Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Bill read a Second time and committed. .
The Secretary of State was asked-
How many assaults on NHS staff on duty were reported in 2009; and if he will make a statement.
What steps he is taking to reduce parallel exports of medicines.
What steps he is taking to ensure that maternity services provide a full range of high-quality birth choices for women.
If he will appoint a national clinical director for musculoskeletal diseases.
How many times patients have waited longer than 18 weeks for the start of treatment in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust area in the last 18 months; and how many patients were so affected.
What plans he has to audit spending on the end-of-life care strategy.
What plans he has to audit spending on the carers strategy.
What mechanism he plans to use to determine changes to expenditure on health services in the next four years.
What estimate he has made of the proportion of their working hours NHS nurses are required to spend on administrative tasks.
If he will undertake research into the proportion of people attending hospital accident and emergency departments whose treatment could be delivered effectively by a trained first-aider.
What consideration he has given to extending the range of cancers for which his Department publishes one-year survival rates; and if he will make a statement.
How much the NHS spent on confidential settlements with members of NHS staff in the last three years.
What progress has been made on the national review of paediatric cardiac surgery; and if he will make a statement.
What assessment he has made of the likely effects on patients and staff of the reorganisation of community health services in Worcestershire; and if he will make a statement.
What mechanism will be used to audit spending on the national dementia strategy.
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on what plans he has to classify any drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. Business questions has been dominated over recent weeks by the question of what progress is likely to be made on private Members' Bills. The Leader of the House...
Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Mr. David Drew presented a Bill to require the Secretary of State to take steps to obtain tax information from British Overseas Territories...
Motion for leave to introduce a Bill ( Standing Order No. 23)
Debate resumed (Order, 24 March). Question again proposed, That- (1) It is expedient to amend the law with respect to the National Debt and the public revenue and to make further provision in...
Resolved, That- (1) Income tax is charged for the tax year 2010-11.(2) For that tax year- (a) the basic rate is 20%, (b) the higher rate is 40%, and (c) the additional rate is 50%. (3) The...
Question put, That- (1) Corporation tax is charged for the financial year 2011.(2) For that year the rate of corporation tax is- (a) 28% on profits of companies other than ring fence profits, and...
Question put, That- (1) For the financial year 2010 the small profits rate is- (a) 21% on profits of companies other than ring fence profits, and (b) 19% on ring fence profits of companies. (2)...
Resolved, That- (1) Part 4 of the Finance Act 2003 (stamp duty land tax) is amended as follows.(2) After section 57A insert-" 57AA First-time buyers (1) A land transaction is exempt from charge...
Resolved, That provision may be made increasing the rate of stamp duty land tax for residential property in cases where the relevant consideration is more than £1 million.
Resolved, That provision may be made disapplying the Table substituted in Schedule 1 to the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 by section 4 of the Finance Act 2007 and providing for section 8 of that Act...
Question put, That- (1) The Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 is amended as follows.(2) In section 5 (rate of duty on spirits), for "£22.64" substitute "£23.80".(3) In section 36(1AA)(a)...
Resolved, That- (1) For the table in Schedule 1 to the Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 substitute- "Table 1. Cigarettes An amount equal to 24 per cent of the retail price plus £119.03...
Resolved, That- (1) In paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (annual rates of duty: motorcycles)- (a) in paragraph (c) (motorbicycle which has engine with...
Question put, That- (1) The Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 is amended as follows.(2) In section 6(1A) (main rates)- (a) in paragraph (a) (unleaded petrol), for "£0.5619" substitute...
Question put, That provision may be made amending rates of duty and rebates in the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 from 1 October 2010 and 1 January 2011. The House divided: Ayes 294, Noes 61.
Resolved, That provision may be made about the rates of air passenger duty.
Resolved, That provision may be made about the standard rate of landfill tax.
Resolved, That provision may be made about the rate of aggregates levy.
Resolved, That provision may be made about the rates of climate change levy.
