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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 3 November 2009

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Child Poverty Bill


 

[Ninth and Tenth Sittings]


 

Ms Sally Keeble

 

Withdrawn  69

 

Clause  18,  page  10,  line  22,  leave out from ‘England’ to end of Clause.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr David Gauke

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr John Baron

 

Withdrawn  3

 

Clause  19,  page  10,  leave out lines 38 and 39.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

Negatived on division  62

 

Clause  19,  page  11,  line  3,  at end add—

 

‘(i)    

a Mental Health Trust.’.

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Not called  73

 

Clause  19,  page  11,  line  3,  at end insert—

 

‘(i)    

a Regional Development Agency,

 

(j)    

Learning and Skills Council.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 



 
 

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Child Poverty Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Gauke

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr John Baron

 

Negatived on division  4

 

Clause  20,  page  11,  line  45,  leave out ‘each’ and insert ‘those’.

 

Mr David Gauke

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr John Baron

 

Not called  5

 

Clause  20,  page  11,  line  45,  after ‘authorities’, insert ‘as the authority thinks fit’.

 

Mr David Gauke

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr John Baron

 

Withdrawn  6

 

Clause  20,  page  12,  line  5,  leave out subsection (4).

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr David Gauke

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr John Baron

 

Withdrawn  7

 

Clause  21,  page  12,  line  26,  after ‘assessment’, insert ‘including an assessment

 

of—

 

(i)    

job creation, and

 

(ii)    

family resilience’.

 

Steve Webb

 

John Barrett

 

Not called  55

 

Clause  21,  page  12,  line  26,  at end insert ‘including the number and needs of

 

children living with family and friends carers;’.

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Not called  66

 

Clause  21,  page  12,  line  26,  at end insert ‘including the number of, and needs of,

 

children living with family and friends carers.’.

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Not called  72

 

Clause  21,  page  12,  line  26,  at end insert ‘including the levels of benefit and tax

 

credit take up among the eligible populations’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 3 November 2009        

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Child Poverty Bill, continued

 
 

Steve Webb

 

John Barrett

 

Not called  57

 

Clause  22,  page  13,  line  14,  leave out ‘or’ and insert ‘and’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 23 Agreed to.

 


 

John Howell

 

Withdrawn  63

 

Clause  24,  page  14,  line  7,  leave out from ‘of’ to ‘section’ in line 8.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Steve Webb

 

John Barrett

 

Negatived on division  32

 

Clause  25,  page  14,  line  21,  leave out ‘16’ and insert ‘18’.

 

Steve Webb

 

John Barrett

 

Not called  31

 

Clause  25,  page  14,  leave out lines 22 to 25.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 26 to 29 Agreed to.

 


 

Mr David Gauke

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr John Baron

 

Not called  8

 

Clause  30,  page  15,  line  25,  after ‘Child’, insert ‘and Family’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 



 
 

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Child Poverty Bill, continued

 
 

New ClauseS

 

2010 poverty target

 

Mr David Gauke

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr John Baron

 

Question, that the Clause be added, negatived on division  NC1

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(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).’.

 


 

Benefit levels

 

Steve Webb

 

John Barrett

 

Withdrawn  NC2

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘The Secretary of State shall ensure that a household wholly dependent on tax

 

credits or social security benefits has an income at, or above, the relative low

 

income target in section 2 (the relative low income target).’.

 


 

The reductions in the causes of poverty targets

 

Mr David Gauke

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr John Baron

 

Not called  NC3

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Secretary of State shall make regulations setting out the causes of poverty

 

targets.

 

(2)    

Such targets may include, but are not limited to:

 

(a)    

low educational attainment and erratic school performance;

 

(b)    

school leavers not in education, employment or training;

 

(c)    

registrations on the Child Protection Plan;

 

(d)    

teenage smoking and obesity;

 

(e)    

teenage pregnancy;


 
 

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Child Poverty Bill, continued

 
 

(f)    

children in homes with drug and alcohol addiction;

 

(g)    

children growing up in jobless households;

 

(h)    

serious personal debt.’.

 


 

Minimum income standards

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

Steve Webb

 

Not called  NC4

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

In the exercise of his duties, the Secretary of State shall have regard to minimum

 

income standards.

 

(2)    

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to commission research into the

 

minimum levels of household incomes necessary to sustain a healthy diet, other

 

necessities, safety and wellbeing for children (in this Act referred to as

 

“Minimum Income Standards”).’.

 


 

Mr David Gauke

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr John Baron

 

Not selected  11

 

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

 

Mr David Gauke

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr John Baron

 

Not selected  12

 

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

 


 

Mr Stephen Timms

 

Agreed to

 

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

 

proceedings of the Committee.

 

Bill, as amended, to be reported.

 


 
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