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Public Bill Committee: 17 May 2011

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Welfare Reform Bill, continued

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

265

Clause  111,  page  75,  line  10,  at end insert—

‘(3A)

The amount levied under subsection (2) shall not be greater than the value of the

overpayment arising from failures outlined in subsection (1).’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

260

Clause  111,  page  75,  line  25,  at end insert—

‘(7)	Under no circumstances shall the Secretary of State allow any targets to be set that

would be intended to provide an incentive to increase the number or value of civil

penalties issued under this section.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

258

Clause  111,  page  75,  line  34,  leave out ‘an’ and insert ‘a significant’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

259

Clause  111,  page  75,  line  44,  leave out ‘an’ and insert ‘a significant’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

266

Clause  111,  page  75,  line  47,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

The amount levied under subsections (1) and (2) shall not be greater than the

value of the overpayment arising from failures outlined in those subsections.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

261

Clause  111,  page  76,  line  12,  at end insert—

‘(7)	Under no circumstances shall the Secretary of State allow any targets to be set that

would be intended to provide an incentive to increase the number or value of civil

penalties issued under this section.’.

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Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

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Clause  111,  page  76,  line  12,  at end insert—

‘(2)	Subsection (1) shall not take effect until the Secertary of State has published a

report setting out the criteria that will be used to define whether an error will or

will not be considered to fall within sections 115C and 115D of the Social

Security Administration Act 1992, as inserted by subsection (1), and how

individual characteristics of the claimant are to be taken into account when

making the distinction.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

263

Clause  111,  page  76,  line  12,  at end insert—

‘(2)	Subsection (1) shall not take effect until the Secretary of State has published a

report setting out how the appropriate authority will determine what reasonable

steps a claimant can be expected to take to avoid error.’.

Sheila Gilmore

Kate Green

288

Clause  111,  page  76,  line  12,  at end insert—

‘(2)	Subsection (1) shall not take effect until the Secretary of State has published a

report setting out how the appropriate authority will compensate claimants where

an overpayment or delay in payment of benefit has arisen as a result of official

error.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

264

Clause  111,  page  76,  line  12,  at end insert—

‘(2)	Subsection (1) shall not take effect until the Secretary of State has published a

report setting out what information, guidance and other assistance the appropriate

authority will provide to each person making a claim to enable them to understand

and meet their responsibilities with respect to that claim.’.

Chris Grayling

284

Clause  115,  page  80,  line  48,  leave out ‘5 April 2012’ and insert ‘the day specified

by order made by the Treasury’.

Chris Grayling

285

Clause  115,  page  83,  line  31,  leave out ‘5 April 2012’ and insert ‘the day specified

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by order made by the Treasury’.

Chris Grayling

286

Clause  115,  page  85,  line  35,  at end insert—

‘(c)	in subsection (3)(a) at the beginning there is inserted “an order or”.’

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

267

Clause  121,  page  90,  line  39,  at end insert—

‘(11)

The Secretary of State shall commission a report, which is to be published no later

than 365 days after this Bill receives Royal Assent, about the possibility of using

and/or adapting the relevant information-sharing systems to inform policy on the

living wage.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

268

Clause  128,  page  97,  line  2,  leave out from ‘Commission’ to end of line 8 and insert

‘may with a view to ensuring that there are effective maintenance arrangements in place—

(a)	take such steps as it considers appropriate to ensure that all parents

eligible for child maintenance are made fully aware of the choices open

to them to secure periodical payments by way of maintenance with

respect to any child either by means of a maintenance agreement or by

means of an application to the Commission for a calculation for the said

child,

(b)	upon receiving an application under sections 4 and 7 in respect of a child,

take steps to establish with the applicant whether a maintenance

agreement or an application to the Commission is the best means of

achieving a sustainable and durable maintenance arrangement for the

child in question, and to encourage the applicant accordingly.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

269

Clause  128,  page  97,  line  13,  leave out from ‘to’ to end of line 16 and insert ‘take

steps to establish with the applicant whether a maintenance agreement (within the

meaning of section 9 of the Child Support Act 1991) or an application to the Commission

is the best means of achieving a sustainable and durable maintenance arrangement for the

child in question, and to encourage the applicant accordingly.’.

