HC Deb 16 July 1973 vol 860 cc211-2

Lords Amendment: No. 115, in page 135, line 49, at end insert: or as paid (wholly or in part) in discharge of a liability for reserve scheme contributions or a reserve scheme premium; (ff) without prejudice to sub-paragraph (f) above, for enabling the whole or part of any payment of Class 2 contributions to be treated as a payment of secondary Class I contributions;".

Mr. Dean

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.

Mr. Speaker

With this amendment we can discuss Lords Amendment No. 142, in Schedule 17, page 182, line 10, after second "for" insert "basic scheme or".

Mr. Dean

These amendments give more flexibility in the reallocation of contributions that have been wrongly paid. The object is to reduce administrative costs by avoiding, in cases where one kind of contribution should not have been paid and another kind is still to be paid, the need for separate refund and compliance action.

Question put and agreed to.

Subsequent Lords amendments agreed to.

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