Clause 22 - Short title

HGV Road User Levy Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 10:30 am on 11 December 2012.

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Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

Photo of Stephen Hammond Stephen Hammond The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

I rise to be clear about the short title—the HGV Road User Levy Act 2012—but, really, Mrs Osborne, to thank you and Mr Amess for your work in the Chair during our sittings. I also thank the hon. Member for Poplar and Limehouse for the way in which he has led the Opposition in Committee and in the debate on the Ways and Means motion, and for some quite perceptive questioning from Members of the Opposition, whom I hope I have been able to reassure over the points they have raised with me.

I hope that my hon. Friends have enjoyed the experience of this particular Bill Committee. [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear.”] With those few words, I beg to move that this clause stand part of the Bill.

Photo of Jim Fitzpatrick Jim Fitzpatrick Shadow Minister (Transport)

If I may, I join the Minister in his vote of thanks to you, Mrs Osborne, and Mr Amess, to the Clerks, to the Hansard reporters and to the officials who have helped us in our deliberations. I thank the Minister for his normal courtesy and consideration and discussions outside the Committee as well as in the Ways and Means debate, on Second Reading and during the Committee proceedings. I congratulate the Government Whip on keeping most of the Government Bench under control, with one or two exceptions, and I thank my hon. Friends for their support, including the hon. Member for Strangford, who is very welcome to be with us and assist us. I also congratulate my hon. Friend for Cardiff South and Penarth on his first Standing Committee; he made an excellent choice in serving on this Bill. I can guarantee him, it is not like this all the time, but it is a good introduction to a Standing Committee. Can I finally thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton West for her assistance in making sure that all sides of the Committee were informed and able to participate. We look forward to the Third Reading in due course.

Question put and agreed to.

Clause 22 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill.

Bill to be reported, without amendment.

Committee rose.