Resolved, That- (1) In section 23(2) of the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 (amount of duty payable on amusement machine licence), for the table substitute- "Table Months for which...
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made for and in connection with bank payroll tax.
Question put, That provision may be made for and in connection with landline duty. The House divided: Ayes 339, Noes 168.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made amending Chapter 2 of Part 4 of the Income Tax Act 2007.
Resolved, That provision may be made amending Chapter 4 of Part 4 of the Income Tax Act 2007.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made amending Part 2 of the Capital Allowances Act 2001 in relation to cases where there is a qualifying change...
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made about leased assets.
Resolved, That provision may be made about cushion gas.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made about sales of lessors.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made in relation to charities and community amateur sports clubs.
Resolved, That provision may be made amending section 809M of the Income Tax Act 2007.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made about foreign currency bank accounts.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made about arrangements that increase reliefs or reductions for foreign tax.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made about chargeable gains in relation to transfers of assets to companies not resident in the United Kingdom.
Resolved, That provision may be made amending Chapter 1 of Part 13 of the Income Tax Act 2007.
Resolved, That provision may be made about the kinds of shares to which approved CSOP schemes can apply.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made about the taxation of unit holders of unauthorised unit trusts.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made in relation to index-linked gilt-edged securities.
Resolved, That provision may be made about approved share incentive plans.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made about the release and writing off of debts.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made amending paragraph 4 of Schedule 13 to the Finance Act 2007 and section 550 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009.
Resolved, That provision may be made about risk transfer schemes.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made for the apportionment of asset value increases.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made amending Schedule 35 to the Finance Act 2009.
Resolved, That provision may be made for and in connection with extending section 55A of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 to supplies of services.
Resolved, That- (1) Part 3 of the Finance Act 1994 (insurance premium tax) is amended as follows.(2) Section 72 (meaning of "premium") is amended as follows.(3) After subsection (1A) insert-...
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made about interests in possession and reversionary interests.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made about stamp duty reserve tax in relation to the transfer of securities issued in connection with depositary...
Resolved, That- (1) In section 75C of the Finance Act 2003 (SDLT anti-avoidance: supplemental)- (a) in subsection (8), omit paragraph (b) and the "and" before it, and (b) after that subsection...
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made about cases where there is a change in accounting standards in relation to loan relationships or derivative...
Question put, That provision may be made about furnished holiday lettings. The House divided: Ayes 286, Noes 219.
Resolved, That provision may be made about interventions under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme in relation to protected contracts of insurance.
Resolved, That provision may be made for and in connection with amending the definition of "cider" in the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979.
Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise any incidental or consequential charges to any duty or tax (including charges having retrospective effect) that may arise from provisions designed in...
Presentation and First Reading Mr. Stephen Timms accordingly presented a Bill to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 83A), That the following provisions shall apply to the Personal Care at Home Bill for the purpose of supplementing the Order of 14...
Consideration of Lords amendments.
I beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 1.
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 118 (6)),
That the draft National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Housing) (Fire Safety) Order 2010, which was laid before this House on 28 January, be approved. That the draft National...
That the draft Children Act 2004 Information Database (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010, which were laid before this House on 28 January, be approved.- ( Mark Tami.) The Deputy Speaker's...
That the draft Charities (Disclosure of Revenue and Customs Information to the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland) Regulations 2010, which were laid before this House on 28 January, be...
That the draft Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010, which were laid before this House on 3 February, be approved.- (Mark Tami.) Question agreed to. Motion...
That the draft Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007 (Variation of Reimbursement and Other Administrative Arrangements) Order 2010, which was laid before this House on 3 February, be approved.-...
That the draft Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice for Interviews of Witnesses Notified by Accused) Order 2010, which was laid before this House on 5 February, be...
That the draft Building Societies (Insolvency and Special Administration) (Amendment) Order 2010, which was laid before this House on 8 February, be approved.- (Mark Tami.) Question agreed to....
That the draft Local Education Authorities and Children's Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010, which was laid before this House on 10 February, be approved.- (Mark Tami.)...
