Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 24th January 2002.(4) The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
RESOLUTION OF THE COMMITTEE [15TH JANUARY]That -(1) during proceedings on the Tax Credits Bill the Standing Committee do meet on Tuesdays at half-past Ten o'clock and at half-past Four o'clock and on Thursdays at half-past Nine o'clock and at half-past Two o'clock; (2) the proceedings shall be taken in the following order, namely Clauses 1 to 26, Schedule 1, Clauses 27 to 32, Schedule 2, Clauses 33 to 43, Schedule 3, Clause 44, New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 1, Clauses 45 to 47, Schedule 4, Clauses 48 to 53, New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 2, Clauses 54 and 55, Schedule 5, Clause 56, Schedule 6, Clauses 57 to 65 and remaining New Clauses and New Schedules; (3) the proceedings on Clauses 1 to 22 (so far as not previously concluded) shall be brought to a conclusion at 5 p.m. on Thursday 17th January 2002; (4) the proceedings on Clauses 23 to 26, Schedule 1, Clauses 27 to 32, Schedule 2, Clauses 33 to 43, Schedule 3, Clause 44 and New Clauses andNew Schedules relating to Part 1 (so far as not previously concluded) shall be brought to a conclusion at 11.25 a.m. on Thursday 24th January 2002; (5) the remaining proceedings on the Bill (so far as not previously concluded) shall be brought to a conclusion at 5 p.m. on Thursday 24th January 2002.
RESOLUTION OF THE COMMITTEE [22ND JANUARY]That the Resolution of the Committee of 15th January be amended as follows—(1) in paragraph (1), at end insert 'save that on Thursday 24th January the Committee shall meet between half-past Nine o'clock and half-past Ten o'clock and at Two o'clock'; and (2) paragraph (4) is omitted.
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