Public Bill Committee: 20 October 2009

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Child Poverty Bill, continued

‘(1)	The Secretary of State must, before the end of the period of three months

beginning with the day on which the Act is passed, publish and lay before

Parliament a report setting out an assessment of progress made towards meeting

the 2010 target.

(2)	The 2010 target is that in the financial year beginning with 1 April 2010, fewer

than 1.7 million children live in households that fall within the relevant income

group as defined by section 2(2).’.

Mr David Gauke

Andrew Selous

James Duddridge

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Title,  line  1,  after ‘child’, insert ‘and family’.

Mr David Gauke

Andrew Selous

James Duddridge

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Title,  line  2,  leave out ‘child’ and insert ‘parental’.

Order of the House [20 JULY 2009]

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

Committal

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

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

2.	Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 3 November 2009.

3.	The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

4.	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.

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

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

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.

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Revised 20 October 2009