HC Deb 29 June 1976 vol 914 cc115-7W
25. Mr. Kenneth Clarke

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has received over the postponement of the child benefit scheme.

55. Mr. George Rodgers

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many representations he has received relating to child benefit provisions.

64. Mr. Ovenden

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has received concerning his decision to postpone implementation of the child benefit scheme; and what replies he has sent.

67. Mr. Ron Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has received asking him to reconsider his decision not to implement the child benefit scheme.

Mr. Ennals

I would refer the hon. Members to my reply earlier today to the hon. Members for Sowerby (Mr. Madden) and Hazel Grove (Mr. Arnold).

40. Mr. David Price

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations have been made to him by the TUC over the postponement of the child benefit scheme.

58. Mr. Newton

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has received from the TUC, or from individual unions, concerning the child benefit scheme.

Mr. Ennals

I have received no formal representation from the TUC, but the child benefit scheme has been included within the continuing discussions between the Government and the TUC. I have had representations from the AEUW and the ASTMS about the postponement of the Child Benefit Scheme but, as I made clear in my reply earlier today to the hon. Members for Sowerby (Mr. Madden) and Hazel Grove (Mr. Arnold) we are going ahead with the scheme but in a modified form.

66. Mr. Litterick

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has received from the Selly Oak Constituency Labour Party about the Government's decision not to implement the child benefit scheme.

Mr. Ennals

A letter from the Secretary of the Selly Oak Constituency Labour Party was received in my Department on 23rd June. The letter passed on to me the text of a resolution deploring the Government's decision not to implement the Child Benefit Scheme. In fact, as I made clear in my reply earlier today to the hon. Members for Sowerby (Mr. Madden) and Hazel Grove (Mr. Arnold), we are going ahead with the scheme but in a modified form.