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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given up to and including

Tuesday 1st February 2005

New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

Consideration of Bill

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Child Benefit Bill, As Amended

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NEW CLAUSES

Regulations made by the Treasury: qualifying courses

Mr Andrew Tyrie

Mr Mark Francois

Mr David Ruffley

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	Regulations made by the Treasury under section 142(2) of the Social Security

Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and section 138(2) of the Social Security

Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 shall include provision

that a person (who has not attained such age as is prescribed in the regulations)

shall be a qualifying young person if he satisfies the condition that he is attending

an unwaged training course of a description specified in a list published by the

Treasury.

(2)	The Treasury, working with other Government Departments as required, shall

ensure that reasonable steps are taken to publicise this list, to assist people in

understanding the courses a person may attend whilst continuing to be a person

in respect of whom another person may be entitled to child benefit.’.

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Regulations made by the Treasury: qualifying training

Mr Andrew Tyrie

Mr Mark Francois

Mr David Ruffley

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

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Child Benefit Bill, continued

‘(1)	Regulations made by the Treasury under section 142(2) of the Social Security

Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and section 138(2) of the Social Security

Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 shall include provision

that a person (who has not attained such age as is prescribed in the regulations)

shall be a qualifying young person if he satisfies the following conditions—

(a)	that he is undertaking training of a description specified in the regulations

that is not provided through a contract of employment, and

(b)	that the person responsible for the organisation of the training certifies in

the manner prescribed by the regulations that the training can be expected

to result in increased skills being acquired by the trainee.’.

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Mr Andrew Tyrie

Mr Mark Francois

Mr David Ruffley

2

Page  2,  line  37  [Clause  6],  at end insert—

‘(3)	Subject to subsections (1) and (2) this Act does not come into force until the

Treasury lays a copy before the House of Commons of a report including an

estimate of:

(a)	the costs of administering this Act.

(b)	the changes in the number of unwaged trainees as a result of the Act, and

the costs of such changes, including the costs to the Inland Revenue of

enforcing the National Minimum Wage.

(c)	an estimate of the changes in the number of young people in full-time

education that is not advanced as a result of the Act, and the costs of such

changes.

(d)	an estimate of the changes in the number of young people in neither

unwaged training nor full-time education that is not advanced, and the

costs of such training.’.

Mr Andrew Tyrie

Mr Mark Francois

Mr David Ruffley

3

Page  2,  line  38  [Clause  6],  leave out ‘2006’ and insert ‘2005’.

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Mr Frank Field

4

Page  6,  line  18  [Schedule  1],  at end insert—

‘(11A)

In subsection (2), after “otherwise”, insert “and one quarter of all benefit payable

may be paid in the first two years of the child’s life if requested by the person

responsible for the child during that time.’.

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Child Benefit Bill, continued

Order of the House [12th January 2005]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Child Benefit Bill:

Committal

1.	The Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee.

Proceedings in Standing Committee

2.	Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall be brought to a conclusion on

Thursday 20th January 2005.

3.	The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on that day.

Consideration and Third Reading

4.	Proceedings on consideration (so far as not previously concluded) shall be

brought to a conclusion two and a half hours after their commencement.

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

brought to a conclusion half an hour after their commencement.

Programming Committee

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.

child benefit bill (Programme) (NO. 2):

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

Mr Peter Hain

That the Order of 12th January 2005 (Child Benefit Bill (Programme)) be varied as

follows:

Consideration and Third Reading

1.	Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the order shall be omitted.

2.	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.

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

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

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Revised 2 February 2005