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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.

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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