Finance Bill

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The Chairman: Before we come to the amendment, we must deal with the clause.

Question put and agreed to.

Clause 89 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill.

Schedule 44

Supplementary charge: reduction for certain new oil fields

Amendment proposed: 267, in schedule 44, page 336, line 37, leave out ‘and’ and insert ‘or’.—(Mr. Hands.)

Question put, That the amendment be made.

The Committee divided: Ayes 4, Noes 16.

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AYES

Browne, Mr. Jeremy

Hands, Mr. Greg

Howell, John

Syms, Mr. Robert

NOES

Bailey, Mr. Adrian

Blackman, Liz

Blizzard, Mr. Bob

Brown, Mr. Russell

Dobbin, Jim

Engel, Natascha

Flello, Mr. Robert

Jenkins, Mr. Brian

McCarthy-Fry, Sarah

Moffatt, Laura

Pearson, Ian

Robertson, John

Roy, Lindsay

Soulsby, Sir Peter

Timms, rh Mr. Stephen

Todd, Mr. Mark

Question accordingly negatived.

Schedule 44 agreed to.

Clause 90 ordered to stand part of the Bill.

Schedule 45 agreed to.

Ordered, That the debate be now adjourned.—(Mr. Blizzard.)

4.19 pm

Adjourned till Tuesday 23 June at half-past Ten o’clock.

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Prepared 19 June 2009