House of Commons portcullis
House of Commons
Session 2006 - 07
Internet Publications
Other Bills before Parliament


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 25th June 2007                  

1442

 

Finance Bill, continued

 
 

Impact of Finance Act on small businesses

 

Mr David Cameron

 

Mr George Osborne

 

Mrs Theresa Villiers

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr David Gauke

 

NC9

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘It shall be the duty of the Treasury each fiscal year to prepare and lay before the

 

House of Commons a report on the impact on small businesses of the measures

 

contained in the relevant Finance Act.’.

 


 

Impact of Finance Act on pensions and savings

 

Mr David Cameron

 

Mr George Osborne

 

Mrs Theresa Villiers

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr David Gauke

 

NC10

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘It shall be the duty of the Treasury each financial year to prepare and lay before

 

the House of Commons a report on the impact on pensions and savings of the

 

measures contained in the relevant Finance Act.’.

 


 

Private equity

 

Mr David Cameron

 

Mr George Osborne

 

Mrs Theresa Villiers

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr David Gauke

 

NC11

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘It shall be the duty of the Treasury to prepare and lay before the House of

 

Commons a report setting out the annual and cumulative cost to the Exchequer

 

of—

 

(a)    

implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the British

 

Venture Capital Association and the Inland Revenue dated 25th July

 

2003 on the tax treatment of carried interest; and


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 25th June 2007                  

1443

 

Finance Bill, continued

 
 

(b)    

the deductibility of interest payable on loans for the purposes of

 

calculating corporation tax liability.’.

 


 

Report on incidence of small companies’ tax rate

 

Mr David Cameron

 

Mr George Osborne

 

Mrs Theresa Villiers

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr David Gauke

 

NC12

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘The Treasury shall prepare and lay before the House of Commons in respect of

 

each financial year a report setting out for each company paying the small

 

companies rate of tax—

 

(a)    

the number of employees

 

(b)    

the turnover.’.

 


 

Assessment of effects of taxation changes on different earnings groups

 

Mr Frank Field

 

Julia Goldsworthy

 

Dr Vincent Cable

 

NC14

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

It is the duty of a Minister of the Crown, when proposing changes to personal

 

taxation (whether or not taking effect in a future financial year), to prepare and

 

lay before the House of Commons an assessment of the effects of the proposed

 

changes on different earnings groups.

 

(2)    

For the purposes of subsection (1) “different earnings groups” means groups

 

representing each earnings decile; and “effects” includes changes in net

 

disposable income and changes in the relative share of national wealth accounted

 

for by each earnings decile.

 

(3)    

If the proposed changes mentioned in subsection (1) appear likely to have an

 

adverse effect on groups in the lowest quintile of earnings, the changes shall not

 

take effect unless they are accompanied by transitional relief measures.

 

(4)    

“Transitional relief measures” in subsection (3) means measures designed to

 

ensure that any adverse effects of a kind mentioned in that subsection are phased

 

over such a reasonable period as will avoid abrupt changes in the net disposable

 

income of the relevant earnings group.’.

 



 
 

Consideration of Bill: 25th June 2007                  

1444

 

Finance Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Cameron

 

Mr George Osborne

 

Mrs Theresa Villiers

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr David Gauke

 

43

 

Page  2,  line  9,  leave out Clause 3.

 

Mr David Cameron

 

Mr George Osborne

 

Mrs Theresa Villiers

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr David Gauke

 

41

 

Page  2,  line  11  [Clause  3],  leave out from ‘20%’ to end of line 12 and insert ‘for

 

companies with non-ring fenced profits employing fewer than five people, and

 

(b)    

19% for companies with either ring fence profits or five or more

 

employees.’.

 

Mr David Cameron

 

Mr George Osborne

 

Mrs Theresa Villiers

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr David Gauke

 

42

 

Page  2,  line  14  [Clause  3],  leave out from second ‘profits’ to ‘fraction’ in line 17

 

and insert ‘and companies employing fewer than five people and with non-ring fenced

 

profits (“the smaller company fraction”), and

 

(b)    

11/400ths in relation to ring-fence profits of companies and companies

 

employing five or more people (“the standard’.

 


 

Julia Goldsworthy

 

Dr Vincent Cable

 

Mr Colin Breed

 

38

 

Page  3,  line  15  [Clause  4],  leave out Clause 4.

 


 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Mr Greg Knight

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

Sir Nicholas Winterton

 

50

 

Page  8,  line  13,  leave out Clause 12.


