National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill — Report — Amendment 3 — 25 Feb 2025 at 19:00

Moved by Lord Sharkey

3: Clause 1, page 1, line 1, at end insert-“(A1) In section 9(1A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, after paragraph (aa) insert-“(ab) if the employer is a specified employer under subsection (1B), the specified employer secondary percentage;”.(A2) After section 9(1A) of that Act insert-“(1B) A “specified employer” means-(a) a provider of education or childcare to children under five years of age-(i) registered in England in the early years register maintained by the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills,(ii) registered in Wales with Care Inspectorate Wales, or(iii) registered in Scotland with the Scottish Care Inspectorate;(b) a university;(c) a provider of further or higher education;(d) a registered charity;(e) a housing association;(f) a small or micro business, as defined by section 33 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015; (g) a town council;(h) a parish council;(i) a business in the hospitality sector.(1C) For the purposes of this Act, the specified employer secondary percentage is 13.8%.””Member's explanatory statementThis amendment provides that certain specified employers would continue to pay contributions at the current rates. The specified employers include early years settings, universities, charities, and small businesses.

Ayes 77, Noes 153.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Bishop0 14.0%
Con0 41.3%
Crossbench9 910.6%
DUP0 6100.0%
Green0 2100.0%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Lab113 (+2 tell) 063.5%
LDem0 51 (+2 tell)65.4%
Non-affiliated5 010.0%
PC0 150.0%
Total:128 7425.3%

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