HC Deb 21 July 1966 vol 732 c1052

Amendments made: In page 7, line 41, leave out from "person" to end of line 46.

In page 8, line 16, leave out subsection (5) and insert:

(5) No payment shall be made by virtue of subsection (2)(c) of this section in respect of any household by reason of its including a child unless either—

  1. (a) that household includes one, but not more than one, member who is either a parent or the spouse of a parent of that child; or
  2. (b) that household includes no such parent or spouse but—
    1. (i) includes a member who appears to the Supplementary Benefits Commission or, as the case may be, to the Appeal Tribunal to be discharging the functions of a parent with respect to that child; and
    2. (ii) does not include a spouse of that member of the household,

and in either case that member of the household is normally engaged for more than eight hours weekly in work other than the domestic work of the household.—[Mr. MacDermot.]

Clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.

Then The CHAIRMAN left the Chair report Progress and ask leave to sit again.

Committee report Progress; to sit again this day.