Lords committee stage. Clause 1, as amended, agreed to. New clause agreed to. Clause 2 agreed to. Bill reported with amendments (HL Bill 77).

Lords committee stage. Clause 1, as amended, agreed to. New clause agreed to. Clause 2 agreed to. Bill reported with amendments (HL Bill 77).

Moved by

Baroness Berridge

1: Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out “on a sliding scale”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment removes any detail that could signal how arrangements for varying the rates should be made.

Moved by

Baroness Berridge

1: Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out “on a sliding scale”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment removes any detail that could signal how arrangements for varying the rates should be made.

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will speak to Amendments 1 and 3 in the name of my noble friend Lord Farmer, who is unavoidably detained today. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Sherlock, for helpful discussions and advance notice of the specific questions that her amendments...

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will speak to Amendments 1 and 3 in the name of my noble friend Lord Farmer, who is unavoidably detained today. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Sherlock, for helpful discussions and advance notice of the specific questions that her amendments...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, for standing in for the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, and introducing the amendments in his name. I shall speak to Amendments 2, 4 and 5 in my name. Having suggested to the usual channels that we have a single group, I...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, for standing in for the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, and introducing the amendments in his name. I shall speak to Amendments 2, 4 and 5 in my name. Having suggested to the usual channels that we have a single group, I...

My Lords, I start by thanking my noble friend Lord Farmer, and my noble friend Lady Berridge, for bringing these amendments in Committee on his behalf. I acknowledge the dedication they have both shown to this issue. As my noble friend knows, the Government wholeheartedly share her ambition to support...

My Lords, I start by thanking my noble friend Lord Farmer, and my noble friend Lady Berridge, for bringing these amendments in Committee on his behalf. I acknowledge the dedication they have both shown to this issue. As my noble friend knows, the Government wholeheartedly share her ambition to support...

My Lords, I am grateful for the contributions made, and I hope to briefly answer the points raised. I accept that the calculations are very detailed, even if they on the back of an envelope, and this is precisely why the Bill is in the framework that it is. The...

My Lords, I am grateful for the contributions made, and I hope to briefly answer the points raised. I accept that the calculations are very detailed, even if they on the back of an envelope, and this is precisely why the Bill is in the framework that it is. The...

Moved by

Baroness Berridge

3: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—

“Regulations

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe the rates from which people to whom child benefit is payable may choose to be paid, in accordance with section 1, and the arrangements for such choices being made and implemented.

(2)...

Moved by

Baroness Berridge

3: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—

“Regulations

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe the rates from which people to whom child benefit is payable may choose to be paid, in accordance with section 1, and the arrangements for such choices being made and implemented.

(2)...