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 25th June 2007                  

1445

 

Finance Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Mr Greg Knight

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

Sir Nicholas Winterton

 

18

 

Page  8,  line  29  [Clause  12],  at end insert—

 

‘(7)    

The Treasury may by regulations prohibit the charging by airlines of an

 

administration fee, or any similar fee, for the refunding to passengers of any duty

 

paid under the 1994 Act, as amended by this section, in respect of—

 

(a)    

a cancelled flight,

 

(b)    

a flight in respect of which a passenger does not avail himself of this

 

contractual entitlement to be carried.

 

(8)    

It is immaterial, for the purposes of subsection (7)(b), whether a passenger, under

 

the terms of his contract with the relevant airline, forfeits any moneys paid for his

 

ticket.’.

 


 

Mr David Cameron

 

Mr George Osborne

 

Mrs Theresa Villiers

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr David Gauke

 

6

 

Page  14,  line  9  [Clause  19],  leave out sub-paragraph (a).

 

Mr David Cameron

 

Mr George Osborne

 

Mrs Theresa Villiers

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr David Gauke

 

7

 

Page  14,  line  35  [Clause  19],  at end insert—

 

‘(8)    

Regulations under section 58B shall expire one year after coming into force, but,

 

subject to subsection (9) below, without prejudice to the making of further

 

regulations under that section.

 

(9)    

Further regulations under section 58B may not be made unless they contain a

 

provision specifying that they expire one year after coming into force.’.

 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

1

 

Page  14,  line  37  [Clause  19],  at end insert—

 

‘“(5)    

The first set of regulations under section 58B (new zero-carbon homes) may not

 

be made unless a draft has been laid before and approved by resolution of the

 

House of Commons.’.

 



 
 

Consideration of Bill: 25th June 2007                  

1446

 

Finance Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Cameron

 

Mr George Osborne

 

Mrs Theresa Villiers

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr David Gauke

 

Total signatories: 9

 

3

 

Page  15,  line  10  [Clause  20],  leave out sub-paragraph (b).

 

Mr David Cameron

 

Mr George Osborne

 

Mrs Theresa Villiers

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr David Gauke

 

Total signatories: 8

 

34

 

Page  15,  line  17  [Clause  20],  at end insert—

 

‘(3)    

The Treasury shall prepare and lay before the House of Commons annually a

 

report on the effectiveness of the tax relief mentioned in subsection (1) in

 

achieving its objectives, with particular reference to the change in the amount of

 

electricity generated by microgeneration systems.’.

 

Mr David Cameron

 

Mr George Osborne

 

Mrs Theresa Villiers

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr David Gauke

 

Total signatories: 9

 

4

 

Page  15,  line  29  [Clause  21],  leave out sub-paragraph (c).

 

Mr David Cameron

 

Mr George Osborne

 

Mrs Theresa Villiers

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr David Gauke

 

Total signatories: 8

 

35

 

Page  15,  line  20,  leave out Clause 21.

 



 
 

Consideration of Bill: 25th June 2007                  

1447

 

Finance Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Cameron

 

Mr George Osborne

 

Mrs Theresa Villiers

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr David Gauke

 

Total signatories: 9

 

5

 

Page  16,  line  5  [Clause  21],  leave out sub-paragraph (c).

 

Mr David Cameron

 

Mr George Osborne

 

Mrs Theresa Villiers

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr David Gauke

 

Total signatories: 8

 

36

 

Page  16,  line  19  [Clause  21],  at end insert—

 

‘(5)    

The Treasury shall prepare and lay before the House of Commons annually a

 

report on the effectiveness of the tax relief mentioned in subsections (1) and (2)

 

in achieving its objectives, with particular reference to the change in the number

 

of domestic microgeneration schemes.’.

 


 

Julia Goldsworthy

 

Dr Vincent Cable

 

Mr Colin Breed

 

39

 

Page  27,  line  2,  leave out Clause 35.

 


 

Julia Goldsworthy

 

Dr Vincent Cable

 

Mr Colin Breed

 

37

 

Page  47,  line  21  [Clause  70],  leave out lines 21 to 25.

 


 

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

2

 

Page  70,  line  13  [Clause  97],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In section 97(4) of that Act (orders ceasing to have effect unless approved by

 

House of Commons), after paragraph (ea) insert—


 
previous section contents continue
 
House of Commons home page Houses of Parliament home page House of Lords home page search page enquiries

© Parliamentary copyright 2007
Revised 25 June 2007