Results 81–100 of 6300 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Lord Darling of Roulanish

Orders of the Day — Finance (No. 2) Bill: Private Rented Housing ( 9 May 1988)

Alistair Darling: I do not want to accept the hon. Gentleman's invitation to attend a debate next week, but he appears to be developing a theme that was developed to some extent by his hon. Friend the Member for Eastbourne (Mr. Gow). He appears to be saying that if a business expansion scheme creates tenancies in London it will create surplus accommodation in other parts of the country. Is not most BES...

Clause 91: Assets Held on 31ST March 1982 (10 May 1988)

Alistair Darling: I understand that the hon. Member for Daventry (Mr. Boswell) is a farmer. It is good to see that he maintains the tradition of farmers in complaining about the injustices visited upon them. I have some sympathy with him if he has to put up with a motorway going through his farmland, but he is keeping up the good tradition of pointing out the difficulties that afflict his industry. I should...

Clause 91: Assets Held on 31ST March 1982 (10 May 1988)

Alistair Darling: The justification for 1982 is perfectly apparent. Indexation could have been backdated to before 1982. It lies with the Government to arrange matters in any way they want. The year 1982, rather than 1979, was chosen for obvious reasons, which I have given. There was inflation, but surely no one is saying that there were not real gains at the same time. Even if it is desirable—I accept that...

Clause 91: Assets Held on 31ST March 1982 (10 May 1988)

Alistair Darling: Some individual taxpayers may well lose, but the general thrust is to reduce the burden. The thresholds have been reduced and, as was said earlier, the position of a married couple in 1990 will be infinitely better. The emphasis is going the wrong way once again and I cannot see—I look forward to the Minister responding to this—the justification for writing off gains, inflationary and...

Clause 91: Assets Held on 31ST March 1982 (10 May 1988)

Alistair Darling: Is the right hon. Gentleman saying that no information exists for before 1982? Surely, while it is perfectly possible that information concerning events in 1965 is more difficult to come by, information for 1981, 1979 or 1977 could readily be acquired. If the right hon. Gentleman concedes the principle that there are pre-1982 non-inflationary gains, he could at least have made some attempt to...

Clause 91: Assets Held on 31ST March 1982 (10 May 1988)

Alistair Darling: The right hon. Gentleman seems to be having a great deal of difficulty with the year 1982. Will he explain why 1982 was chosen? There may well have been a cost, but the Government could have done anything they wanted on the matter of indexation. To return to the point made earlier, why is it that before 31 March 1982 information suddenly becomes patchy, whereas after that there is as much...

Clause 42: Home Improvement Loans (10 May 1988)

Alistair Darling: This is a surprising proposal from the Government, as two Conservative Members have demonstrated. We must consider it in the light of other proposals within the Finance (No. 2) Bill. Home improvement is of crucial importance, especially in inner-city areas—one of which I represent. Central Edinburgh generally is not rundown, but had it not been for people improving their own houses, many of...

Clause 42: Home Improvement Loans (10 May 1988)

Alistair Darling: It is not for me—thankfully—to maintain order in the Committee, Mr. Walker. We are not discussing the business expansion scheme. I was making the point that we are all concerned to ensure that there are not concessions for one category of people and none for others. The BES is financing an aspect of housing that I consider thoroughly unwanted and disreputable; at the same time, it is...

Clause 42: Home Improvement Loans (10 May 1988)

Alistair Darling: Is the right hon. Gentleman saying that there have been significant cases of abuse? If so, what has been done about them? Or is he saying that he thinks there might be a problem, so the whole thing must go? Will he not hammer anyone else merely because of the odd case of abuse that there may be?

Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Industry: Research and Development (11 May 1988)

Alistair Darling: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what recent representations he has received on the United Kingdom's spending on research and development.

Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Industry: Research and Development (11 May 1988)

Alistair Darling: Why does this country spend the lowest proportion of GDP on research and development of all our major competitors? Will not our balance of payments continue to deteriorate unless something is done about that? What do the Government intend to do to ensure increased spending on research and development?

Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance: Balance of Payments (12 May 1988)

Alistair Darling: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will assess the impact of the taxation changes in the Budget on the current account of the balance of payments.

Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance: Balance of Payments (12 May 1988)

Alistair Darling: Despite the Chancellor's answer, is it not inevitable that increased consumer spending as a result of the tax cuts is bound to suck in more income? Will he consider what changes he can make to company taxation to encourage spending on research and development so that British manufacturing industry can improve its position, which in some cases is quite woeful?

Orders of the Day — Community Charge (Students) (18 May 1988)

Alistair Darling: We are discussing those lucky students who will be exempted from paying the full amount of the community charge and will only pay 20 per cent. of it. One of the objections to the regulations is that they exclude many people who, in any sense of the words, are students or trainees. However, they will not be exempted from paying the full amount, as are students of universities, colleges and so...

Orders of the Day — Community Charge (Students) (18 May 1988)

Alistair Darling: I hope that hon. Members will forgive me, but I am reluctant to give way to hon. Members who have shown little interest in the poll tax legislation for Scotland. We see them only when they are brought in to filibuster on behalf of the Government.

Orders of the Day — Community Charge (Students) (18 May 1988)

Alistair Darling: No, I shall not give way. The House must consider the double standards that are being applied—on the one hand, to students at colleges and universities, and on the other, to those who are on YTS and to student nurses. For people on YTS, the poll tax may account for as much as £7 a week out of a weekly income of £29. On top of that, the unfortunate individual also has to pay for rent,...

Orders of the Day — Community Charge (Students) (18 May 1988)

Alistair Darling: rose—

Scottish Bus Group (24 May 1988)

Alistair Darling: Is it not the case that the Secretary of State is offering no guarantees whatsoever that those small companies will not be snapped up by predators from outside Scotland or even by companies such as Stagecoach, which does not enjoy a good safety record? Is it not also the case that as no such guarantees are being offered regional councils might be well advised to think twice before continuing...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Coal Imports (25 May 1988)

Alistair Darling: Is the Minister not taking the role of a disinterested spectator in the negotiations? Is he not aware that unless the coal side of electricity in Scotland is kept up we shall have to depend more and more on nuclear energy, with all the implications that that has for price and safety?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (26 May 1988)

Alistair Darling: Will the Prime Minister reflect on the fact that her policy of transferring wealth from poor people to rich people and then urging rich people to give it back to poor people by way of charity is complete nonsense? Will she also reflect on the words of St. Luke, chapter 18, verses 10–14, before she goes to bed tonight?


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