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| Clause 1, page 1, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3) | The Secretary of State shall also ensure that interim targets for child poverty are |
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| | met in relation to the United Kingdom in the financial year beginning with 1 April |
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| | 2015, where such interim targets are specified by the Child Poverty |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 13, leave out ‘10’ and insert ‘5’. |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 13, leave out from ‘of’ to ‘fall’ in line 14 and insert |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 3, leave out from ‘of’ to ‘fall’ in line 4 and insert ‘qualifying |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 5, at end insert ‘, and |
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| | (c) | experience bad housing conditions.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 12, at end add— |
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| | ‘(4) | Regulations must specify the circumstances in which a child is to be regarded for |
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| | the purposes of subsection (1) (c) as experiencing bad housing conditions.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 12, at end add— |
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| | ‘(4) | Regulations must specify the circumstances in which a child is to be regarded for |
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| | the purposes of subsection (1) (b) as experiencing material deprivation in relation |
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| Clause 4, page 2, line 14, leave out from ‘of’ to ‘within’ in line 15 and insert |
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| ‘qualifying households fall’. |
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| Clause 5, page 2, line 29, leave out from ‘of’ to ‘households’ in line 31 and insert |
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| Clause 5, page 2, line 37, leave out ‘2015’ and insert ‘2012’. |
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| Clause 6, page 3, line 13, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(f) | The publication of analysis of the sensitivity of the estimates of child |
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| | poverty under sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 to the methodological assumptions |
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| | which underlie those estimates.’. |
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| Clause 6, page 3, line 13, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(f) | How poverty among children who are not included in household surveys |
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| Clause 6, page 3, line 13, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(f) | How the statistical surveys used to calculate poverty rates are to be re- |
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| | weighted to reflect under-reporting of specified groups.’. |
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| Clause 6, page 3, line 14, leave out subsection (2). |
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| Clause 6, page 3, line 18, at end add ‘and the costs associated with disability.’. |
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| Clause 7, page 3, leave out lines 29 to 32. |
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| Schedule 1, page 16, line 12, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | The appointment of the chair under sub-paragraph (1)(a) must be approved by |
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| | a resolution of the House of Commons within three months of the appointment. |
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| | (1B) | Before appointing a chair under subparagraph (1)(a), the Secretary of State |
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| | must consult the Treasury, Work and Pensions, and Children, Schools and |
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| | Families Committees of the House of Commons, or their successors.’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 17, line 20, at end insert ‘The sums under 9(c) shall include |
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| resources to commission independent research as required.’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 17, line 24, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2) | All such remuneration, allowances and expenses must be published monthly |
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| Clause 8, page 4, line 21, at end insert ‘and the promotion of economic enterprise’. |
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| Clause 8, page 4, line 23, after ‘education’, insert ‘childcare’. |
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| Clause 8, page 4, line 24, after ‘housing,’, insert ‘transport,’. |
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| Clause 8, page 4, line 25, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(e) | reducing family breakdown |
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| | (f) | assisting children in families with disabilities |
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| | (g) | assisting children from minority ethnic backgrounds.’. |
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| Clause 8, page 4, line 25, at end insert ‘, and |
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| | (e) | the criminal justice system.’. |
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| Clause 8, page 4, line 25, at end add— |
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| Clause 9, page 5, line 16, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | If after receiving advice from the Commission the Secretary of State lays before |
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| | Parliament a strategy or a revised strategy, he shall lay with the strategy or the |
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| | revised strategy a copy of the advice from the Commission and a statement |
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| | (a) | the extent to which he has, in framing the strategy, given effect to the |
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| | advice of the Commission; and |
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| | (b) | in so far as effect has not been given to the advice of the Commission, his |
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| Clause 10, page 6, line 19, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | The Scottish Ministers must, on or before each report date relating to a Scottish |
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| | strategy, lay before the Scottish Parliament a report which— |
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| | (a) | describes the measures taken by the Scottish Ministers in accordance |
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| | with the Scottish strategy, |
