Monday, 25 March 2013
The Secretary of State was asked—
If she will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a modern slavery act.
What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of neighbourhood policing.
What steps she is taking to record the employment status of foreign nationals who reside in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
What steps she is taking to ensure that the UK’s visa system helps tourists and business people from China to come to the UK without a loss of control over immigration. [R]
What steps she is taking to improve the performance of the UK Border Agency.
What steps she is taking to tackle cybercrime.
What assessment she has made of the recommendations of the Joint Committee on the draft Communications Data Bill.
What support her Department is providing to police and crime commissioners and local authorities to tackle illegal Traveller sites.
What progress her Department is making in reducing net migration to the UK.
How many requests for a reconsideration of a decision to refuse leave to remain are outstanding; and what the oldest such cases currently being reconsidered are.
What steps she is taking to increase the use of CCTV in communities where it is wanted.
What assessment she has made of the number of student visitor visas issued in the last year for which figures are available.
What progress her Department has made on improving the detection and reporting of incidents of domestic violence.
What assessment she has made of trends in the number of foreign criminals who have been deported since June 2010.
How many local authorities have imposed a late levy on licensed premises to date; and how much income has been raised for policing as a result.
What assessment she has made of the capabilities of the police to record, investigate and detect rapes and serious sexual assaults.
What assessment her Department has made of public support for reducing net migration.
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Health what moves the Government intend to take to prevent the national health service becoming an international health service.
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. May I seek your advice on the tragic death of my constituent, Lucy Meadows, a transgender teacher who was vilified by the Daily Mail and other newspapers? The...
Motion for leave to bring in a Bill ( Standing Order No. 23)
Debate resumed (Order, 22 March). Question again proposed, (1) That it is expedient to amend the law with respect to the National Debt and the public revenue and to make further provision in...
Question put, That income tax is charged for the tax year 2013-14. And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the...
Resolved, That— (1) For the tax year 2013-14 the amount specified in section 35(1) of the Income Tax Act 2007 (personal allowance for those born after 5 April 1948) is replaced with...
Resolved, That— (1) For the tax year 2013-14 the amount specified in section 10(5) of the Income Tax Act 2007 (basic rate limit) is replaced with “£32,010”. (2) Accordingly...
Resolved, That— (1) Corporation tax is charged for the financial year 2014. (2) For that year the rate of corporation tax is— (a) 21% on profits of companies other than ring fence...
Resolved, That— (1) For the financial year 2013 the small profits rate is— (a) 20% on profits of companies other than ring fence profits, and (b) 19% on ring fence profits of...
Resolved, That provision may be made amending section 308 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.
Resolved, That provision may be made amending the SIP code, the SAYE code, the CSOP code or the EMI code.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made about income tax relief in respect of payments of patent royalties.
Resolved, That— (1) In Chapter 3 of Part 2 of the Income Tax Act 2007 (calculation of income tax liability) after section 24 insert— “24A Limit on Step 2 deductions (1) If the...
Resolved, That provision may be made for and in connection with the calculation of the profits of a trade, profession or vocation for the purposes of income tax on the cash basis.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made about the deductions allowed when calculating— (a) the profits of a trade, profession, vocation or...
Resolved, That— (1) In Chapter 8 of Part 2 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (application of provisions to workers under arrangements made by intermediaries), in section 49...
Resolved, That the following provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made— (a) provision amending Schedule 15 to the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988, (b)...
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made amending Chapter 2 of Part 13 of the Income Tax Act 2007.
Resolved, That provision may be made amending Chapter 3 of Part 15 of the Income Tax Act 2007.
Resolved, That provision may be made about returns which are economically equivalent to interest.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made about or in connection with CFCs (within the meaning of Part 9A of the Taxation (International and Other...
Resolved, That provision may be made about amounts that may be deducted for corporation tax purposes following changes in the ownership of, or in partnership arrangements relating to, a company.
Resolved, That provision may be made about tax relief for expenditure on research and development.
Resolved, That provision may be made about the taxation of activities in connection with television programmes and video games.
Resolved, That provision may be made amending Part 12 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010.
Resolved, That provision may be made about the tax relief that is available to companies in connection with— (a) shares acquired by persons because of employments (directly or indirectly),...
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made amending Chapter 7 of Part 7 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made about tax mismatch schemes.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made about tier two capital.
That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made amending section 316 of the Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made about community amateur sports clubs.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made in relation to pension schemes.
Resolved, That— (1) In section 165 of the Finance Act 2004 (pension rules), in subsection (1), in pension rule 5, for “100%” substitute “120%”. (2) In section 167 of...
Question put, That provision may be made in connection with the acquisition and disposal of employee shareholder shares. The House divided: Ayes 299, Noes 240.
Resolved, That provision may be made restricting the relief given under the seed enterprise investment scheme.
Resolved, That provision may be made in connection with the transfer of a business from a company to its shareholders.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made for and in connection with the amendment of section 13 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made for capital gains tax purposes in connection with shares acquired under options which are qualifying options...
Resolved, That provision may be made for and in connection with a charge to capital gains tax on disposals of interests in high value properties.
Resolved, That provision may be made about the calculation of chargeable gains of companies on disposals of assets.
Resolved, That provision may be made about capital allowances.
Resolved, That provision may be made about community investment tax relief.
Resolved, That provision may be made in relation to the deductions that are allowed to tenants under taxed leases (as defined in section 287 of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005...
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made about manufactured payments (including deemed manufactured payments).
Resolved, That provision may be made about close companies.
Resolved, That provision may be made in relation to petroleum revenue tax.
Resolved, That provision may be made about loan relationships in respect of property that is comprised in a settlement the sole or main purpose of which is to provide security for the performance...