That the draft Jobseeker's Allowance (Work for Your Benefit Pilot Scheme) Regulations 2010, which were laid before this House on 24 February, be approved.- (Mark Tami.) Question agreed to....
That the draft Additional Paternity Leave (Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations 2010, which were laid before this House on 24 February, be approved. That the draft Additional Statutory Paternity...
That the draft Building Societies (Financial Assistance) Order 2010, which was laid before this House on 1 March, be approved.- (Mark Tami.) Question agreed to. Motion made, and Question put...
That the Legal Services Commission Funding Code: Criteria and Procedures, a copy of which was laid before this House on 8 March, be approved.- (Mark Tami.) Question agreed to. Motion made, and...
That the draft Criminal Defence Service (Information Requests) (Amendment) Regulations 2010, which were laid before this House on 27 January, be approved ). That the draft Criminal Defence...
That this House authorises the Secretary of State to undertake to pay, and to pay, by way of financial assistance under section 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982, sums exceeding £10...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 119 (11)), That this House takes note of European Union Documents No. 7110/10, Commission Communication on Europe 2020-a strategy for...
Kelly and Ian King and many other excellent caring local people have compiled this petition in response to a development proposal that is entirely out of keeping with and intrusive on their...
This petition was organised by Brian Keeler, a superb campaigner, well known and valued by his community for the work he does. He is campaigning against totally inappropriate development, which I...
This is my third petition, which you will be glad to hear, Mr. Deputy Speaker, is my last in this Parliament. It was produced by Carol Tebbutt, the wonderful people of Age Concern and others in...
Stoke-on-Trent city council has today turned a £250 million Building Schools for the Future success story into a disaster, but all is not lost. The council-Conservative-run at the moment-can...
I have been asked to present the petition of Mr. Kim Stallwood, a passionate animal welfare advocate, and some 4,000 of my constituents, bringing attention to proposals to bring back the barbaric...
My first petition was organised by Cathay Birch. Unlike other social tenants, Gypsies and Travellers on rented pitches have no rights to security of tenure, and both the European Court of Human...
My second petition, to which there are 15 signatures, concerns the proposed eviction of Gypsy and Traveller families at Dale Farm and Hovefields by Basildon council. It was organised by Ann Dean....
It gives me great pleasure to present a petition on behalf of Mrs. Shirley Milne, 519 residents of Blaydon, and others, which states: The Petition of residents of Blaydon Constituency and others,...
I am grateful to the House for its courtesy in allowing me to present so many petitions at the same time. The first reads as follows: The Petition of the people of Croydon, Declares that...
The second petition reads as follows: The Petition of the people of Croydon, Declares that the decision to make Croydon's Asylum Screening Unit the only such in-land unit could result in an...
The petition states: The Petition of football supporters, Declares that The Football League should exercise discretion in its application of its rules that has led to the 10 point deduction from...
The petition states: The Petition of the people of Croydon, Declares that they would support the introduction of a 24 hours a day service on the 64 bus route. The Petitioners therefore request...
The petition states: The Petition of the people of Croydon, Declares that the Croydon economy depends on public sector employment. The Petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons...
The petition states: The Petition of the people of Croydon, Declares that the construction of an incinerator on Beddington Lane, Sutton, would not be in Croydon's interests. The Petitioners...
The petition states: The Petition of the people of Croydon, Declares that having only three GPs on call from midnight to 8am covering 370,000 residents in Croydon is clearly inadequate and forces...
The petition states: The Petition of the people of Croydon, Declares that in Croydon there is good work being done to combat diabetes and that Croydon now needs more screening tests for diabetes;...
The petition states: The Petition of New Addington residents, Declares that much needed family homes are being shoe-horned into unsuitable former garage sites that compromise the visual amenity...
I am very happy to take up the invitation of the petitioners in this last petition. The petition states: The Petition of the people of Croydon, Declares that Andrew Pelling has served as an...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn. -(Mr. Blizzard.)
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