– in the House of Commons at 12:31 pm on 21 March 2007.
Motion made, and Question,
That pursuant to section 5 of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968, provisional statutory effect shall be given to the following motions:—
(a) Rates of duty on alcoholic liquor (motion No. 6)
(b) Rates of tobacco products duty (motion No. 7)
(c) Amusement machine licence duty (motion No. 10)
(d) Rates of vehicle excise duty (motion No. 12)
(e) Landfill tax (bodies concerned with the environment) (motion No. 20)
(f) Insurance premium tax (meaning of "premium") (motion No. 56)— [Mr. Gordon Brown.]
put forthwith, pursuant to
Alan Haselhurst
Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Ways and Means
I now call on the Chancellor of the exchequer to move the motion entitled "Amendment of the law". It is on that motion that the debate will take place today and on the succeeding days. The remaining motions will be taken at the end of the Budget debate, next week
The chancellor of the exchequer is the government's chief financial minister and as such is responsible for raising government revenue through taxation or borrowing and for controlling overall government spending.
The chancellor's plans for the economy are delivered to the House of Commons every year in the Budget speech.
The chancellor is the most senior figure at the Treasury, even though the prime minister holds an additional title of 'First Lord of the Treasury'. He normally resides at Number 11 Downing Street.
The amendment of the law motion relates to the chancellor's Budget statement.
It is a general resolution laid before the House of Commons by the chancellor of the exchequer.
It enables the financial changes proposed in the Budget statement to be passed into law.
The amendment of the law is moved formally at the start of the Budget debate and, together with the Ways and Means resolutions, is voted on at the end of this debate.