Resolved, That provision may be made about the taxation of ring fence trades.
Resolved, That provision may be made for and in connection with the imposition of a new tax on the holding of interests in high value properties.
Resolved, That provision may be made about the treatment of liabilities for the purposes of inheritance tax.
Resolved, That provision may be made for and in connection with persons who are not domiciled in the United Kingdom, but are or were the spouse or civil partner of a person so domiciled, to elect...
Resolved, 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...
Resolved, That— (1) The Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 is amended as follows. (2) In section 5 (rate of duty on spirits), for “£26.81” substitute...
Resolved, That— (1) For the table in Schedule 1 to the Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 substitute— “Table 1. Cigarettes An amount equal to 16.5 per cent of the retail...
Resolved, That provision may be made for tobacco products duty to be charged on herbal smoking products.
Question put, That— (1) Section 30 of the Finance Act 1994 (air passenger duty: rates of duty) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (3)— (a) in paragraph (a) for...
Resolved, That provision may be made for requiring persons to make payments on account of their liabilities for air passenger duty based on estimates of what their liabilities will be.
Resolved, That— (1) Schedule 1 to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (annual rates of duty) is amended as follows. (2) In paragraph 1 (general)— (a) in sub-paragraph (2)...
Resolved, That— (1) The Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 is amended as follows. (2) Section 19 (rebates) is amended as follows. (3) In subsection (3), after paragraph (c)...
Resolved, That— (1) In section 41 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (application to the Crown), in subsection (7), after “Board” insert “and a clinical commissioning group,...
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made about the value of certain supplies of fuel for the purposes of value added tax.
Resolved, That provision may be made about energy-saving materials.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made amending Part 4 of the Finance Act 2003.
Resolved, That provision may be made about the standard rate of landfill tax.
Resolved, That provision may be made about the rates of climate change levy.
Resolved, That— (1) On and after 26 March 2013, Schedule 6 to the Finance Act 2000 (climate change levy) has effect as if neither— (a) Schedule 20 to the Finance Act 2011, nor (b)...
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made about bank levy rates.
Resolved, That provision (including provision having retrospective effect) may be made preventing deductions in respect of the bank levy and foreign bank levies when calculating liability to...
Resolved, That provision may be made for the purposes of counteracting tax advantages arising from tax arrangements that are abusive.
Resolved, That provision may be made about trusts which have a vulnerable beneficiary.
Resolved, That provision may be made about the trustees or unit holders of unit trust schemes which are not authorised unit trusts.
Resolved, That provision may be made— (a) establishing a statutory residence test to determine whether individuals are UK resident for the purposes of income tax, capital gains tax and...
Resolved, That provision may be made in connection with claims in respect of overpaid tax and excessive assessments.
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...
Resolved, That, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the practice of the House relating to the matters that may be included in Finance Bills, any Finance Bill of the present Session may...
Resolved, That, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the practice of the House relating to the matters that may be included in Finance Bills, any Finance Bill of the present Session may...
Resolved, That, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the practice of the House relating to the matters that may be included in Finance Bills, any Finance Bill of the present Session may...
Resolved, That, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the practice of the House relating to the matters that may be included in Finance Bills, any Finance Bill of the present Session may...
Resolved, That, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the practice of the House relating to the matters that may be included in Finance Bills, any Finance Bill of the present Session may...
Resolved, That, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the practice of the House relating to the matters that may be included in Finance Bills, any Finance Bill of the present Session may...
Resolved, That, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the practice of the House relating to the matters that may be included in Finance Bills, any Finance Bill of the present Session may...
Resolved, That, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the practice of the House relating to the matters that may be included in Finance Bills, any Finance Bill of the present Session may...
Queen’s recommendation signified. Resolved, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session relating to finance, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by...
Presentation and First Reading Mr David Gauke 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. 118(6)),
That the draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 8 Domestic Infringements) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 19 December 2012, be approved.—(Mr Evennett.) Question agreed to. Motion...
That the draft Scotland Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 10 January, be approved.—(Mr Evennett.) Question agreed to. Motion made, and...
That the draft Global Growth Institute (Legal Capacities) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 29 January, be approved. —(Mr Evennett.) Question agreed to. Motion made, and...
That the draft Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) Regulations 2013, which were laid before this House on 14 February, be approved.—(Mr Evennett.) Question agreed to. Motion made,...
That the draft Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) (Amendment) Regulations 2013, which were laid before this House on 25 February, be approved.—(Mr Evennett.) Question agreed to. Motion...
That the Clergy Discipline (Amendment) Measure (HC 1021), passed by the General Synod of the Church of England, which was laid before this House on 28 February, be presented to Her Majesty for...
Ordered, That, in respect of the Finance (No. 2) Bill, notices of Amendments, new Clauses and new Schedules to be moved in Committee may be accepted by the Clerks at the Table before the Bill has...
Resolved, That, notwithstanding the Resolution of this House of 3 December 2012, it be an instruction to the Joint Committee on Parliamentary Privilege that it should report by 28 June 2013....
Ordered, That Graham Evans be discharged from the Administration Committee and Nicholas Soames be added.—(Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
I rise to support and submit a petition on behalf of more than 2,500 Manchester residents opposed to the Labour council’s plans to close Burnage library in my constituency. The petition...
I rise a second time to support and submit the “Toast the Tax” petition, on behalf of the tens of thousands of employees and customers of Subway—I suppose I ought to declare an...
I was recently presented with a petition signed by some 2,000 residents of Derby—part of a wider petition numbering some 120,000 around the country—who are concerned about the lifting...
I rise to present a petition from my constituency, initiated by the Manor Residents Association and signed by more than 1,000 people from Hartlepool who are concerned about the Government’s...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mr Evennett.)
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