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Amendment Paper as at
Monday 23rd April 2001
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE
New Amendments handed in are marked thus *
FINANCE BILL
(Clauses 1 to 3 and 16 to 53 and Schedules 4 to 11)
Mr David Heath
Mr Matthew Taylor
Mr Edward Davey
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Malcolm Bruce
Mrs Ray Michie
4
Clause 16, page 12, line 25, at end insert—
'(2A) Prior to the commencement date, the Treasury shall publish a scheme of rebates to those persons charged with the levy proportionate to the environmental protection measures employed by that person in the process of commercial exploitation of aggregate, and such a scheme shall have effect on the commencement date.'.
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr James Clappison
9
Clause 16, page 12, line 31, at end insert—
'(4A) The first 250,000 tonnes of taxable output per taxable person in each accounting period shall be exempt from the levy; and for the purposes of this subsection, where a taxable person carries on business in partnership, that partnership shall be the taxable person for the purposes of the exemption.'.
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr James Clappison
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Peter Luff
1
Page 12, line 21, leave out Clause 16.
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr James Clappison
10
Clause 17, page 13, line 30, at end insert '; or
(iii) in the course of dredging quarry lagoons.'.
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr James Clappison
11
Clause 17, page 13, line 40, at end insert '; or
(f) it consists of high "polished stone value" anti-skid aggregates used for the purpose of reducing accidents on the roads.'.
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr James Clappison
12
Clause 17, page 13, line 40, at end insert '; or
(g) it consists of aggregates used for the production, development or maintenance of environmentally-friendly transport systems.'.
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr James Clappison
14
Clause 17, page 13, line 40, at end insert '; or
(h) it consists of aggregates used to make environmental improvements to buildings or to provide beneficial landscaping.'.
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr James Clappison
15
Clause 17, page 13, line 40, at end insert '; or
(i) it is to be used to build or refurbish any school, hospital, prison, government building, fire-station, place of worship, residential nursing home, building used for other charitable purpose or Grade I listed building.'.
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr James Clappison
16
Clause 17, page 13, line 40, at end insert '; or
(j) it is to be used to protect health and safety in the electricity supply industry or the coal-mining industry or the gas production industry.'.
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr James Clappison
17
Clause 17, page 14, line 13, at end insert—
'(g) secondary aggregates, scalpings, and decomposed rock.'.
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr James Clappison
13
Clause 17, page 14, line 25, at end insert—
'(5A) For the purposes of subsection (3)(g) above, the Treasury may by order made by statutory instrument specify those classes of transport to which the subsection refers.'.
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr James Clappison
18
Clause 18, page 14, leave out lines 36 to 40 and insert 'do not include references to anything resulting from the application of any exempt process to any aggregate.'.
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr James Clappison
19
Clause 18, page 15, line 2, at end insert—
'(d) any other process which may be prescribed by the Treasury by order made by statutory instrument.'.
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr James Clappison
20
Clause 19, page 15, line 42, leave out from 'purposes' to end of line 2 on page 16.
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr James Clappison
21
Page 23, line 1, leave out Clause 30.
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr James Clappison
22
Clause 40, page 33, line 33, leave out 'confirmed' and insert 'revoked'.
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr James Clappison
23
Clause 41, page 34, line 2, leave out from 'above' to end of line 3.
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr James Clappison
26
Clause 48, page 38, line 25, at end insert 'except that, when any tangible moveable property which would not be regarded as aggregate for the purposes of this Part is imported, it shall be aggregate to the extent determined in regulations by the Commissioners.'.
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr James Clappison
25
Clause 48, page 38, line 33, after 'above', insert 'except that it shall not be before the later of the times when the Treasury has consulted the Construction Task Force and the laying before Parliament of draft regulations by the Commissioners pursuant to section 24(4).'.
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr James Clappison
24
Clause 48, page 39, line 35, at end insert—
'"United Kingdom" means the United Kingdom except Northern Ireland.'.
Mr Alex Salmond
Mr John Swinney
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Margaret Ewing
Mr Andrew Welsh
Ms Roseanna Cunningham
27
*Clause 1, page 1, line 18, leave out '£0.4582' and insert '£0.4392'.
