Clause 10
Child Poverty Bill
2:15 pm
Helen Goodman (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions; Bishop Auckland, Labour)
I beg to move amendment 33, in clause 10, page 6, line 19, at end insert—
‘( ) The Scottish Ministers must, on or before each report date relating to a Scottish strategy, lay before the Scottish Parliament a report which—
(a) describes the measures taken by the Scottish Ministers in accordance with the Scottish strategy,
(b) describes the effect of those measures in contributing to the meeting of the targets in sections 2 to 5, and
(c) describes other effects of those measures that contribute to the achievement of the purpose mentioned in subsection (2)(b).
( ) The report dates relating to a Scottish strategy are each anniversary of the day on which it was laid before the Scottish Parliament, other than an anniversary which falls—
(a) on or after the date on which a subsequent Scottish strategy is so laid, or
(b) after the end of the target year.’.