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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Wednesday 11 November 2009

Consideration of Bill

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Child Poverty Bill, As Amended

Relative low income after housing costs target

Steve Webb

John Barrett

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	The relative low income after housing costs target is that less than 10 per cent. of

children who live in qualifying households live in households that fall within the

relevant income group.

(2)	For the purposes of this section, a household falls within the relevant income

group, in relation to a financial year, if its equivalised net income for the financial

year is less than 60 per cent. of median equivalised net household income after

housing costs for the financial year.’.

Steve Webb

John Barrett

1

Page  1,  line  7  [Clause  1],  at end insert—

‘(b)	the relative low income after housing costs target in section [Relative low

income after housing costs target],’.

Steve Webb

John Barrett

2

Page  3,  line  18  [Clause  6],  after ‘costs’, insert ‘except when calculating household

income for the purposes of section [Relative low income after housing costs target] (the

relative low income after housing costs target)’.

Steve Webb

John Barrett

3

Page  3,  line  23  [Clause  6],  after ‘5’, insert ‘and section [Relative low income after

housing costs target]’.

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Steve Webb

John Barrett

4

Page  4,  line  31  [Clause  8],  after ‘5’, insert ‘and section [Relative low income after

housing costs target]’.

Steve Webb

John Barrett

5

Page  4,  line  44  [Clause  8],  after ‘5’, insert ‘and section [Relative low income after

housing costs target]’.

Steve Webb

John Barrett

6

Page  5,  line  16  [Clause  9],  after ‘5’, insert ‘and section [Relative low income after

housing costs target]’.

Steve Webb

John Barrett

7

Page  6,  line  5  [Clause  10],  after ‘5’, insert ‘and section [Relative low income after

housing costs target]’.

Steve Webb

John Barrett

8

Page  6,  line  17  [Clause  10],  after ‘5’, insert ‘and section [Relative low income after

housing costs target]’.

Steve Webb

John Barrett

9

Page  6,  line  27  [Clause  10],  after ‘5’, insert ‘and section [Relative low income after

housing costs target]’.

Steve Webb

John Barrett

10

Page  7,  line  15  [Clause  11],  after ‘5’, insert ‘and section [Relative low income after

housing costs target]’.

Steve Webb

John Barrett

11

Page  7,  line  28  [Clause  11],  after ‘5’, insert ‘and section [Relative low income after

housing costs target]’.

Steve Webb

John Barrett

12

Page  7,  line  39  [Clause  11],  after ‘5’, insert ‘and section [Relative low income after

housing costs target]’.

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Steve Webb

John Barrett

13

Page  8,  line  32  [Clause  13],  after ‘5’, insert ‘and section [Relative low income after

housing costs target]’.

Steve Webb

John Barrett

14

Page  9,  line  17  [Clause  14],  at end insert—

‘(b)	the percentage of children living in qualifying households in the United

Kingdom in the target year who were living in households that fell within

the relevant income group for the purposes of section [Relative low

income after housing costs target] (Relative low income after housing

costs target);’.

Steve Webb

John Barrett

15

Page  9,  line  35  [Clause  14],  after ‘5’, insert ‘and section [Relative low income after

housing costs target]’.

Steve Webb

John Barrett

16

Page  9,  line  37  [Clause  14],  after ‘5’, insert ‘and section [Relative low income after

housing costs target]’.

Steve Webb

John Barrett

17

Page  10,  line  13  [Clause  16],  after ‘5’, insert ‘and section [Relative low income

after housing costs target]’.

Steve Webb

John Barrett

18

Page  14,  line  38  [Clause  24],  after ‘or’, insert ‘section [Relative low income after

housing costs target] (Relative low income after housing costs target) or’.

Steve Webb

John Barrett

19

Page  20,  line  9  [Schedule  2],  after ‘5’, insert ‘and section [Relative low income

after housing costs target]’.

Steve Webb

John Barrett

20

Page  21,  line  23  [Schedule  2],  at end insert—

‘(b)	the percentage of children living in qualifying households in the United

Kingdom in the renewed target year who were living in households that

fell within the relevant income group for the purposes of section [Relative

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low income after housing costs target] (Relative low income after

housing costs target);’.

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Revised 12 November 2009