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House of Commons

Thursday 11 November 2010

Public Bill Committee

Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant

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Bill

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Mr David Hanson

Kerry McCarthy

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Clause  3,  page  2,  leave out lines 26 and 27 and insert—

‘(2)	A woman is entitled to health in pregnancy grant if she has reached the 12th week

of her pregnancy and the child, when born, would be eligible for child benefit.’.

Mr David Hanson

Kerry McCarthy

50

Clause  3,  page  2,  leave out lines 26 and 27 and insert—

‘(2)	A woman is entitled to health in pregnancy grant if she has reached the 25th week

of her pregnancy before 1 January 2011.

(2A)	If a woman reaches the 25th week of her pregnancy on or after 1 January 2011,

she shall be eligible to receive a payment of equivalent value to the health in

pregnancy grant, paid in monthly instalments.’.

Mr David Hanson

Kerry McCarthy

52

Clause  3,  page  2,  leave out lines 26 and 27 and insert—

‘(2)	A woman is entitled to health in pregnancy grant if she has reached the 25th week

of her pregnancy before 1 January 2011.

(2A)	If a woman reaches the 25th week of her pregnancy on or after 1 January 2011,

she shall be eligible to receive a payment of equivalent value to the health in

pregnancy grant, paid in monthly instalments if the child, when born, would be

eligible for child benefit.’.

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Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill , continued

Mr David Hanson

Kerry McCarthy

46

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  27,  leave out from ‘reached’ to end of line and insert ‘the

12th week of her pregnancy before 1 January 2014.’.

Mr David Hanson

Kerry McCarthy

44

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  27,  leave out ‘2011’ and insert ‘2014’.

Mr David Hanson

Kerry McCarthy

49

Clause  3,  page  2,  leave out lines 31 and 32 and insert—

‘(2)	A woman is entitled to health in pregnancy grant if she has reached the 12th week

of her pregnancy and the child, when born, would be eligible for child benefit.’.

Mr David Hanson

Kerry McCarthy

51

Clause  3,  page  2,  leave out lines 31 and 32 and insert—

‘(2)	A woman is entitled to health in pregnancy grant if she has reached the 25th week

of her pregnancy before 1 January 2011.

(2A)	If a woman reaches the 25th week of her pregnancy on or after 1 January 2011,

she shall be eligible to receive a payment of equivalent value to the health in

pregnancy grant, paid in monthly instalments.’.

Mr David Hanson

Kerry McCarthy

53

Clause  3,  page  2,  leave out lines 31 and 32 and insert—

‘(2)	A woman is entitled to health in pregnancy grant if she has reached the 25th week

of her pregnancy before 1 January 2011.

(2A)	If a woman reaches the 25th week of her pregnancy on or after 1 January 2011,

she shall be eligible to receive a payment of equivalent value to the health in

pregnancy grant, paid in monthly instalments if the child, when born, would be

eligible for child benefit.’.

Mr David Hanson

Kerry McCarthy

47

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  32,  leave out from ‘reached’ to end of line and insert ‘the

12th week of her pregnancy before 1 January 2014.’.

Mr David Hanson

Kerry McCarthy

45

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  32,  leave out ‘2011’ and insert ‘2014’.

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Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill, continued

Kate Green

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Clause  3,  page  2,  line  32,  at end add—

‘(3)	The provisions of this section shall not come into effect until the Minister has laid

a report of an inquiry into the relationship between the health in pregnancy grant

and poor levels of maternal nutrition (including an analysis of possible links to

mental illness and educational underachievement), and the overall impact on the

cost to the taxpayer, and the House of Commons has come to a Resolution on a

Motion in the name of a Minister of the Crown approving the report.

(4)	The report provided for in subsection (3) must be laid before Parliament on or

before 30th June 2011.’.

Kate Green

41

Page  2,  line  22,  leave out Clause 3.

Mr David Hanson

Kerry McCarthy

39

Clause  4,  page  2,  line  36,  leave out subsection (2).

Mr David Hanson

Kerry McCarthy

40

Clause  4,  page  2,  line  39,  leave out ‘the rest of this Act’ and insert ‘this Act, apart

from section 2’.

Mr Mark Hoban

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

the Committee.

Order of the House [26 OCTOBER 2010]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Savings Accounts and Health in

Pregnancy Grant 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 Thursday 11 November 2010.

3.	The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

which it meets.

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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 [2 November 2010]

That—

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

2 November) meet—

(a)	at 4.00 pm on Tuesday 2 November;

(b)	at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 4 November;

(c)	at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 9 November;

(d)	at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 11 November;

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

Table:

TABLE

	Date	Time	Witness
	Tuesday 2 November	Until no later than 12.00	The Institute for Fiscal
		noon	Studies.
		Until no later than 1.00 pm	The Association of
			Financial Mutuals; the
			British Bankers’
			Association; the Building
			Societies Association; the
			Tax Incentivised Savings
			Association.
	Tuesday 2 November	Until no later than 5.30 pm	The Children’s Mutual; the
			Association of British
			Credit Unions Limited.
		Until no later than 7.00 pm	4Children; Scope.
	Thursday 4 November	Until no later than 10.25 am	The National Childbirth
			Trust; the Family and
			Parenting Institute; the
			Royal College of
			Midwives.
	Thursday 4 November	Until no later than 2.15 pm	The Centre for Social
			Justice; the Institute for
			Public Policy Research;
			Toynbee Hall;
		Until no later than 2.45 pm	HM Treasury.

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

conclusion at 4.00 pm on Thursday 11 November.

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Revised 11 November 2010