Mr Alex Salmond
Mr John Swinney
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Mrs Margaret Ewing
Mr Andrew Welsh
Ms Roseanna Cunningham
28
*Clause 1, page 1, line 20, leave out '£0.4582' and insert '£0.4392'.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
6
Clause 1, page 1, line 21, leave out '14th June 2001' and insert '5th April 2002'.
Mr A. J. Beith
5
Clause 1, page 2, line 3, at end insert—
'(3A) The rate of excise duty for biodiesel and bioethanol when used as road transport fuels, shall be 33p per litre below the rate fixed for ultra low sulphur diesel as defined by the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979.'.
Mr Charles Kennedy
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr Matthew Taylor
Mr Edward Davey
Mr John Burnett
Mr Malcolm Bruce
2
Clause 50, page 41, line 15, leave out '10%' and insert '0%'.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
7
Clause 50, page 41, line 17, at end add—
'(2) The Chancellor of the Exchequer shall make arrangements to review the level of income tax charged on savings and dividends by starting and basic rate tax payers and shall lay a report on the outcome of the review before the House of Commons by January 2002.
(3) The Chancellor of the Exchequer shall also make arrangements to review the level of the age-related personal allowances defined in section 257(2) and (3) of the Taxes Act 1988 and shall lay a report on the outcome of the review before the House of Commons by January 2002.
(4) The Chancellor of the Exchequer shall make arrangements to review the effect on married couples with children under the age of 11 years of the level of personal tax allowances under section 257 of the Taxes Act and shall lay a report on the outcome of the review before the House of Commons by January 2002.'.
Mr Edward Davey
3
Page 41, line 14, leave out Clause 50.
Mr Howard Flight
Mr James Clappison
Mr Peter Luff
8
Clause 52, page 41, line 26, at end add—
'(3) The Chancellor of the Exchequer shall make arrangements to review the operation and level of the children's tax credit and shall lay a report on the outcome of the review before the House of Commons by January 2002.'.
FINANCE BILL (PROGRAMME)
Committee
1.—(1) Clauses 1 to 3 and 16 to 53 and Schedules 4 to 11 shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House.
(2) The remainder of the Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee.
2.—(1) Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be completed in two allotted days.
(2) The proceedings to be taken on each of those allotted days shall be as shown in the second column, and shall be brought to a conclusion at the times specified in the third column, of the following Table:—
TABLE
| Allotted day | Proceedings | Time for conclusion of proceedings |
| First day | Clauses 16 to 22 | 7.00 p.m. |
| Clauses 23 and 24, Schedule 4, Clauses 25 to 27, Schedule 5, Clause 28, Schedule 6, Clause 29, Schedule 7, Clause 30 | 9.00 p.m. |
| Clauses 31 and 32, Schedule 8, Clauses 33 to 35, Schedule 9, Clauses 36 to 46, Schedule 10, Clauses 47 to 49 | Midnight |
| Second day | Clauses 1 to 3 | 7.00 p.m. |
| Clauses 50 to 53 and Schedule 11 | 10.00 p.m. |
(3) If either of those allotted days is Thursday, the times specified for that allotted day in the third column of the Table are brought forward by three hours.
(4) On the first of those allotted days, paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 15 (Exempted business) shall, notwithstanding sub-paragraph (a) of that paragraph, apply to the proceedings on the Bill for only two hours after ten o'clock or, if that day is Thursday, for only two hours after seven o'clock.
(5) On that allotted day, any period during which proceedings on the Bill may be proceeded with after ten o'clock (or, if that day is Thursday, seven o'clock) by virtue of paragraph (4) or (5) of Sessional Order I (provision in the event of a debate under Standing Order No. 24) made by the House on 7th November 2000 shall be in addition to that period of two hours.
(6) Sessional Order B (Programming Committees) made by the House on 7th November 2000 shall not apply to proceedings in Committee of the whole House.
(7) An allotted day is one on which the Bill is put down as first Government Order of the day.
3.—(1) The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it shall meet.
(2) Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 24th May 2001.
4. When the provisions of the Bill considered, respectively, by the Committee of the whole House and by the Standing Committee have been reported to the House, the Bill shall be proceeded with as if it had been reported as a whole to the House from the Standing Committee.
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