Part of Finance Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 2:00 pm ar 17 Mai 2007.
Theresa Villiers
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
2:00,
17 Mai 2007
I will ask leave to withdraw the Amendment and I am grateful to the Chief Secretary for his exposition of the reasoning behind the schedule. I would consider coming back to the amendments on Report, perhaps after consideration of the evidence that he said he has not been supplied with. I may want to reflect on that, but in the light of what he has said it would not be appropriate to press the amendment to a vote. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.
As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
