Amendment Paper as at
Wednesday 8th May 2002

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE

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New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

FINANCE BILL

(Clauses 4, 19, 23, 26 to 29, 87 to 92, 131 and 134 and Schedules 1, 5 and 38.)

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order to be proposed by Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer.

   

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
To move that the order in which proceedings in Committee of the whole House on the Finance Bill are to be taken shall be Clause 4, Schedule 1, Clause 19, Schedule 5, Clause 23, Clauses 26 to 29, Clauses 87 to 92, Clause 131, Schedule 38, Clause 134.

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Mr Charles Kennedy
Matthew Taylor
Mr Edward Davey
Mr John Burnett
Mr David Laws
Dr John Pugh

18

Clause     4,     page     2,     line     27,     leave out 'on 1st June 2002' and insert 'when Parliament has debated the report in subsection (2A)—

    (2A)   Her Majesty's Treasury shall prepare a report with estimates of—

(a)	the proportion of the reduced rates of duty on beer from small breweries that will feed through to lower beer prices;

(b)	the economic impact of reduced rates of duty on beer from small breweries on the brewing industry as a whole.'.

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Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr David Lidington
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

17

Schedule     1,     page     110,     line     32,     at end insert—

    '(3)   Beer produced in a small brewery for export shall not count towards the maximum production levels specified for small breweries elsewhere in this Part.'.

   

Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr David Lidington
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

4

Schedule     1,     page     112,     line     2,     leave out '30,000' and insert '200,000'.

   

Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr David Lidington
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

5

Schedule     1,     page     112,     line     14,     leave out '30,000' and insert '200,000'.

   

Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr David Lidington
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

7

Schedule     1,     page     112,     line     17,     leave out '30,000' and insert '200,000'.

   

Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr David Lidington
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

6

Schedule     1,     page     112,     line     20,     leave out from 'that' to end and insert 'beer produced under licence is not small brewery beer'.

   

Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr David Lidington
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

8

Schedule     1,     page     112,     line     26,     leave out '30,000' and insert '200,000'.

   

Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr David Lidington
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

9

Schedule     1,     page     113,     line     9,     leave out '30,000' and insert '200,000'.

   

Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr David Lidington
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

10

Schedule     1,     page     113,     line     13,     leave out '30,000' and insert '200,000'.

   

Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr David Lidington
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

11

Schedule     1,     page     114,     line     19,     leave out '30,000' and insert '200,000'.

   

Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr David Lidington
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

12

Schedule     1,     page     115,     line     10,     leave out '30,000' and insert '200,000'.

   

Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr David Lidington
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

13

Schedule     1,     page     115,     line     13,     leave out from 'that' to end and insert 'beer produced under licence is not small brewery beer'.

   

Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr David Lidington
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

14

Schedule     1,     page     115,     line     22,     leave out '30,000' and insert '200,000'.

   

Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr David Lidington
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

15

Schedule     1,     page     116,     line     42,     leave out '30,000' and insert '200,000'.

   

Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr David Lidington
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

16

Schedule     1,     page     116,     line     46,     leave out '30,000' and insert '200,000'.

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Mr Charles Kennedy
Matthew Taylor
Mr Edward Davey
Mr John Burnett
Mr David Laws
Dr John Pugh

20

Clause     26,     page     21,     line     9,     leave out '22%' and insert '23%'.

   

Mr Charles Kennedy
Matthew Taylor
Mr Edward Davey
Mr John Burnett
Mr David Laws
Dr John Pugh

19

Page     21,     line     6,     leave out Clause 26.

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Mr Charles Kennedy
Matthew Taylor
Mr Edward Davey
Mr John Burnett
Mr David Laws
Dr John Pugh

21

Clause     28,     page     21,     line     23,     leave out from '2003-04' to end of line 26 and add 'section 257C(1) of the Taxes Act 1988 (indexation) shall apply in relation to section 257(1) of that Act (personal allowance for those aged under 65).'

   

Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr Howard Flight
Mr David Lidington
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

27

Page     21,     line     22,     leave out Clause 28.

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Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr Howard Flight
Mr David Lidington
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

26

Clause     88,     page     63,     line     14,     at end insert—

    '(6)   A period of 6 months' notice shall be given prior to the laying of a statutory instrument, as provided for in subsection (5) above.'.

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Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr Howard Flight
Mr David Lidington
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

34

*Clause     89,     page     63,     line     33,     at end insert—

'(iii)

has otherwise been resident outside the United Kingdom and not resident in the United Kingdom for a period of three years.'.

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Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr David Lidington
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

2

Clause     90,     page     63,     line     38,     leave out '17th April 2002' and insert '1st April 2003'.

   

Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr David Lidington
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

3

Clause     90,     page     63,     line     39,     leave out '10' and insert '5'.

   

Sir Robert Smith
Mr Malcolm Bruce

29

Clause     90,     page     64,     line     2,     leave out from 'which' to 'would' in line 3.

   

Sir Robert Smith
Mr Malcolm Bruce

28

Clause     90,     page     64,     line     6,     leave out from beginning to end of line 17 on page 65.

   

Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr David Lidington
Mr Howard Flight
Sir Robert Smith
Mr Malcolm Bruce

22

Clause     90,     page     64,     line     10,     leave out '17th April 2002' and insert '1st April 2003'.

   

Mr Alex Salmond
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Mr Michael Weir
Pete Wishart
Adam Price
Mr Simon Thomas

33

Clause     90,     page     65,     line     17,     at end add—

    '(11)   This section shall come into force on such day as the Treasury may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, but no such order shall be made until an economic impact assessment has been made of the effect of the changes on activity and employment in the oil industry in the North Sea.'.

   

Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr David Lidington
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

1

Page     63,     line     35,     leave out Clause 90.

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Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr Howard Flight
Mr David Lidington
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

23

Schedule     38,     page     475,     line     11,     after 'his', insert 'alleged'.

   

Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr Howard Flight
Mr David Lidington
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

35

*Schedule     38,     page     475,     line     27,     at end insert—

    '6A   Nothing in this Schedule shall contravene the presumptions in law against retrospection whether statutory or otherwise.'.

   

Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr Howard Flight
Mr David Lidington
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

24

Schedule     38,     page     475,     line     28,     leave out paragraph 6.

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Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr David Lidington
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

32

Clause     134,     page     106,     line     35,     at end insert 'provided that the charge shall be payable in respect of every lorry using a public road in the United Kingdom irrespective of the country in which such lorry is registered.'.

   

Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr David Lidington
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

30

Clause     134,     page     106,     line     35,     at end insert—

    '(2A)   The rates at which lorry road-user charge shall be payable shall be determined so that the total of road user charge, vehicle excise duty applicable to lorries and fuel duty raised from lorries shall not exceed the total of vehicle excise duty and fuel duty raised from lorries in the year 2002-03 subject to indexation up to the year of introduction.'.

   

Mr Michael Howard
Mr John Bercow
Mr David Lidington
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Peter Luff

31

Clause     134,     page     106,     line     35,     at end insert—

    '(2B)   Lorry road user charge shall be brought into effect no later than the commencement of the financial year 2006-07.'.

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Prepared 8 May 2002