National Insurance Contributions (Rate Ceilings) Bill: Commons remaining stages
3 November 2015 (updated on 3 November 2015)
MPs debated the remaining stages of the National Insurance Contributions (Rate Ceilings) Bill in the House of Commons on Tuesday 3 November 2015.
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mr David Gauke, opened the debate. The Shadow Minister for the Treasury, Rebecca Long Bailey, responded on behalf of the Opposition.
The Bill was not amended in the report stage and passed the third reading without a division and will now be considered by the House of Lords.
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Summary of the National Insurance Contributions (Rate Ceilings) Bill
A Bill to set a ceiling on the main and additional primary percentages, the secondary percentage and the upper earnings limit in relation to Class 1 national insurance contributions.
Progress of the Bill
This Government Bill was introduced to the House of Commons on 14 July 2015. It had its second reading on 15 September 2015 and completed the committee stage on 27 October 2015.
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House of Commons Library analysis
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What happens next?
If the Bill passes all of its stages in the House of Commons it will pass to the House of Lords for consideration.
What is the report stage of a bill?
The report stage gives MPs an opportunity, on the floor of the House, to consider any further amendments (proposals for change) to a bill which has been examined in a public bill committee or on the floor of the House.
What happens at report stage?
All MPs may speak and vote. For lengthy or complex bills, the debates may be spread over several days. All MPs can suggest amendments to the bill or new clauses (parts) that they think should be added.
What happens after report stage?
Report stage is usually followed immediately by debate on the bill's third reading.
What happens at third reading?
Debate on the bill is usually short, and limited to what is actually in the bill, rather than, as at second reading, what might have been included.
Amendments (proposals for change) cannot be made to a bill at a third reading in the Commons. At the end of the debate, the House decides (votes on) whether to approve the third reading of the bill.
What happens after third reading?
If the bill started in the Commons it goes to the House of Lords for its first reading.
If the bill started in the Lords it returns to the House of Lords for consideration of any amendments the Commons has made.
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