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| Thursday 31st January 2008 |
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| National Insurance Contributions Bill
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| Page 1, line 5 [Clause 1], leave out from ‘(b)’ to end and insert ‘in subsection (3)(a) |
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| omit “7” and insert “1000”, and |
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| | (c) | in subsection (3)(b) omit “7” and insert “1000”.’. |
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| Page 1, line 5 [Clause 1], at end insert ‘and |
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| | (c) | in subsection (6), at end insert “and may not include any increase in the |
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| | upper earnings limit in excess of the increase in the retail price index, in |
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| | percentage terms, for the year to September of the preceding tax year.”’. |
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| Page 1, line 5 [Clause 1], at end insert ‘and |
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| | (c) | after subsection (6) insert— |
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| | “(7) | Any regulations made under this section which increase the |
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| | upper earnings limit shall be reviewed by the Treasury not later |
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| | than 6 months after the date on which those regulations come |
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| | into force to determine whether the upper limit, when calculated |
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| | on an annualised basis, exceeds the level of earnings at which the |
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| | higher rate of income tax becomes payable. |
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| | (8) | If this review so determines, the Treasury shall make regulations |
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| | which set the upper earnings limit, when calculated on an |
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| | annualised basis, at a level which does not exceed the level of |
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| | earnings at which the higher rate of income tax becomes payable. |
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| | (9) | Any regulations made under subsection (8)— |
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| | (a) | shall be made by statutory instrument which is subject to |
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| | annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House |
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| | (b) | must be made not later than 1st January of the tax year |
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| | in which they are made and have effect in respect of the |
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| Page 1, line 10 [Clause 1], after ‘(b)’, insert ‘and (c)’. |
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| Page 1, line 18 [Clause 2], leave out from ‘(b)’ to end and insert ‘in subsection |
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| (3)(a) omit “7” and insert “1000”, and |
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| | (c) | in subsection (3)(b) omit “7” and insert “1000”.’. |
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| Page 1, line 18 [Clause 2], at end insert ‘and |
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| | (c) | in subsection (6), at end insert “and may not include any increase in the |
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| | upper earnings limit in excess of the increase in the retail price index, in |
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| | percentage terms, for the year to September of the preceding tax year.”’. |
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| Page 1, line 18 [Clause 2], at end insert ‘and |
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| | (c) | after subsection (6) insert— |
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| | “(7) | Any regulations made under this section which increase the |
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| | upper earnings limit shall be reviewed by the Treasury not later |
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| | than 6 months after the date on which those regulations come |
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| | into force to determine whether the upper limit, when calculated |
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| | on an annualised basis, exceeds the level of earnings at which the |
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| | higher rate of income tax becomes payable. |
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| | (8) | If this review so determines, the Treasury shall make regulations |
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| | which set the upper earnings limit, when calculated on an |
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| | annualised basis, at a level which does not exceed the level of |
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| | earnings at which the higher rate of income tax becomes payable. |
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| | (9) | Any regulations made under subsection (8)— |
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| | (a) | shall be made by statutory instrument which is subject to |
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| | annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House |
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| | (b) | must be made not later than 1st January of the tax year |
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| | in which they are made and have effect in respect of the |
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| Page 2, line 3 [Clause 2], after ‘(b)’, insert ‘and (c)’. |
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| Page 2, line 29 [Clause 3], at end add— |
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| | ‘(5) | If both Houses of Parliament have not by resolution approved an order laid before |
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| | them by the Secretary of State under section 150A of the Social Security |
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| | Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (annual up-rating of basic pension etc and |
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| | standard minimum guarantees) by 1st April 2012 a Minister of the Crown shall, |
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| | within 3 months of that date, make a motion in both Houses of Parliament |
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| | expressing approval of the Government’s policy on the level of the upper accrual |
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| | point for national insurance contributions.’. |
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| Page 3, line 2 [Clause 6], leave out from ‘Act’ to end of line 3 and insert |
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| | | ‘shall come into force on the day after the Secretary of State lays before |
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| | Parliament a report setting out projections of the distribution of income from state |
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| | pensions, broken down by— |
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| | | for each of the twenty years following the year in which this Act is passed.’. |
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| Page 7, line 5 [Schedule 2], leave out ‘and subsection (3)’. |
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| Page 7, line 38 [Schedule 2], leave out ‘and subsection (3)’. |
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| | Order of the House [17th December 2007] |
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| | That the following provisions shall apply to the National Insurance Contributions Bill: |
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| | 1. | The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee. |
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| | Proceedings in Public Bill Committee |
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| | 2. | Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously |
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| | concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 22nd January 2008. |
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| | 3. | The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on |
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| | Consideration and Third Reading |
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| | 4. | Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be |
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| | brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the |
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| | day on which those proceedings are commenced. |
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| | 5. | Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be |
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| | brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day. |
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| | 6. | Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to |
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| | proceedings on consideration and Third Reading. |
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| | 7. | Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on |
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| | consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the |
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| | Lords) may be programmed. |
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