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House of Commons

Thursday 29 January 2009

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Business Rate Supplements Bill

[Sixth Sitting]

Mr Sadiq Khan

That the Order of the Committee [20 January] be amended, in paragraph (1)(d), by

leaving out ‘and 1.00 pm’.

Agreed to

Clause 16.

Amendment 30 proposed, in page 11, line 37, to leave out subsection (1) and insert—

‘(1)
Where a person is, by reference to a hereditament, liable for BID levy in respect

of all or part of a financial year in respect of which the person is, in relation to that

hereditament, subject to a BRS imposed by the authority, the chargeable amount

payable in relation to the BRS shall be offset in accordance with subsection (2).’.

—(Robert Neill)

Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.

Negatived on division

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

Not called  31

Clause  16,  page  11,  line  43,  leave out ‘to the extent specified in the rules’.

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Business Rate Supplements Bill, continued

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

Not called  32

Clause  16,  page  12,  line  4,  leave out ‘subsection (4).

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

Not called  17

Clause  16,  page  12,  line  8,  leave out paragraphs (b) and (c).

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

Not called  33

Clause  16,  page  12,  line  9,  at end add—

‘(5)
This section does not apply to the Crossrail project.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 17 Agreed to.

Dan Rogerson

Not selected  55

Clause  18,  page  12,  line  36,  leave out paragraph (c).

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

Withdrawn  18

Clause  18,  page  12,  line  41,  leave out ‘March’ and insert ‘January’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clauses 19 to 22 Agreed to.

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Business Rate Supplements Bill, continued

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

Not called  44

Schedule  2,  page  23,  line  26,  leave out sub-paragraph (3).

Schedule Agreed to.

Clause 23 Agreed to.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

Not called  19

Clause  24,  page  15,  line  8,  leave out ‘thinks’ and insert ‘can demonstrate’.

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

Not called  34

Clause  24,  page  15,  line  8,  leave out ‘thinks’ and insert ‘considers’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

Question proposed  20

Clause  24,  page  15,  line  20,  at end insert ‘, and where it does so it—

(i)
must direct the levying authority to refund the sums received by

it in respect of the BRS or, where the levying authority is not a

billing authority, direct it to return to a billing authority that is a

lower-tier authority in relation to sums transferred to it by the

billing authority,

(ii)
must direct a billing authority that is a lower-tier authority in

relation to the levying authority to refund the sums collected by

it in respect of the BRS but not transferred to the levying

authority, and

(iii)
must direct a functional body to transfer to the levying authority

sums received by the body in respect of the BRS but not used by

it, and’.

[Adjourned until Tuesday 3 February at 10.30 am