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| | (b) | describes the effect of those measures in contributing to the meeting of |
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| | the targets in sections 2 to 5, and |
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| | (c) | describes other effects of those measures that contribute to the |
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| | achievement of the purpose mentioned in subsection (2)(b). |
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| | ( ) | The report dates relating to a Scottish strategy are each anniversary of the day on |
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| | which it was laid before the Scottish Parliament, other than an anniversary which |
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| | (a) | on or after the date on which a subsequent Scottish strategy is so laid, or |
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| | (b) | after the end of the target year.’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment requires the Scottish Ministers to lay before the Scottish Parliament an annual |
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| | report describing how measures taken in accordance with the current Scottish strategy have |
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| | contributed to meeting the targets and to ensuring that children in Scotland do not experience |
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| | socio-economic disadvantage. |
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| Clause 11, page 6, line 32, leave out ‘relevant Northern Ireland department |
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| proposes’ and insert ‘Northern Ireland departments propose’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment replaces the reference to the relevant Northern Ireland department with a |
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| | reference to the Northern Ireland departments. The intention is to recognise that departments |
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| | other than the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister will take measures in |
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| | accordance with the Northern Ireland strategy. |
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| Clause 11, page 6, line 44, leave out ‘relevant Northern Ireland department |
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| intends’ and insert ‘Northern Ireland departments intend’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 34. |
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| Clause 11, page 7, line 3, leave out ‘relevant Northern Ireland department intends’ |
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| and insert ‘Northern Ireland departments intend’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 34. |
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| Clause 11, page 7, line 7, leave out ‘relevant Northern Ireland department intends’ |
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| and insert ‘Northern Ireland departments intend’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 34. |
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| Clause 11, page 7, line 12, leave out ‘relevant Northern Ireland department’ and |
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| insert ‘Northern Ireland departments’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 34. |
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| Clause 11, page 7, line 19, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | The relevant Northern Ireland department must, on or before each report date |
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| | relating to a Northern Ireland strategy, lay before the Northern Ireland Assembly |
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| | (a) | describes the measures taken by the Northern Ireland departments in |
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| | accordance with the Northern Ireland strategy, |
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| | (b) | describes the effect of those measures in contributing to the meeting of |
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| | the targets in sections 2 to 5, and |
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| | (c) | describes other effects of those measures that contribute to the |
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| | achievement of the purpose mentioned in subsection (2)(b). |
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| | ( ) | The report dates relating to a Northern Ireland strategy are each anniversary of the |
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| | day on which it was laid before the Northern Ireland Assembly, other than an |
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| | (b) | after the end of the target year.’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment requires the relevant Northern Ireland department to lay before the Northern |
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| | Ireland Assembly an annual report describing how measures taken in accordance with the current |
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| | Northern Ireland strategy have contributed to meeting the targets and to ensuring that children in |
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| | Northern Ireland do not experience socio-economic disadvantage. |
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| Clause 13, page 8, line 3, leave out from beginning to ‘lay’ and insert ‘The |
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| Secretary of State must, on or before each report date relating to a UK strategy’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment (with amendments 41, 42, 43 and 45) clarifies the wording of clause 13. The |
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| | laying of each UK strategy triggers an obligation to lay annual reports on the implementation of |
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| | that strategy, until either the next strategy is laid or the end of the target year is reached. |
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| Clause 13, page 8, line 7, leave out ‘current’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 40. |
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| Clause 13, page 8, line 8, leave out subsection (2) and insert— |
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| | ‘(2) | The report dates relating to a UK strategy are each anniversary of the day on |
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| | which it was laid before Parliament, other than an anniversary which falls— |
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| | (a) | on or after the date on which a subsequent UK strategy is so laid, or |
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| | (b) | after the end of the target year.’ |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 40. |
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