Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor James Pawsey (Conservative), on Monday, 29 April 1996, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 73 members in total.

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CHILD BENEFIT (No. 2)

That this House condemns Opposition plans to withdraw child benefit from young people in further education on their sixteenth birthday to fund further public spending; notes that this would cut the income of a family with one child in further education by ??560 a year, equivalent to a rise of five pence in the basic rate of income tax for a family on average earnings; recognises that child benefit is in origin a tax rebate and to remove it without reducing taxes, as Labour plan, would make the United Kingdom the only country in the European Union which did not recognise in either the tax or benefit systems the cost of raising children; welcomes the rise in further education brought about by the Government, so that even of the children of unskilled parents, over half now remain in further education at 16 years compared with only 20 per cent. under the last Labour Government; and congratulates the Government on fulfilling its manifesto pledge to pay child benefit for all children and to uprate it in line with inflation.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

CHILD BENEFIT (No. 2) (806A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Lord Wigley (primary, Plaid Cymru) and tabled on Tuesday, 30 April 1996. It has been signed by 1 members in total.

leave out from `children' to end and add `and calls on the Government, on the basis of the logic of the above analysis, to make child benefit and income support available for those young people who remain at school beyond their 19th birthday to take `A' level or other examinations.'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

806 

806A1 

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Child benefit Students

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk