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| given up to and including |
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| Thursday 18 November 2010 |
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| New Amendments handed in are marked thus |
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| Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill
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| | Consultation on and impact of abolition of Health in Pregnancy Grant |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Before abolishing the health in pregnancy grant the Treasury must, by June |
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| | (a) | consult the medical profession and relevant NGOs about the relationship |
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| | between the poverty of women and low birthweight; and |
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| | (b) | publish an estimate of the costs of low birthweight and related illnesses |
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| | of children, including mental illness and cerebral palsy, to the National |
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| | Health Service and the economy at large.’. |
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| | Review of impact on poverty, savings and maternal health |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Treasury shall undertake by 3rd January 2014 a formal review of sections 1, |
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| | 2 and 3 of this Act and the Child Trust Funds (Amendment No. 3) Regulations |
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| | 2010 with a view to establishing the impact on poverty, savings and maternal |
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| | (2) | The review must form a report that must be laid before Parliament on or before |
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| | Eligibility for and contributions to tax free savings accounts for looked-after children |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | This section applies to any child in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern |
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| | (a) | enters local authority care on or after the date of commencement of this |
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| | section under section 20 or section 31 of the Children Act 1989, section |
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| | 17 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, or the Children (Northern |
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| | (b) | remains in care for a minimum of 13 weeks. |
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| | (2) | The local authority with responsibility for any child who is an eligible child under |
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| | (a) | at the earliest opportunity notify Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs of |
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| | that child’s name, date of birth and address, and |
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| | (b) | notify Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs if that child, or a child who |
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| | entered such care before the date of commencement of this section and |
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| | who has a child trust fund, remains in local authority care for a minimum |
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| | (i) | the 12 months following the date he or she became eligible under |
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| | subsection (1) or, in the case of a child who entered such care |
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| | before the commencement of this section and who has a child |
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| | trust fund, the 12 months following the date of commencement |
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| | (ii) | any subsequent period of 12 months until that child reaches the |
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| | (3) | On receipt of notification from a local authority under subsection (2)(a) Her |
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| | Majesty’s Revenue and Customs must, subject to the provisions of subsection |
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| | (a) | open a tax free savings account in the name of that child, unless that child |
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| | already has such an account, and |
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| | (b) | make such an opening payment into that account as would have been |
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| | made into a child trust fund as at 1 April 2010. |
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| | (4) | On receipt of notification from a local authority under subsection (2)(b) Her |
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| | Majesty’s Revenue and Customs must make such a top-up payment as would |
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| | have been made into a child trust fund as at 1 April 2010 into a tax free savings |
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| | account in the name of that child. |
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| | (5) | Nothing in this section prevents a local authority or any other individual or |
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| | organisation from making further contributions to the tax free account of a |
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| | (6) | No child who is eligible for a child trust fund under the Child Trust Funds Act |
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| | 2004 shall be eligible for payments under subsection (3). |
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| | (7) | The provisions of this section shall come into force on such day as the Secretary |
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| | of State may by order appoint.’. |
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| Page 1, line 1, leave out Clause 1. |
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| Page 1, line 6 [Clause 1], leave out ‘3rd January 2011’ and insert ‘a date to be set |
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| by regulations made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument’. |
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| Page 1, line 6 [Clause 1], leave out ‘2011’ and insert ‘2016’. |
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| Page 1, line 8 [Clause 1], leave out ‘3rd January 2011’ and insert ‘a date to be set |
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| by regulations made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument’. |
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| Page 1, line 8 [Clause 1], leave out ‘2011’ and insert ‘2016’. |
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| Page 1, line 14 [Clause 1], leave out ‘3rd January 2011’ and insert ‘a date to be set |
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| by regulations made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument’. |
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| Page 1, line 15 [Clause 1], leave out ‘2011’ and insert ‘2016’. |
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| Page 1, line 17 [Clause 1], leave out ‘3rd January 2011’ and insert ‘a date to be set |
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| by regulations made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument’. |
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| Page 1, line 17 [Clause 1], leave out ‘2011’ and insert ‘2016’. |
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| Page 1, line 18 [Clause 1], leave out ‘3rd April 2011’ and insert ‘a date to be set by |
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| regulations made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument’. |
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| Page 1, line 18 [Clause 1], leave out ‘2011’ and insert ‘2016’. |
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| Page 1, line 21 [Clause 1], leave out ‘3rd Janurary 2011’ and insert ‘a date to be set |
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| by regulations made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument’. |
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| Page 1, line 22 [Clause 1], leave out ‘2011’ and insert ‘2016’. |
