Tax Credits Bill - Amendments to be debated in the House of Lords - continued |
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After Clause 6 | |||
BY THE LORD SKELMERSDALE THE LORD ASTOR OF HEVER | |||
26 | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
(" .--(1) Section 6 above shall not apply to the payment of tax credits to employees whose contract of employment is for less than ten weeks. (2) The Board shall make payments of tax credits directly to the employees specified in subsection (1).") | Payment of tax credits by Board. | ||
Clause 9 | |||
BY THE LORD HIGGINS THE LORD ASTOR OF HEVER | |||
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Page 6, line 26, at end insert-- ("(9) The Treasury shall provide appeal tribunals within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1998 and general and special commissioners with sufficient funds to enable them to determine expeditiously appeals against determinations made under this section.") | ||
After Clause 9 | |||
BY THE LORD HIGGINS THE LORD ASTOR OF HEVER | |||
28 | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
(" . The Chancellor of the Exchequer shall each year lay before each House of Parliament a report relating to the discharge by officers of the Board of their functions under section 9 and Schedule 4.") | Discharge of functions by officers. | ||
Clause 12 | |||
BY THE LORD HIGGINS THE LORD ASTOR OF HEVER | |||
29 | Leave out Clause 12 | ||
Before Clause 14 | |||
BY THE LORD HIGGINS THE LORD ASTOR OF HEVER | |||
30 | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
(" . Receipt of disabled person's tax credit shall confer exemption from National Health Service health charges on the same basis as receipt of disability working allowance.") | Health benefits. | ||
31 | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
(" . No regulations made under this Act shall reduce the entitlement to travelling expenses or remission of charges under section 83A of the National Health Service Act 1977 of a person in receipt of disabled person's tax credit, who would also have been so entitled had he been entitled to disability working allowance.") | Remission of payment of NHS charges etc. | ||
Clause 14 | |||
BY THE BARONESS HOLLIS OF HEIGHAM | |||
32* | Leave out Clause 14 and insert the following new Clause-- | ||
(" .--(1) Subject to subsection (6) below, section 129 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (disabled person's tax credit) and section 128 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (equivalent provision for Northern Ireland) shall be amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (5) below. (2) In subsection (1), for "or (2A)" there shall be substituted ", (2A) or (2C)". (3) In subsection (2)(a), for "56 days" there shall be substituted "182 days". (4) After subsection (2B) there shall be inserted the following subsections--
(6) In section 128(2E)(c) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, as inserted by subsection (4) above, for "124(1)(e)" there shall be substituted "123(1)(e)" and for "171E" there shall be substituted "167E". (7) In section 11(3)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (repeat claims), for the words from "he" to "that paragraph" there shall be substituted--
| Persons qualifying for disabled person's tax credit. | ||
Clause 15 | |||
BY THE LORD HIGGINS THE LORD ASTOR OF HEVER | |||
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Page 8, line 36, at end insert--
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Page 8, line 36, at end insert--
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35 | Page 8, line 42, after ("State") insert ("because the organisation provides child care for disabled children or") | ||
36 | Page 8, line 42, after ("such") insert ("other") | ||
BY THE BARONESS HOLLIS OF HEIGHAM | |||
37 | Page 9, line 7, after ("which") insert (", subject to subsection (5) below,") | ||
BY THE LORD GOODHART THE EARL RUSSELL | |||
38 | Page 9, line 7, after ("which") insert ("shall in the case of the first regulations made under this section be made only if a draft of the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament and in the case of subsequent regulations") | ||
BY THE BARONESS HOLLIS OF HEIGHAM | |||
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Page 9, line 9, at end insert-- ("(5) A draft of the first regulations to be made under this section shall be laid before each House of Parliament and those regulations shall not be made unless the draft has been approved by a resolution of each House.") | ||
Clause 20 | |||
BY THE BARONESS HOLLIS OF HEIGHAM | |||
40* | Page 10, line 33, leave out ("and section 19(1)") and insert (", subsections (2) and (4) to (9) of section (Persons qualifying for disabled person's tax credit) (and subsection (1) of that section, except so far as relating to subsection (3)) and subsection (1) of section 19") | ||
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