HC Deb 27 June 1958 vol 590 c831

Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 84 (Money Committees),—[Queen's Recommendation signified.]

[Sir GORDON TOUCHE in the Chair]

Resolved, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to make fresh provision for the protection of children living away from their parents and to amend the law relating to the adoption a children, it is expedient to authorise—

  1. (a) any increase in the sums payable out of moneys provided by Parliament under the Family Allowances Acts, 1945 to 1956, which is attributable to any provision of the said Act of the present Session authorising a child in the care of a local authority to be treated in certain circumstances as included in a family for the purposes of family allowances; and
  2. (b) any increase in the sums payable out of moneys provided by Parliament under section forty-seven of the Children Act, 1948, Part I of the Local Government Act, 1948, or the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act. 1954, as amended by the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act, 1956, which is attributable to any provision of the said Act of the present Session extending the functions of local authorities with respect to children and authorising the payment of grants under the said section forty-seven in respect of expenditure incurred in discharging those functions.—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]

Resolution to be reported.

Report to be received upon Monday next.