HC Deb 23 November 1981 vol 13 c712

Queen's Recommendation having been signified—

Resolved, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to make provision for the payment of statutory sick pay by employers; to make new provision with respect to the grant of, and the payment of subsidies in respect of, rate rebates, rent rebates and rent allowances; to amend the law relating to social security and war pensions; and to amend section 44 of the National Assistance Act 1948, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of—

  1. (1) sums required for the payment for the initial year and each subsequent year of—
    1. (a) a subsidy to be known as 'rate rebate subsidy' to each rating authority;
    2. (b) a subsidy to be known as 'rent rebate subsidy ' to each housing authority; and
    3. (c) a subsidy to be known as 'rent allowance subsidy' to each local authority, being (in each case) a subsidy calculated in the manner prescribed by an order made by the Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury;
  2. (2) the expenses of the Advisory Committee on Rent Rebates and Rent Allowances;
  3. (3) any administrative expenses of the Secretary of State incurred under the said Act of the present Session;
  4. (4) any increase attributable to the said Act of the present Session in the sums payable out of money so provided under any other Act.
And that it is expedient to authorise the payment of any sums into the Consolidated Fund.—[Mr. David Hunt.]