Tuesday, 14 July 1981
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time and passed, with amendments.
Read the Third time and passed, without amendment.
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
Order for consideration, as amended, read.
I make the appeal that any hon. Member who is called for a supplementary question should not make an argument but should ask a question.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science by what percentage the number of school leavers applying for higher education courses starting in autumn 1981 has increased over the figures...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the savings to public expenditure by the increase last year in the number of children joining independent preparatory schools.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Coventry, South West (Mr. Butcher) Official Report, 16 June, c. 849, he will ensure...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the latest estimate of the total reduction in university income resulting from both the overseas student fees policy and the...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received from members of the public and interested parties on the different methods of selection for places in...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will now introduce a system of school grants for 16 to 19-year-olds; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science which subject courses he expects will be most affected as a result of the decisions of the University Grants Committee following the...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the provision of textbooks in schools.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what importance he attaches to parental choice and expression of parental support for a school when considering proposals to reduce or close...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what expansion in the educational provisions for the post-16 age groups he expects during 1981–82.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the number of closures of village schools in each of the last three years; and if he will take special steps to retain them.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what plans he has to meet the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals.
asked the Prime Minister if she will list her public engagements for 14 July.
With your permisson Mr. Speaker, I will make a statement on the outcome of the Foreign Affairs Council held in Brussels on 13 July. My right hon. and noble Friend took the chair at this, the...
To save the time of the House, I shall put together the three questions on the motions relating to Statutory instruments.
Ordered,That the Third Reading of the Finance Bill may be taken immediately after the consideration of the Bill, notwithstanding the practice of the House as to the intervals between the stages...
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to improve the security of tenure of farmworkers and others who occupy agricultural tied houses in Scotland; and for connected purposes....
Mr. John Home Robertson accordingly presented a Bill to bring. in a Bill to improve the security of tenure of farmworkers and others who occupy agricultural tied houses in Scotland; and for...
rose—
As amended (in the Committee and in the Standing Committee), considered.
'In section 126 of the Finance Act 1976 (exemption from stamp duty for transfers of loan capital) at the end of subsection (3) (which provides that the exemption shall not apply to loan capital...
'(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, shares subscribed for, issued to, held by or disposed of for an individual by a nominee shall be treated for the purposes of this Chapter as...
'(1) In section 375A of the Taxes Act (exemption for interest included in judgment or interlocutor awarding damages for personal injuries) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted— (1A)...
'Where any part of the value of a person's estate immediately before his death is attributable to the interest of a tenant in an unexpired portion of a lease for a fixed term of agricultural...
'(1) At the end of section 62 of the Finance Act 1976 (exceptions from general charge) there shall be inserted— (8) Section 61 above does not apply where the benefit consists— (a) in...
'(1) Where an amount due to a person from a Government department in connection with a business carried on by him remains unpaid for any period as a result of industrial action taken by civil...
National insurance surcharge
'Within 12 months of the passing of this Act the Chancellor of the Exchequer shall publish in a White Paper his assessment of the scale and nature of tax avoidance and evasion and his proposals...
Ordered,
As amended (in the Committee and in the Standing Committee), again considered.
'Income tax on the holiday pay of an employee liable to taxation under PAYE shall be payable by the employer in two equal instalments on 1 January in the financial year during which the holiday...
'1. The payments of interest by a company in respect of an issue of loan stock offered in accordance with the provisions of this section and the premiums paid on the redemption of that stock...
'Within 12 months of the passing of this Act the Chancellor of the Exchequer shall publish a report setting out the cost to all organisations of and for disabled people of the increase in...
'(1) In Section 46 (7) of the Finance Act 1980 (amending section 58 (1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1978) after the figure "£1,000", there shall be inserted the words "or, in the case of...
For the purpose of section (Profit sharing schemes) of this Act, section 75 of the Finance Act 1972, Schedule 1 to the Finance Act 1974, section 58 of the Finance Act 1978 and schedule 19 to that...
'(1) In paragraph 8 of Schedule 10 to the Finance Act 1980, there shall be added the following new sub-paragraph—
'In section 219(1)(a) of the Taxes Act (which, as amended by Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975, charges to income tax benefits under certain provisions of the...
'(1) In section 95 of the Finance Act 1972— (a) Insert new subsection (1A) at the beginning as follows: (1A) Where a trading company resident in the United Kingdom has no associated company...
I beg to move amendment No. 1, in page 2, line 15, leave out '£18·04' and insert '£19·03'.
I beg to move amendment No. 6, in page 3, line 5, at end insert— '(1A) In consequence of subsection (1) above— (a) in sections 7 and 8(3) and (4)(c) of the said Act of 1979 and...
I beg to move amendment No. 10, in page 5, line 28, after '9', insert— '(1A) In section 1(2)(b) of the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1972 and section 17(1)(b) of the Miscellaneous...
I beg to move amendment No. 14, in page 7, line 37, leave out 'forthwith notify the Commissioners' and insert 'notify the Commissioners without delay'. My right hon. Friend the Member for Crosby...
I beg to move amendment No. 15, in page 8, line 12, at end add 'or on the supply of services before that time for its benefit or in connection with its incorporation'. This amendment again...
I beg to move amendment No. 16, in page 8, leave out lines 19 to 24 and insert— '(b) the person making the supply and the person to whom it is made are connected, and(c) the person to whom...
I beg to move, That the draft Pool Competitions Act 1971 (Continuance) Order 1981, which was laid before this House on 21st May, be approved. The purpose of the draft order is to extend the Pool...
Order for Second Reading read.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn. [Mr. Brooke.]
Debates in the House of Commons are an opportunity for MPs from all parties to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.
And sometimes to shout at each other.