National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill — Report — Amendment 1 — 25 Feb 2025 at 17:30

Moved by Baroness Barker

1: 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 person providing a care home service or a domiciliary support service who is regulated under-(i) Part 1 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008,(ii) Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016, or(iii) Part 5 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010,(b) a person contracted to provide primary care under the provisions of-(i) Part 4 of the National Health Service Act 2006,(ii) Part 4 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, or(iii) sections 17J to 17O of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978,(c) a person contracted to provide general dental services under the provisions of Part 2 of the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1992, (d) a person contracted to provide pharmacy services under the provisions of-(i) Part 7 of the National Health Service Act 2006, or(ii) Part 8 of the NHS (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013, or(e) a charitable provider of health and care,(f) a person providing hospice care whether in a hospice or elsewhere, or(g) a carer to whom section 2(3A) of the National Insurance Contributions Act 2014 applies.(1C) For the purposes of this Act, the specified employer secondary percentage is 13.8%.””Member's explanatory statementThis amendment, together with Baroness Barker’s amendments to Clause 2, page 1, line 12, Clause 2, page 1, line 14, and Clause 2, page 1, line 15 provides that care providers, NHS GP practices, NHS commissioned dentists, NHS commissioned pharmacists, charitable providers of health and care, and those providing hospice care would continue to pay contributions at current rates.

Ayes 305, Noes 175.

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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 (Content)Minority (Not-Content)Turnout
Bishop1 04.0%
Con198 066.7%
Crossbench23 1421.8%
DUP1 016.7%
Green2 0100.0%
Independent Labour0 1100.0%
Judge1 011.1%
Lab0 127 (+2 tell)71.3%
LDem62 (+2 tell) 079.0%
Non-affiliated7 830.0%
PC1 050.0%
UUP2 066.7%
Total:298 15054.7%

Rebel Voters - sorted by vote

Lords for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible lord who could have voted in this division

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NamePartyVote
Lord Faulks Non-affiliated (front bench)aye
Baroness Foster of AghadrumseeNon-affiliatedaye
Baroness Fox of BuckleyNon-affiliatedaye
Baroness Hoey Non-affiliatedaye
Lord Inglewood Non-affiliatedaye
Baroness Stowell of BeestonNon-affiliated (front bench)aye
Lord Tyrie Non-affiliatedaye
Lord Aberdare Crossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Boycott Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Burns Crossbench (front bench)no
Viscount Colville of CulrossCrossbench (front bench)no
The Earl of ErrollCrossbenchno
Lord Hannay of ChiswickCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Hendy of Richmond HillCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Hogan-Howe Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Kerr of KinlochardCrossbenchno
Lord Loomba Crossbenchno
Lord Macpherson of Earl's CourtCrossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Morgan of DrefelinCrossbenchno
Lord Stirrup Crossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Watkins of TavistockCrossbench (front bench)no

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