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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 20 October 2009

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Child Poverty Bill


 

[first and second Sittings]


 

Mr Stephen Timms

 

Agreed to

 

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:

 

      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);

 

 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 20 October 2009        

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Child Poverty Bill, continued

 
 

(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;

 

(4)  

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

 

conclusion at 7.00 pm on Tuesday 3 November.

 


 

Mr Stephen Timms

 

Agreed to

 

That, subject to the discretion of the Chairman, any written evidence received by the

 

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 20 October 2009        

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Child Poverty Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Stephen Timms

 

Agreed to

 

That, at this and any subsequent meeting at which oral evidence is to be heard, the

 

Committee shall sit in private until the witnesses are admitted.

 


 

 

[Adjourned until Thursday 22 October at 9.00 am


 
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