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House of Commons

Thursday 9 December 2010

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

National Insurance Contributions Bill

[fourth Sitting]

Mr David Hanson

Chris Leslie

Withdrawn  11

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  10,  at end add ‘; which will aim to process all such

applications within a three month period’.

Clause 8 Agreed to.

Clause 9 Agreed to.

Clause 10 Agreed to.

Mr David Hanson

Chris Leslie

Not called  3

Clause  11,  page  6,  leave out lines 24 to 29.

Mr David Hanson

Chris Leslie

Not called  4

Clause  11,  page  6,  leave out lines 35 to 41.

Clauses 11 to 15 Agreed to.

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National Insurance Contributions Bill, continued

New Clauses

Annual Report by HM Treasury

Mr David Hanson

Chris Leslie

Withdrawn  NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘Her Majesty’s Treasury shall, following Royal Assent, determine and publish

the total budget of the scheme and provide an annual report to Parliament which

will set out—

(a)
the total sum of business expenditure saved under the secondary

contributions holiday for each of the years of the scheme’s operation;

(b)
by constituency—

(i)
the number of businesses availing themselves of the secondary

contributions holiday;

(ii)
the number of employees designated qualifying employees

under the scheme; and

(iii)
the total expenditure saved by businesses under the scheme,

(c)
an assessment of whether the scheme should be reapplied by employment

sector rather than geographical region.’.

Publication of employment impact model

Chris Leslie

Mr David Hanson

Not selected  NC2

To move the following Clause:—

‘Her Majesty’s Treasury shall publish in the House of Commons Library the

complete model used by Her Majesty’s Treasury for the purposes of calculating

the employment impact of National Insurance and taxation measures.’.

Uprating of threshold

Chris Leslie

Mr David Hanson

Not selected  NC3

To move the following Clause:—

‘Her Majesty’s Treasury shall publish at the 2011 Budget a report outlining the

impact of changing the indexation and uprating of the National Insurance

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National Insurance Contributions Bill, continued

thresholds in line with either the Consumer Prices Index or the Retail Prices

Index.’.

Publicity and promotion of the Secondary Contributions Holiday

Chris Leslie

Mr David Hanson

Withdrawn  NC4

To move the following Clause:—

‘Her Majesty’s Treasury will ensure that all HMRC literature, websites,

publications and correspondence relevant for new businesses contains website

links to information relating to Part 2 of this Act for the duration of the scheme.’.

HMRC staffing

Chris Leslie

Mr David Hanson

Withdrawn  NC5

To move the following Clause:—

‘HMRC will ensure that the staff dedicated to the administration of Part 2 of this

Act are additional employees and not taken from other tasks necessary for the

continuation of the other functions of HMRC.’.

Consideration of extension of scheme to contain existing businesses

Mr David Hanson

Chris Leslie

Withdrawn  NC6

To move the following Clause:—

‘The Treasury shall, by a date no later than six months after Royal Assent, review

the operation of the regional holiday scheme under Part 2 of this Act to assess if

it should apply to existing businesses employing—

(a)
less than 20 employees, or

(b)
having a turnover of less than £500,000 per annum.’.

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National Insurance Contributions Bill, continued

Mr David Gauke

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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