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Mr Stephen Timms

That certain written evidence already reported to the House be appended to the

proceedings of the Committee.

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.

Order of the Committee [20 october 2009]

That—

(1)	the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday

20 October) meet—

(a)	at 4.00 pm on Tuesday 20 October;

(b)	at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 22 October;

(c)	at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 27 October;

(d)	at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 29 October;

(e)	at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 3 November;

(2)	the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following

Table:

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      TABLE

	Date	Time	Witness
	Tuesday 20 October	Until no later than	Department for Work and
		12.30 pm	Pensions, Department for
			Children, Schools and
			Families and Her
			Majesty’s Treasury
	Tuesday 20 October	Until no later than	Kate Green (Child
		5.30 pm	Poverty Action Group),
			Neera Sharma
			(Barnardo’s), Fergus
			Drake (Save the
			Children) and Kate Bell
			(Gingerbread)
	Tuesday 20 October	Until no later than	Catherine Fitt (National
		7.00 pm	College for Leadership of
			Schools and Children’s
			Services), Colin Green
			(Association of Directors
			of Children’s Services),
			Kevan Collins (London
			Borough of Tower
			Hamlets), Richard Kemp
			(Local Government
			Association) and Paul
			Carter (Kent County
			Council)
	Thursday 22 October	Until no later than	Charlotte Pickles (Centre
		10.25 am	for Social Justice), Edna
			Speed (Save the Family)
			and Reverend Paul
			Nicolson (Zacchaeus
			2000 Trust)
	Thursday 22 October	Until no later than	Dr Tess Ridge
		2.30 pm	(University of Bath),
			Donald Hirsch
			(Loughborough
			University), Mike
			Brewer (The Institute for
			Fiscal Studies) and Neil
			O’Brien (Policy
			Exchange);

(3)	proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the

following order: Clauses 1 to 7; Schedule 1; Clauses 8 to 16; Schedule 2;

Clauses 17 to 30; new Clauses; new Schedules; remaining proceedings on the

Bill;

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(4)	the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at 7.00 pm on Tuesday 3 November.

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Revised 27 October 2009