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House of Commons

Thursday 11 November 2010

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant

Bill

[seventh and eighth Sittings]

Mr David Hanson

Kerry McCarthy

Withdrawn  48

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

Negatived on division  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

Negatived on division  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.’.

Mr David Hanson

Kerry McCarthy

Not called  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.’.

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Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant , continued

Mr David Hanson

Kerry McCarthy

Negatived on division  44

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

Mr David Hanson

Kerry McCarthy

Not called  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

Not called  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

Not called  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

Not called  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

Not called  45

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

Kate Green

Negatived on division  42

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.

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Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant , continued

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

before 30th June 2011.’.

Kate Green

Not selected  41

Page  2,  line  22,  leave out Clause 3.

Clause Agreed to on division.

Mr David Hanson

Kerry McCarthy

Not called  39

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

Mr David Hanson

Kerry McCarthy

Not called  40

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

from section 2’.

Clause Agreed to on division.

Mr Mark Hoban

Agreed to

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

the Committee.

Bill to be reported.



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