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House of Commons

 
 

Thursday 8th May 2008

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Finance Bill


 

(Except Clauses 3, 5, 6, 15, 21, 49, 90 and 117


 

and new Clauses amending section 74 of the Finance Act 2003)


 

[third and fourth sittings]


 

Jane Kennedy

 

Agreed to  53

 

Schedule  2,  page  109,  line  3,  at end insert—

 

‘(6A)    

For the purpose of determining whether a company which has a qualifying

 

shareholding in a joint venture company is a trading company—

 

(a)    

any holding by it of shares in the joint venture company is to be

 

disregarded, and

 

(b)    

it is to be treated as carrying on an appropriate proportion of the activities

 

of the joint venture company or, where the joint venture company is the

 

holding company of a trading group, of the activities of that group;

 

    

and in paragraph (b) above “appropriate proportion” means a proportion

 

corresponding to the percentage of the ordinary share capital of the joint venture

 

company held by the company.’.

 

Jane Kennedy

 

Agreed to  54

 

Schedule  2,  page  109,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

‘(10A)    

For the purpose of determining whether a group of companies is a trading group

 

in a case where any one or more members of the group has a qualifying

 

shareholding in a joint venture company which is not a member of the group—

 

(a)    

every holding of shares in the joint venture company by a member of the

 

group having a qualifying shareholding in it is to be disregarded, and

 

(b)    

each member of the group having such a qualifying shareholding is to be

 

treated as carrying on an appropriate proportion of the activities of the

 

joint venture company or, where the joint venture company is a holding

 

company of a trading group, of the activities of that group;

 

    

and in paragraph (b) above “appropriate proportion” means a proportion

 

corresponding to the percentage of the ordinary share capital of the joint venture

 

company held by the member of the group.’.

 

Jane Kennedy

 

Agreed to  55

 

Schedule  2,  page  109,  line  38,  leave out from first ‘of’ to ‘are’ in line 39 and insert


 
 

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Finance Bill, continued

 
 

‘this section the activities of the members of a group of companies’.

 

Mr Philip Hammond

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr David Gauke

 

Justine Greening

 

Withdrawn  3

 

Schedule  2,  page  116,  leave out lines 11 to 29.

 

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Jeremy Browne

 

Dr Vincent Cable

 

Mr Colin Breed

 

John Thurso

 

Negatived on division  4

 

Clause  7,  page  3,  line  23,  at end insert—

 

‘(2)    

Within twelve months of the commencement of this section, the Treasury shall

 

compile and lay before the House of Commons a report containing an assessment

 

of the impact of the entrepreneurs’ relief limit on the rate of investment of serial

 

entrepreneurs.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Philip Hammond

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr David Gauke

 

Justine Greening

 

Withdrawn  14

 

Schedule  3,  page  120,  line  20,  leave out from ‘use’ to ‘for’ in line 21.

 

Mr Philip Hammond

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr David Gauke

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  15

 

Schedule  3,  page  120,  line  22,  after ‘business’, insert ‘where such assets have been

 

in such use for a period of not less than two years at the time of the disposal’.

 

Mr Philip Hammond

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr David Gauke

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  17

 

Schedule  3,  page  120,  line  26,  leave out from ‘throughout’ to first ‘the’ in line 27

 

and insert ‘a 12-month period beginning not more than two years before’.


 
 

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Finance Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Philip Hammond

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr David Gauke

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  18

 

Schedule  3,  page  120,  line  30,  leave out from ‘throughout’ to first ‘the’ in line 31

 

and insert ‘a 12-month period beginning not more than two years before’.

 

Mr Philip Hammond

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr David Gauke

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  16

 

Schedule  3,  page  120,  line  31,  leave out from ‘which’ to end of line 34 and insert

 

‘the disposal of the asset takes place’.

 

Mr Philip Hammond

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr David Gauke

 

Justine Greening

 

Not called  19

 

Schedule  3,  page  120,  line  37,  leave out from ‘throughout’ to second ‘the’ and

 

insert ‘a 12-month period beginning not more than two years before’.

 

Mr Philip Hammond

 

Mr Mark Hoban

 

Mr David Gauke

 

Justine Greening

 

Withdrawn  21

 

Schedule  3,  page  120,  line  39,  leave out ‘the individual’s personal company’ and

 

insert ‘unlisted’.

 

[Adjourned till Tuesday at 10.30 a.m.


 
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