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Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

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Clause  128,  page  97,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘(3)	In section 6 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008, after

subsection 2 insert—

“(2A)

The Secretary of State shall not levy any fees on a parent with care,

except in prescribed circumstances.”.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

273

Clause  128,  page  97,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘(3)	In section 6 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008, after

subsection 2 insert—

“(2A)

The Secretary of State shall not levy any fees until the Commission has

achieved prescribed performance targets and standards set by the

Secretary of State.”.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

274

Clause  128,  page  97,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘(3)	In section 6 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008, after

subsection 2 insert—

“(2A)

Except in prescribed circumstances, the Secretary of State shall not levy

any fees on a parent whose income is below a prescribed level.”.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

275

Clause  128,  page  97,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘(3)	In section 6, subsection 2(g) of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act

2008, after “fees”, insert “including, in particular, waiver of any fee where the

applicant has experienced domestic violence from the non-resident parent, which

may include physical, sexual, emotional and financial abuse.”.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

276

Clause  128,  page  97,  line  16,  at end insert—

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‘(3)	In section 6, subsection 2(e) of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act

2008, after “payable”, insert “, provided any collection fee is not levied before the

child support has been collected by the Commission”.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

277

Clause  128,  page  97,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘(3)	After section 1 of the Child Support Act 1991 insert—

“(1A)

The main objective of the Secretary of State, in applying the provisions

of this Act either directly or via the Commission shall be to maximise the

number of those children who live apart from one or both parents for

whom effective maintenance arrangements are in place.”.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

278

Clause  128,  page  97,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘(3)	Nothing in sections 129 to 131 of this Act shall cause the Commission to

undermine the objectives outline in section 2 of the Child Maintenance and Other

Payments Act 2008.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

279

Clause  128,  page  97,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘(3)	In section 9 subsection (3) of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act

2008, at end insert—

“(e)	the extent to which it is fulfilling its objectives as set out in

section 2 of this Act.”.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

289

Clause  128,  page  97,  line  16,  at end add—

‘(3)	In section 6 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008, after

subsection (2) insert—

“(2A)

The Secretary of State shall not levy on a parent with care any fee in

respect of submitting an application, except in prescribed

circumstances.”.’.

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Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

270

Clause  129,  page  97,  leave out lines 25 to 27 and insert—

‘(b)	the parent with care wishes to pursue child maintenance through the

Commission and states clearly the reasons why.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

271

Clause  129,  page  97,  line  27,  at end insert—

‘(c)	the parent with care advises the Commission that the collection service is

necessary to ensure either that child support maintenance is paid in

accordance with the calculation or to protect her or her children from

physical, sexual, emotional or financial abuse.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

280

Clause  130,  page  98,  line  13,  at end insert—

‘(3A)

Where the non-resident parent has the ability to control the amount of income he

or she receives from a company or business, including earnings from employment

or self-employment, the indicative calculation in subsection (3) shall be made

taking into account all the income from that company or business, and on the

basis that section 11(7) applies.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

281

Clause  130,  page  98,  line  15,  at end insert—

‘(4A)

In notifying the applicant for an indicative calculation of the amount of child

support that would be fixed, the Commission shall also inform the applicant of

the circumstances when a variation to the standard calculation can be made

including where the non-resident parent has the ability to control the amount of

income he receives from a company or business, including earnings from

employment or self-employment.’.

Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

282

Clause  130,  page  98,  line  16,  leave out subsection (5).

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Mr Liam Byrne

Stephen Timms

Ms Karen Buck

Margaret Curran

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Clause  130,  page  98,  line  23,  at end insert—

‘(6A)

Where a parent with care makes an application to the Commission under section

4 of the Act within three months of receipt of an indicative maintenance

calculation under this section, any application fee which would otherwise be

charged by the Commision shall be reduced by any amount paid by the parent

with care for the said indicative maintenance calculation.’.

Chris Grayling

100

Schedule  13,  page  146,  leave out line 29 and insert—

‘Section 6.

In section 7—

(a)	in the heading, the words “community

charge benefits and other”;

(b)	subsection (2), so far as not otherwise

repealed;

(c)	subsection (3)(b) and the preceding “and”.’

Chris Grayling

101

Schedule  13,  page  152,  leave out line 8

Chris Grayling

102

Schedule  13,  page  154,  line  32,  at end insert—

‘( )	in subsection (2)(a), “Part 1 of”;’.

Chris Grayling

103

Schedule  13,  page  155,  line  3,  at end insert ‘and (4)’

Chris Grayling

104

Schedule  13,  page  155,  line  20,  at end insert ‘, so far as not otherwise repealed’

Chris Grayling

105

Schedule  13,  page  157,  line  28,  leave out ‘8(2A)’ and insert ‘8(2)(ca) and (d),

(2A)’

Chris Grayling

106

Schedule  13,  page  158,  line  10,  at end insert ‘and (7) and (8)’

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