Debate on bill and Debate on select committee report on Monday, 20 July 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Myners. The answering member was Baroness Noakes.

Finance Bill

Finance Bill. Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question. Committee negatived. Standing Order 47 having been dispensed with, the Bill was read a third time and passed.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 712 c1451-500
Session: 2008-09
Department: Treasury; Economic Affairs Committee
Legislative stage: Third reading; Second reading
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Finance Bill. Brought from the Commons. In two volumes.
Wednesday, 8 July 2009
Bills
House of Lords; Finance Bill (EAC Report)
Monday, 20 July 2009
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Lord Myners | 712 c1451 (Link to this contribution) That the Bill be read a second time.; Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 712 c1455 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps the Minister will allow me to intervene again. I am not making a debating point he...; Lord Myners | 712 c1455-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government have not changed their mind; their position has been quite consistent in th...; Lord Best | 712 c1463-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as a member of the Economic Affairs Committee and the Finance Bill sub-committee, I will t...; Lord Higgins | 712 c1484 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the reason I expressed surprise is that it seems to me that the figure is likely to be muc...; Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market | 712 c1467-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as a member of the Finance Bill Sub-Committee of the Economic Affairs Committee, I pay tri...; Baroness O'Cathain | 712 c1474-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as we have heard, each year since 2003 the finance sub-committee of the Economic Affairs C...; Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 712 c1470-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Vallance, and the sub-committee Although ...; Baroness O'Cathain | 712 c1496 (Link to this contribution) He is not your noble friend.; Lord Myners | 712 c1496-500 (Link to this contribution) I do apologise, my Lords. He is a man of friendly disposition, and therefore easily described as a f...; Lord Naseby | 712 c1485-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend’s calculations are incorrect, and I draw his attention to the annual repor...; Baroness Noakes | 712 c1492-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, several weeks ago we provisionally scheduled this debate on the Finance Bill for a quiet a...; Lord Newby | 712 c1489-92 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Vallance and his colleagues on the Economic Affairs Select Co...; Lord Myners | 712 c1495 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this House has long respected the rights and privileges of our colleagues in another place...; Lord Myners | 712 c1451-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am pleased to open the debate on this year’s Finance Bill. As has now become customary, ...; Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 712 c1455 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. On this specific point, when the pension ref...; Lord Myners | 712 c1455 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government would clearly encourage people to make appropriate provision for their reti...; Lord Lang of Monkton | 712 c1456-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin by declaring my interests as set out in the Register of Lords’ Interests in case a...; Lord Vallance of Tummel | 712 c1460-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very pleased to introduce the report of the Economic Affairs Committee on the Finance...; Lord Barnett | 712 c1465-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Vallance, for what he has said and how fairly he has summed u...; Lord Naseby | 712 c1484 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend says that he does not believe it. Those are the facts, and the trouble is ...; Lord Marlesford | 712 c1481-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Economist this week described what has happened as, ""the biggest economic calamity in...; Lord Naseby | 712 c1484 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as chairman of Invesco Recovery Trust 2011, quite an apt title for t...; Lord Higgins | 712 c1478-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, reading the Evening Standard after lunch today, I came across a story which alleges that t...; Lord Sheldon | 712 c1476-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady O’Cathain, was quite right in pointing out the way in which the G...; Lord Myners | 712 c1496 (Link to this contribution) Of course, my Lords, in the time allotted to me for this short closing speech, it would not be possi...; Lord Northbrook | 712 c1486-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I always start by welcoming positive items in the Budget. This year, I give praise for the...; Lord Higgins | 712 c1484 (Link to this contribution) I do not believe it, my Lords.; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 712 c1496 (Link to this contribution) He is your friend the noble Lord.
Notes: Debated with Lords motion to take note of the report of the Economic Affairs Committee on the Finance Bill 2009 (HL 113 2008-09).
Subjects: Debts Business Corporation tax Credit Borrowing Economic situation Foreign companies Pensions Property Private rented housing Tax allowances Taxation Tax rates and bands Real estate investment trusts
Legislation: Finance Bill 2008-09
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on www.publications.parliament.uk

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