– in a Public Bill Committee am ar 14 Hydref 2014.
Jim Sheridan
Llafur, Paisley and Renfrewshire North
9:25,
14 Hydref 2014
Just before we kick off, I will make some housekeeping announcements. First, apologies for the cramped conditions in this room, but I am reliably informed that a number of Public Bill Committees are going on today, so rooms are at a premium. May I also ask that any electrical devices are either turned off or put on silent? Teas, coffees and so on are not allowed in the room during Committee sittings. The notice period for amendments is three working days. Amendments tabled with inadequate notice will not normally be selected.
The Committee will first consider the programme motion on the amendment paper and the amendment that has been tabled to it. It will then consider a motion to permit the Committee to deliberate in private and then a motion to report written evidence. Then, assuming that the first of those three motions has been agreed to, the Committee will move into private session. Once it has deliberated, the witnesses and members of the public will be invited back into the room and the oral evidence session will begin.
I call the Minister to move the programme motion. May I suggest that she and other Members make any points relating to the programme motion or the amendment now? I will call the Minister to move the amendment formally after that.
Priti Patel
The Exchequer Secretary
I beg to move,
That—
(1) the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 9.25 am on Tuesday 14 October) meet—
(a) at 2.00 pm on Tuesday 14 October;
(b) at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 16 October;
(c) at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 21 October;
(d) at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 23 October;
(e) at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 28 October;
(2) the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following Table:
Date
Time
Witness
Tuesday 14 October
Until no later than 10.30 am
National Day Nurseries
Association; British Association for Professional Nannies
Tuesday 14 October
Until no later than 11.00 am
National Savings and
Investments
Tuesday 14 October
Until no later than 2.30 pm
Childcare Voucher Providers
Association
Tuesday 14 October
Until no later than 3.15 pm
4Children; Working Families;
Mumsnet
Tuesday 14 October
Until no later than 4.00 pm
Citizens Advice; Low Incomes
Tax Reform Group of the
Chartered Institute of Taxation;
Family Childcare Trust
Tuesday 14 October
Until no later than 4.45 pm
Children’s Society; Child
Poverty Action Group
Thursday 16 October
Until no later than 12.30 pm
Women’s Business Council;
Chartered Institute of Payroll
Professionals; Chartered
Institute of Personnel and
Development
Thursday 16 October
Until no later than 1.00 pm
Dr Kitty Stewart, London
School of Economics and
Thursday 16 October
Until no later than 2.30 pm
Institute for Public Policy
Research; Resolution
Foundation
Thursday 16 October
Until no later than 3.15 pm
Her Majesty’s Treasury; Her
Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
(3) the proceedings on the Bill shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 5.00 pm on Tuesday 28 October.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sheridan. A straightforward amendment has been tabled to the programme motion. Since the Programming Sub-Committee agreed the resolution in September, a representative from the Women’s Business Council, who was due to give evidence on Thursday, is no longer able to do so. The amendment therefore removes the council from the table of witnesses.
With your leave, Mr Sheridan, I will also mention briefly that I intend to table amendments to the draft secondary legislation made under the Bill. These have been prompted by concerns raised by some of the witnesses who will be called during the first two days of the Committee. I will say more about them when I am called to give evidence on Thursday, but in the meantime I will write to members of the Committee to provide greater detail on what they are intended to achieve.
Ordered,
That—
(1) the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 9.25 am on Tuesday 14 October) meet—
(a) at 2.00 pm on Tuesday 14 October;
(b) at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 16 October;
(c) at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 21 October;
(d) at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 23 October;
(e) at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 28 October;
(2) the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following Table:
Date
Time
Witness
Tuesday 14 October
Until no later than 10.30 am
National Day Nurseries
Association; British Association
for Professional Nannies
Tuesday 14 October
Until no later than 11.00 am
National Savings and
Investments
Tuesday 14 October
Until no later than 2.30 pm
Childcare Voucher Providers
Association
Tuesday 14 October
Until no later than 3.15 pm
4Children; Working Families;
Mumsnet
Tuesday 14 October
Until no later than 4.00 pm
Citizens Advice; Low Incomes
Tax Reform Group of the
Chartered Institute of Taxation;
Family Childcare Trust
Tuesday 14 October
Until no later than 4.45 pm
Children’s Society; Child
Poverty Action Group
Thursday 16 October
Until no later than 12.30 pm
Chartered Institute of Payroll
Professionals; Chartered
Institute of Personnel and
Development
Thursday 16 October
Until no later than 1.00 pm
Dr Kitty Stewart, London
School of Economics and
Political Science
Thursday 16 October
Until no later than 2.30 pm
Institute for Public Policy
Research; Resolution
Foundation
Thursday 16 October
Until no later than 3.15 pm
Her Majesty’s Treasury; Her
Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
(3) the proceedings on the Bill shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 5.00 pm on Tuesday 28 October.
