Amendments proposed to the Finance Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Mr Nick St. Aubyn

151

Clause     66,     page     46,     line     10,     after 'individual', insert 'for a period of not less than 24 months during the time he owned shares in the company'.

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Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

91

Schedule     19,     page     398,     line     14,     leave out from 'development' to end of line 32 and insert 'has the meaning given in paragraph 21 of Statement of Standard Accounting Practice 13'.

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Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

92

Schedule     20,     page     401,     line     21,     leave out '£25,000' and insert '£24,000'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

93

Schedule     20,     page     401,     line     22,     leave out '£25,000' and insert '£24,000'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

94

Schedule     20,     page     401,     line     40,     after '1996', insert—

    ', subject to sub-paragraph (1A).

    (1A) The definition of a "small or medium-sized enterprise" shall have effect as if, for every reference to an amount in Euros, there were substituted the equivalent amount in sterling, calculated on 21st March 2000.'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

95

Schedule     20,     page     403,     line     12,     leave out from 'means' to end of line 15 and insert—

'(a) additional overheads incurred directly as a result of the research activity, or

(b) other operating expenses, such as costs of materials, supplies and similar products, incurred directly as a result of the research activity.'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

96

Schedule     20,     page     403,     line     34,     after 'project;' insert—

    ', except that, if the circumstances have been notified to and approved by the European Commission, then this sub-paragraph shall have effect as if, for the words "if a notified State aid" there were substituted "to the extent that a notified State aid.".'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

97

Schedule     20,     page     405,     line     11,     leave out '65%.' and insert '100%.'

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory [R]
Mr Howard Flight [R]

107

Schedule     20,     page     406,     line     15,     leave out 'that was or could have been'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

98

Schedule     20,     page     408,     leave out lines 25 to 28 and insert 'the loss that may be surrendered in respect of that period by the company, for the purposes of a claim to group relief under section 402(3) of the Taxes Act 1988 (group relief available where surrendering company owned by a consortium), to any other company that is not a small or medium-sized enterprise shall be limited to the loss which would have been available if the company had not claimed relief under paragraph 13 or 14.'.

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Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

148

Schedule     21,     page     410,     line     28,     leave out '1996' and insert '1998'.

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Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

143

Clause     70,     page     48,     line     1,     leave out 'small enterprise' and insert 'small or medium-sized enterprise'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

144

Clause     70,     page     48,     line     11,     after 'computers', insert ', including components of computers such as memory chips,'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

145

Clause     70,     page     48,     line     18,     at end insert 'or,

(iii) between a computer and a peripheral device,'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

146

Clause     70,     page     48,     line     27,     leave out 'third generation'.

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Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

147

Schedule     22,     page     431,     line     42,     leave out '5' and insert '2A'.

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Mr Nick St. Aubyn

150

Clause     93,     page     66,     line     18,     leave out '21st March 2000' and insert '6th April 2002'.

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Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

149

Schedule     30,     page     516,     line     20,     leave out '6' and insert '9'.

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Mr Nick St. Aubyn

152

Clause     141,     page     109,     line     28,     at end insert—

    '(5) This section shall not apply to any territory which is not a signatory to the International Convention on Human Rights'.

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NEW CLAUSE

Volunteer expenditure

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

Mr Richard Ottaway

Mr Oliver Letwin

Mr Howard Flight

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1) After section 83B of the Taxes Act 1988 there shall be inserted—

"Volunteer expenditure

83C (1) Subsection (2) below applies to where an individual volunteers to assist in the work of a charity and in the course of providing such assistance incurs expenses attributable to the work for which the individual volunteered.     (2) On a claim made in that behalf to an officer of the Board the relevant amount shall be allowed as a deduction in calculating the individual's income for the purposes of income tax for the year of assessment in which the expenses are incurred.     (3) The relevant amount is the amount of the expenses incurred, after deducting any reinbursement for those expenses received by the individual from the charity for whose benefit the expenses were incurred.     (4) In this section a 'charity' has the same meaning as in section 506 and includes each of the bodies mentioned in section 507(1).

    (2) This section has effect in relation to expenses incurred by an individual on or after 6th April 2000.".'.

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Prepared 25 May 2000