Child Poverty Bill
10:30 am
Witness
Tuesday 20 October
Until no later than 12.30 pm
Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Children, Schools and Families and Her Majesty’s Treasury
Tuesday 20 October
Until no later than 5.30 pm
Kate Green (Child Poverty Action Group), Neera Sharma (Barnardo’s), Fergus Drake (Save the Children) and Kate Bell (Gingerbread)
Tuesday 20 October
Until no later than 7.00 pm
Catherine Fitt (National College for Leadership of Schools and Children’s Services), Colin Green (Association of Directors of Children’s Services), Kevan Collins (London Borough of Tower Hamlets), Richard Kemp (Local Government Association) and Paul Carter (Kent County Council)
Thursday 22 October
Until no later than 10.25 am
Charlotte Pickles (Centre for Social Justice), Edna Speed (Save the Family) and Reverend Paul Nicolson (Zacchaeus 2000 Trust)
Thursday 22 October
Until no later than 2.30 pm
Dr Tess Ridge (University of Bath), Donald Hirsch (Loughborough University), Mike Brewer (The Institute for Fiscal Studies) and Neil O’Brien (Policy Exchange)
(3) proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the following order: Clauses 1 to 7; Schedule 1; Clauses 8 to 16; Schedule 2; Clauses 17 to 30; new Clauses; new Schedules; remaining proceedings on the Bill;
(4) the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 7.00 pm on Tuesday 3 November.
We are all looking forward to serving under your chairmanship, Mr. Caton, and that of your co-Chair, Mr. Key. This will be the first time that I give evidence as a Minister to a Public Bill Committee, and I am looking forward to doing so with my colleagues. I take this opportunity to welcome all members of the Committee to our important task over the coming days. We had a pretty consensual debate on Second Reading and there was broad support from both sides of the House for the general principles of the Bill. I look forward to hearing evidence from members of the public about our proposals and then participating in the Committee’s scrutiny of the Bill.
The programme motion was tabled following the resolution agreed by the Programming Sub-Committee, which met on Wednesday 14 October. It is printed on the amendment paper, and I commend it to the Committee.