Wednesday, 20 April 1994
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MADAM SPEAKER in the Chair]
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what progress has been made in environmental protection over the past year.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has to protect areas surrounding closed coal mines from the potential pollution of watercourses.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the top 10 council taxes and the bottom 10 council taxes.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what role he foresees for his Department over the next 12 months in sponsoring the construction industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment on how many occasions in the past year the departmental green Ministers have met together.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make extra funds available for housing improvement grant allocations in order to deal effectively with the backlog of housing...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what further measures he plans on energy conservation.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has to discuss with South West Water the charging policy for water consumers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he next expects to meet his European Union counterparts to discuss the implementing of EC environmental directives.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what items of environmental policy he has raised in the past month with the European Commissioner.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what proportion of planning applications for new supermarkets are for in-town sites.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps his Department is taking to protect endangered flora and fauna indigenous to the British Isles from extinction.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many appeals by private mining companies against refusal to agree opencasting by local authorities he has (a) allowed and (b) rejected since...
On a point of order, Madam Speaker.
A big thank you, Madam Speaker. I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to reform the accountability and other objectives of the privatised utility regulators. Without any serious...
Mr. Peter Hain accordingly presented a Bill to reform the accountability and other objectives of the privatised utility regulators: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a...
Not amended (in the Committee) and as amended (in the Standing Committee), further considered.
I beg to move amendment No. 27, in page 236, line 22, leave out '(1)'.
Amendment made: No. 26, in page 7, line 30, leave out from 'continuation' to end of line 33.—[Sir John Cope.]
Amendments made: No. 31, in page 18, line 26, leave out from 'sections' to end of line 27 and insert
I beg to move amendment No. 28, in page 23, line 44, leave out '61 degrees' and insert '81 degrees'. In Committee, we had a discussion about the application of the lower rate of air passenger...
I beg to move amendment No. 29, in page 28, line 28, leave out from beginning to 'at' in line 29 and insert— 'to make returns in respect of duty— (i) by reference to such periods as...
Amendment made: No. 30, in page 30, line 42, after 'prescribed', insert 'or allowed'.
I beg to move amendment No. 36, in page 35, line 14, leave out 'account for tax by making' and insert 'make'. We now move to the insurance premium tax and to a point that is similar to what was...
I beg to move amendment No. 37, in page 41, line 23, at end insert— '(da) any refusal of an application under section 63 below;'. In Committee we tabled an amendment to permit the group...
Amendment made: No. 34, in page 260, line 5, leave out sub-paragraph (7).—[Sir John Cope.]
I beg to move amendment No. 38, in page 52, line 9, at end insert— `( ) The reference in subsection (3)(a) above to a premium under a taxable insurance contract includes a reference to...
I beg to move amendment No. 43, in page 52, line 35, leave out from beginning to end of line 44 on page 53 and insert 'A taxable insurance contract is any insurance contract that may be prescribed.'.
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Amendment made: No. 44, in page 74, line 13, at end insert 'and Schedule [Indexation losses: transitional relief] to this Act (which gives transitional relief) shall have effect for the years...
I beg to move amendment No. 1, in page 115, line 48, at end insert— '(10) Before the Treasury appoints a day under subsection (9) above:— (a) the Treasury and the Board of Inland...
Amendments made: No. 3, in page 119, line 11, leave out 'of the payment made by the intermediary' and insert 'determined in accordance with subsection (2A) below.'.
Amendments made: No. 7, in page 119, line 28 leave out '203B' and insert '203BD'.
Amendments made: No. 9, in page 122, line 10, after 'section,' insert '(a)'.
Amendment made: No. 12, in page 124, line 14, at end insert— `(2) In this section any reference to an employer includes a reference to a person who is treated as making a payment by virtue...
I beg to move amendment No. 14, in page 161, line 35, after 'may', insert 'reasonably'.
Amendments made: No. 18, in page 164, line 16, at beginning insert— '-( ) In subsection (1) of section 11 of the Management Act (return of profits), after the words "as may", in both places...
Amendments made: No. 20, in page 166, line 11, after `may', insert 'reasonably'.
I beg to move amendment No. 24, in page 173, line 35, leave out from 'notice' to 'under' in line 36 and insert 'to each of the partners so amend his self-assessment'. The amendment clarifies the...
I beg to move amendment No. 25, in page 385, line 30, at end insert—
44A. In subsection (1) of section 16 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (application of Income Tax Acts to class 4 contributions), for paragraph (b) there shall be...
I beg to move amendment No. 13, in page 222, line 39, leave out 'or assist in the evasion or avoidance of tax'. Clause 253 requires a tax inspector to give the taxpayer his reasons for applying...
Amendment made: No. 35, in page 452, line 46, at end insert—
I beg to move, That the draft Maternity Allowance and Statutory Maternity Pay Regulations 1994, which were laid before this House on 24th March, be approved. The improved maternity payments...
I present a petition bearing the names of more than 156,000 people throughout the country who are concerned about the want of seat belts in school buses. This is the BUSK—belt-up school...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Kirkhope.]
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