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| Page 2, line 2 [Clause 1], leave out ‘3rd April 2011’ and insert ‘a date to be set by |
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| regulations made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument’. |
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| Page 2, line 2 [Clause 1], leave out ‘2011’ and insert ‘2016’. |
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| Page 2, line 4 [Clause 1], leave out ‘3rd January 2011’ and insert ‘a date to be set |
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| by regulations made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument’. |
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| Page 2, line 4 [Clause 1], leave out ‘2011’ and insert ‘2016’. |
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| Page 2, line 5 [Clause 1], leave out ‘3rd April 2011’ and insert ‘a date to be set by |
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| regulations made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument’. |
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| Page 2, line 5 [Clause 1], leave out ‘2011’ and insert ‘2016’. |
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| Page 2, line 8 [Clause 1], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(5) | Regulations made under this section may not be made unless a draft of the |
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| | instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of |
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| | Page 2, line 8 [Clause 1], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(5) | The provisions of this section shall not come into effect until section [Eligibility |
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| | for and contributions to tax free savings accounts for looked-after children] is in |
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| | (6) | The Secretary of State must by regulations made by statutory instrument amend |
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| | the dates in this section in order to arrange for commencement of the provisions |
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| | Page 2, line 8 [Clause 1], at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | The Chancellor of the Exchequer must lay a report before Parliament no later than |
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| | 31 December 2011 on the impact of section 1 on looked-after children in |
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| | England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.’. |
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| | Page 2, line 8 [Clause 1], at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | The Chancellor of the Exchequer must lay a report before Parliament no later than |
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| | 31 December 2011 on the uptake of tax free savings accounts by looked-after |
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| | children in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland following the |
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| | implementation of section 1.’. |
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| Page 2, line 9, leave out Clause 2. |
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| Page 2, line 10 [Clause 2], at end insert ‘with effect from 1st January 2014’. |
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| Page 2, line 10 [Clause 2], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | The provisions in subsections (2) to (5) come into force with effect from 1st |
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| Page 2, line 22, leave out Clause 3. |
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| Page 2 [Clause 3], leave out lines 26 and 27 and insert— |
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| | ‘“(2) | The Treasury will conduct a review of the health in pregnancy grant, to be |
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| | concluded by 1 January 2012, which will consider, inter alia, the case for— |
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| | (a) | the health in pregnancy grant to be retained in its current form; |
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| | (b) | the health in pregnancy grant to be means-tested or in other ways targeted |
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| | towards those most in need; and |
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| | (c) | the health in pregnancy grant to be replaced by a system of vouchers.”’. |
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| Page 2 [Clause 3], leave out lines 26 and 27 and insert— |
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| | ‘“(2) | The Treasury will, before abolishing the health in pregnancy grant, conduct a full |
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| | review of eligibility for, and the impact on maternal health and child nutrition |
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| | (a) | the health in pregnancy grant; |
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| | (b) | the Healthy Start programme; |
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| | (c) | the Sure Start maternity grant.”’. |
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| Page 2, line 27 [Clause 3], leave out ‘2011’ and insert ‘2012, during which time the |
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| Government will conduct a review of access to professional advice on maternal health |
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| during pregnancy and will consider what alternative measures can be put in place to |
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| ensure that women continue to receive such advice after the grant has been abolished.’. |
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| Page 2, line 27 [Clause 3], leave out ‘2011’ and insert ‘2014’. |
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| Page 2 [Clause 3], leave out lines 31 and 32 and insert— |
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| | ‘“(2) | The Treasury will conduct a review of the health in pregnancy grant, to be |
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| | concluded by 1 January 2012, which will consider, inter alia, the case for— |
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| | (a) | the health in pregnancy grant to be retained in its current form; |
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| | (b) | the health in pregnancy grant to be means-tested or in other ways targeted |
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| | towards those most in need; and |
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| | (c) | the health in pregnancy grant to be replaced by a system of vouchers.”’. |
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| Page 2 [Clause 3], leave out lines 31 and 32 and insert— |
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| | ‘“(2) | The Treasury will, before abolishing the health in pregnancy grant, conduct a full |
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| | review of eligibility for, and the impact on maternal health and child nutrition |
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| | (a) | the health in pregnancy grant; |
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| | (b) | the Healthy Start programme; |
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| | (c) | the Sure Start maternity grant.”’. |
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| Page 2, line 32 [Clause 3], leave out ‘2011’ and insert ‘2014’. |
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| Page 2, line 32 [Clause 3], leave out ‘2011’ and insert ‘2012, during which time the |
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| Government will conduct a review of access to professional advice on maternal health |
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| during pregnancy and will consider what alternative measures can be put in place to |
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| ensure that women continue to receive such advice after the grant has been abolished.’. |
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| Page 2, line 36 [Clause 4], leave out subsection (2). |
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| Page 2, line 39 [Clause 4], leave out ‘the rest of this Act ‘ and insert ‘this Act, apart |
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