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National Insurance Contributions Bill

moved Amendment No. 36:"Page 15, line 17, leave out ““132A(4)”” and insert ““132A””" The noble Baroness said: I shall not detain the Committee long in moving this amendment. Clause 7(2) amends the part of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 which deals with statutory instruments. It will require regulations made under new Section 132A(4) to be subject to the affirmative procedure, but not the main regulations made under new Section 132A. I am aware that new subsection (4) enables the Treasury to vary the definition of a ““notifiable contribution arrangement”” and that the affirmative procedure is a marginal improvement on the negative procedure. But new subsection (1) allows far-reaching regulations to be made for national insurance contribution disclosure purposes, and I see no reason why both Houses of Parliament should not be allowed positively to approve those regulations as well as those under new subsection (4). I look forward to some enlightenment from the Minister and beg to move.