Mawrth, 11 Mawrth 1997
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MADAM SPEAKER in the Chair]
Considered; to be read the Third time.
Order for Second Reading read.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the work of the Defence Export Services Organisation. [18035]
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the estimated establishment of the Royal Air Force at 1 April 1999. [18036]
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many works of art are missing from his Department's art collection; and if he will make a statement. [18037]
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of the defence industry's output was exported in the last year for which figures are available. [18038]
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recommendations arising from "Options for Change" are yet to be implemented.[18039]
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the current establishment of the Army. [18040]
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the role of the services' cadet forces. [18041]
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of the defence budget in the next three years he plans to spend on defence equipment. [18042]
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the number of Eurofighter aircraft to be ordered by the Royal Air Force. [18043]
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 11 March. [18065]
On a point of order, Madam Speaker. During Defence questions, the hon. Member for Surbiton (Mr. Tracey) made a statement that was unfortunately untrue. He suggested—in fact, he did not...
Mr. Andrew Welsh, supported by Mr. John McAllion, Mr. James Wallace, Ms Roseanna Cunningham, Mrs. Maria Fyfe and Mr. David Marshall, presented a Bill to make provision about single homeless...
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to draw up and facilitate the carrying out, over a period of fifteen years, of a programme of action to...
Mr. Alan Simpson accordingly presented a Bill to require the Secretary of State to draw up and facilitate the carrying out, over a period of fifteen years, of a programme of action to provide at...
Resolved,Deductions in respect of annuity paymentsThat provision may be included in the Finance Bill about payments made in respect of annuities by companies carrying on life assurance...
As amended (in the Committee and in the Standing Committee), considered.
'.—(1) In section 437 of the Taxes Act 1988 (extent to which payments in respect of new annuities are to be treated as charges on income), for subsections (1A) and (1B) there shall be...
'. In section 410 of the Taxes Act 1988 (group relief not available in certain cases including those where a person, either alone or with connected persons, controls 75% or more of the voting...
'.—(1) After section 127 of the Taxes Act 1988 there shall be inserted the following section—
'A profit-related pay scheme shall not be capable of being registered under Chapter III of Part V of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (profit-related pay) unless:(1) The scheme was...
'The property of any person in England and Wales shall not be distrained, or attached or otherwise forcibly taken by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue or the Commissioners of Customs &...
'.—(1) The following section shall be inserted in the Taxes Act 1988 after section 265—"Relief from tax on expenditure on energy saving materials265A.—(1) Subject to the...
'Within twelve months of this Act receiving Royal Assent the Treasury shall report to Parliament on the consequences to the Exchequer of reducing VAT on energy saving materials.'.—[Mr. Darling.]
'() The small islands to which paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 applies, shall include those islands designated under an Order made under the provisions...
I beg to move amendment No. 27, in page 6, line 30, leave out '(6)' and insert '(7)'.
1. Low cancer-risk part-renewable blended diesel is fuel which consists of— (a) a blend of heavy oil containing not less than 22 per cent. by volume of kerosene which when blended conforms...
I beg to move amendment No. 7, in page 8, line 38, leave out from beginning to end of line 3 on page 9.
Amendments made: No. 8, in page 12, line 19, at end insert 'and'.
I beg to move amendment No. 1, in page 20, line 16, leave out from 'or' to end of line 17.
Amendments proposed: No. 11, in page 31, line 13, leave out 'Subject to sub-paragraph (3AB) below,'.—[Mr.Oppenheim.]
Amendment made: No. 10, in page 51, line 18, leave out from beginning to end of line 45 on page 53.—[Mr. Brandreth.]
Schedule to be inserted as Schedule _VIA to the Taxes Act 1988
1.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, profits and gains arising from a transaction to which this Schedule applies (including those which, apart from this sub-paragraph, would be taken...
3.—(1) For the purposes of this Schedule a guaranteed return is produced from one or more disposals of futures or options wherever (taking all the disposals together where there is more...
4.—(1) For the purposes of this Schedule a disposal is a disposal of futures or options if it consists in— (a) the disposal of one or more futures;(b) the disposal of one or more...
5.—(1) In this Schedule references to the return from one or more disposals are references to the return on investment represented either— (a) by the total net profits and gains...
6.—(1) For the purposes of this Schedule two or more transactions are related if all of them are entered into in pursuance of the same scheme or arrangements.
7.—(1) Where any profits or gains are treated, in accordance with paragraph 1 above, as income arising to trustees for any year of assessment, the relevant part of that income shall be...
8. For the purpose of determining whether an individual ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom has a liability for income tax in respect of any profit or gain which— (a) is realised by a...
9. Section 432A (apportionment of insurance companies' income) shall have effect in the case of income and losses chargeable or relievable by virtue of this Schedule as if (where that would not...
I beg to move amendment No. 14, in page 159, line 37, at end insert—
11.—(1) This paragraph applies in any case where an occasion occurs on or after 26th November 1996 on which a major lump sum falls to be paid in the case of the lease of the asset.
Amendments made: No. 20, in page 214, line 17, at end insert— "(5A) Annuity business of insurance companies Chapter Short title Extent of repeal 1988 c. 1. The Income and Corporation...
I have a petition on behalf of the Eruthianathan family who live in my constituency. In addition to the formal petition, there is a petition in like form signed by several hundred parishioners of...
I have the honour to present this petition to the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled. This is the first volume of nine similar volumes. In...
On behalf of my constituents, Lynne Sellars, Elaine Burgin, Paul Newcombe and Ricki Thomas, and Councillors Mary Draycott, Stewart Foster and Walt Lindsey, I wish to present a petition in support...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Brandreth.]
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