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| | Tuesday 23rd January 2007 |
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| | [First and Second sittings]
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| | | (1) | the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday |
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| | | (a) | at 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 23rd January; |
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| | | (b) | at 9.10 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. on Thursday 25th January; |
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| | | (c) | at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 30th January; |
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| | | (d) | at 9.10 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. on Thursday 1st February; |
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| | | (e) | at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 6th February; |
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| | | (f) | at 9.10 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. on Thursday 8th February; |
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| | | (2) | the proceedings shall be taken in the following order: Clauses 1 to 11; |
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| | | Schedule 2; Clauses 12 and 13; Schedule 3; Schedule 1; Clauses 14 and 15; |
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| | | Schedule 4; Clauses 16 and 17; Schedule 5; Clause 18; Schedule 6; Clauses |
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| | | 19 to 24; Schedule 7; Clauses 25 to 29; new Clauses; new Schedules; |
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| | | remaining proceedings on the Bill; |
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| | | (3) | the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a |
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| | | conclusion at 5.00 p.m. on Thursday 8th February. |
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| | | That, subject to the discretion of the Chairman, any written evidence received by the |
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| | | Committee shall be reported to the House for publication. |
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| | Clause 1, page 1, line 13, leave out ‘2010’ and insert ‘2008’. |
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| | Clause 1, page 2, line 32, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(5) | If the contributor has reached the state pension age and not made the necessary |
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| | | National Insurance contributions or accrued the necessary credits for entitlement |
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| | | to the full Basic State Pension, the contributor may defer claiming the Basic State |
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| | | Pension and may continue to pay NI contributions until the entitlement to a full |
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| | | Basic State Pension has been accrued.’. |
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| | Clause 1, page 2, line 32, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(5) | In sub-paragraph (2), the term “working life” includes periods where a |
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| | | contributor is earning while entitled to be paid a Category A or Category B |
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| | | retirement pension but is not in receipt of that Category A or Category B |
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| | Clause 3, page 3, line 31, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(d) | is in receipt of certification by a relevant health or social care |
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| | | professional, verifying that they are involved in caring for a person or |
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| | | persons, for a minimum of 20 hours a week, not otherwise recognised by |
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| | Clause 3, page 3, line 31, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(d) | is certified by the local social services authority as providing caring |
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| | | services for at least 20 hours a week for one or more people.’. |
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| | Clause 3, page 3, line 31, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(d) | is engaged in caring for a person or persons in receipt of the higher, |
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| | | medium or lower rate care component of the Disability Living |
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| | | Allowance, Attendance Allowance, Constant Attendance Allowance, |
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| | | higher rate of short-term or long-term incapacity benefit, severe |
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| | | disablement allowance and any means-tested benefit for which a |
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| | | disability premium or addition has been added in the applicable amount |
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| | | for 20 hours a week or more.’. |
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| | Clause 3, page 3, line 40, leave out ‘52 Class 3 contributions for each tax year’ and |
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| | insert ‘Class 3 contributions for each tax week’. |
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| | Clause 3, page 3, line 42, at end insert ‘within the meaning of regulations made |
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| | under paragraph 5(7) of Schedule 3. |
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| | | (5A) | But the maximum number of tax years for which a person can be credited with |
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| | | contributions under subsection (5) above is— |
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| | | (a) | in the case of a benefit mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (c) above, 22; |
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| | | (b) | in the case of a benefit mentioned in subsection (1)(d) or (e) above, half |
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| | | the requisite number of years of the person’s working life. |
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| | | (5B) | The table in paragraph 5(5) of Schedule 3 (requisite number of years of a working |
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| | | life of given duration) applies for the purposes of subsection (5A)(b) above as it |
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| | | applies for the purposes of the second condition set out in paragraph 5(3) of that |
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| | Clause 3, page 3, line 43, leave out from beginning to end of line 2 on page 4. |
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| | | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | [Adjourned till Thursday at 9.10 a.m. |
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