Tuesday, 9 July 1985
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
Order for Second Reading read.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how he proposes to finance the second year of the youth training scheme.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he has any estimate of the number of jobs created as a result of grants from the European Community.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of people unemployed, those who have been unemployed for more than one year, those who have been unemployed for more than than...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment when he intends to reply to the report of the Employment Committee on the reinstatement of National Coal Board employees dismissed during and since the...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what representations he has received concerning the proposed two-year youth training scheme.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he is satisfied with the current level of apprenticeships.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many trade unions have now applied to the certification officer for reimbursement of the cost of ballots, under the provisions of section 1 of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what comparisons he has made with other members of the European Community with regard to the progress towards equal pay for women.
asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 9 July.
The following Member took and subscribed the Oath:
By leave of the House, I shall put together the Questions on the nine motions relating to statutory instruments.
By leave of the House, I shall put together the Questions on the two motions on European Community documents.
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to impose a mandatory minimum sentence of three months' imprisonment in respect of persons of 21 years of age or over or of three months'...
Mr. Gerald Malone accordingly presented a Bill to impose a mandatory minimum sentence of three months' imprisonment in respect of persons of 21 years of age or over or of three months' detention...
Resolved,That, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the practice of the House relating to matters which may be included in Finance Bills, any Finance Bill of the present Session may...
Resolved,That provision may be made restricting the exemptions from duty provided by section 65(1) of the Finance Act 1963 and section 14(1) of the Finance Act (Northern Ireland) 1963.
Resolved,That provision may be made with respect to relief under section 258 and the following sections of Chapter I of Part XI of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 (group relief).
Resolved,That provision may be made for and in connection with the withdrawal in certain cases of relief under section 86 of the Finance Act 1972 (tax credit for certain recipients of qualifying...
Resolved,That charges to income tax and capital gains tax may be imposed by provisions about transactions occurring on or after 1st January 1985 in relation to securities.—[Mr. Moore.]
Not amended (in the Committee) and as amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
"(1) Subsection (2) below applies where there is an arrangement whereby— (a) rights under an instrument are renounced in favour of a person (A),(b) the rights are rights to shares in a...
'(1) Section 258 and the following sections of Chapter 1 of Part XI of the Taxes Act (the enactments relating to group relief) shall have effect subject to Part I of Schedule [Group relief] to...
'(1) In section 67 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (gains on disposals of gilt-edged securities and corporate bonds held for 12 months not to be chargeable gains)— (a) in subsection (1)...
(1) In section 62 of the Finance Act 1976 (exceptions from general charges on benefits) after subsection (8) there shall be inserted the following subsections: "(9) Section 61 above does not...
'(1) In so far as the profits of a registered friendly society or separately registered branch society from life or endowment business relate to contracts made after the date of coming into force...
'The Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 shall be amended by inserting after section 74 the following section—74A.—(1) Any duty chargeable on spirits or wines pursuant to section 5, or...
'The provisions of section 183 (1) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 shall have effect except in regard to personal Christmas gifts and presents given to individual postmen in...
Services supplied or transactions carried out by a trader shall be treated as taking place at whichever is the earliest of the following times: (a) when the payment in respect of those services...
'Insert a new section in the Taxes Act 1970, No. 192 (A): (1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, payments made in any year of assessment by an individual out of the emoluments...
'(1) This section applies to a company which has, or is an associated company of a company which has, a qualifying presence in a unitary state and, at any time when it or its associated company...
1. — (1) Where the provision of section [Withdrawal of right of certain non-resident companies to payment of tax credits] of this Act apply so as to withdraw the entitlement of a company to...
2.—(1) This paragraph has effect where a company to which section [Withdrawal of right of certain non-resident companies to payment of tax credits] applies has a qualifying presence in a...
3.—(1) In any case where arrangements are made, whether before or after section [Withdrawal of right of certain nonresident companies to payment of tax credits] comes into force, as a...
4.—(1) Where it appears to the Board that the provisions of section [Withdrawal of right of certain non-resident companies to payment of tax credits] and this Schedule may apply to a...
5.—(1) In this Schedule and section [Withdrawal of right of certain non-resident companies to payment of tax credits] of this Act—
'Any reference to eligible shares for the purposes of Business Expansion Relief under Schedule 5 to the Finance Act 1983 shall include a reference to eligible Loan Capital which shall rank...
`(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...
'Donations to bodies whose principal field of activity is in the arts and which are registered charities shall be allowable as follows: (a donations totalling 2–5 per cent. of gross...
'In subsection (5) of section 47 of the Finance Act 1973 for the words "stamp duty of £1" there shall be substituted the words "stamp duty of NIL".'.—[Mr. Neil Hamilton.]
'(1) This section has effect where an individual, who throughout a year of assessment is resident in the United Kingdom, incurs expenditure on acquiring eligible securities.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn—[Mr. Archie Hamilton.]
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