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Opposition Day — [19th Allotted day]: Home Information Packs and Stamp Duty (10 Oct 2007)

Robert Syms: ...? Many people looked at the websites and saw a business opportunity. They spent £7,000—sometimes £10,000 or £11,000—to train. The proposition on which they undertook that training has changed, however. If they take the optimistic view of the right hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich, the scheme as originally intended might be implemented at some stage in the...

Orders of the Day — Housing Bill: Improvements in Energy Efficiency (8 Nov 2004)

Mr Robert Syms: ...delivery by 2010 of "additional emissions reductions in households of around 3.5 million cubic tonnes . . . beyond those envisaged"— that is, 1.5 million cubic tonnes— "in the UK Climate Change Programme". That equals 5 million cubic tonnes, or the 20 per cent. specified in the amendment. The site also states that it is a Government "commitment" to deliver "improvements in...

Royal Navy Sea Harriers (8 May 2002)

Mr Robert Syms: ...force of the Fleet Air Arm and the Royal Air Force. The Opposition were not against that because there is logic in it, but we are concerned that already, only two years later, the Government are changing the shape of the defence forces proposed in the review, and the decision will reduce the flexibility of the Royal Navy. Between 2006 and the introduction into service of the new aircraft...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (22 Apr 2002)

Mr Robert Syms: ...have cracked down. As has been said, the Chancellor spent a lot of time mentioning the Budget's impact on microbreweries, but he did not mention the crackdown on the film industry tax regime. Although that change will raise only £15 million in the current year, it will raise £225 million and £295 million in the two years thereafter. Those large sums did not so much as rate a...