The House met at half-past Two o'clock.

1    Consolidation, &c., Bills,—Mr Stephen Dorrell reported from the Select Committee appointed to join with a Committee of the House of Lords on Consolidation, &c., Bills, to which the Statute Law (Repeals) Bill [Lords], now pending in the House of Lords, was referred, That it had gone through the Bill; and had agreed to a Report which it had directed him to make to the House; and had directed him to report the Minutes of Evidence taken before it on 28th April.

Report to lie upon the Table; and to be printed [No. 450].

Minutes of Evidence to lie upon the Table; and to be printed [No. 450].

Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to be printed [No. 450].

2    First Delegated Legislation Committee,—Mr Mike Hancock reported from the First Delegated Legislation Committee the draft Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3 and Supplementary Provision) Order 2008.

Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.

3    Second Delegated Legislation Committee,—Mr Peter Atkinson reported from the Second Delegated Legislation Committee the draft Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 and draft Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 2008.

Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee to lie upon the Table.

4    Finance Bill,—The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a Committee on the Finance Bill (Clauses Nos. 3, 5, 6, 15, 21, 49, 90 and 117 and new Clauses amending Section 74 of the Finance Act 2003).

(In the Committee)

Ordered, That the order in which proceedings in the Committee of the whole House on the Finance Bill are taken shall be: Clauses Nos. 5, 6, 21, 3, 49 and 90, new Clauses amending section 74 of the Finance Act 2003 and Clauses Nos. 117 and 15.—(Jane Kennedy.)

Clause No. 5 (Small companies' rates and fractions for financial year 2008 etc).

Amendment (No. 1) proposed, in page 2, line 36, to leave out '21%' and insert '20%'.—(Mr Mark Hoban.)

Question put, That the Amendment be made.

Tellers for the Ayes, Mr David Evennett, Mr Brooks Newmark: 193.

Tellers for the Noes, Mr Frank Roy, Mr Dave Watts: 296.

Clause agreed to.

Clause No. 6 (Rate etc).

Amendment (No. 8) proposed, in page 3, line 20, to leave out from '(1)' to end of line 21 and insert the words 'will have effect from a day which the Treasury may by order appoint.

(4) No order may be made under subsection (3) until—

(a) the Treasury has compiled and laid before the House of Commons a report containing an assessment of the impact of changes to the rate of capital gains tax on—

  (i) businesses seeking investment,

  (ii) investors who normally pay tax via capital gains tax, and

  (iii) the availability and cost of houses to buy and rent; and

(b) the report has been approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.'.—(Stewart Hosie.)

Question put, That the Amendment be made.

Tellers for the Ayes, Pete Wishart, Hywel Williams: 68.

Tellers for the Noes, Tony Cunningham, Siobhain McDonagh: 302.

Question put, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.

The Committee divided.

Tellers for the Ayes, Tony Cunningham, Siobhain McDonagh: 303.

Tellers for the Noes, Mr John Baron, Mr Brooks Newmark: 212.

Clause No. 21 (Amusement machine licence duty).

Amendment (No. 16) proposed, in page 11, line 17, at the end to insert the words—'(3) The amendment made by subsection (1) ceases to have effect on 1st April 2009 unless the Secretary of State has made regulations under the Gambling Act 2005 which permit up to one-fifth of the gaming machines in bingo halls and arcades to be Category B3 machines (as defined in regulations made under section 236 of that Act).'.—(Justine Greening.)

Question put, That the Amendment be made.

Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Brooks Newmark, Mr John Baron: 221.

Tellers for the Noes, Siobhain McDonagh, Tony Cunningham: 309.

Clause No. 3 (Abolition of starting and savings rates and creation of starting rate for savings).

Amendment (No. 18) proposed, in page 2, line 21, at the beginning to insert the words 'Save as provided in subsection (6A),'.—(Mr Philip Hammond.)

Question put, That the Amendment be made.

Tellers for the Ayes, Mr John Baron, Mr Nick Hurd: 264.

Tellers for the Noes, Mr Wayne David, Mr Sadiq Khan: 307.

Question put, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.

The Committee divided.

Tellers for the Ayes, Mr Wayne David, Mr Sadiq Khan: 304.

Tellers for the Noes, Mr John Baron, Mr Nick Hurd: 262.

To report progress and ask leave to sit again.—(Alison Seabeck.)

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The Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair and Alison Seabeck reported, That the Committee had made progress in the Bill, and that he was directed to move, That the Committee may have leave to sit again.

Committee again to-morrow

5    Business and Enterprise,—Ordered, That Mark Hunter be discharged from the Business and Enterprise Committee and Mr Mark Oaten be added.—(Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)

6    Public Petitions,—Public Petitions from—

(1) residents of Taunton constituency and others relating to Post Office closures (Taunton);

(2) residents of Taunton constituency and others relating to Nurses' pay;

(3) Councillor Ruth Potter of City of York Council and the people of York relating to single use plastic bags; and

(4) customers and residents of West Moors in the Christchurch constituency relating to local bus services (Dorset)

were presented and read.

7    Adjournment.

Subject: Funding of NHS services in York (Hugh Bayley).

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Alison Seabeck.)

And accordingly, the House, having continued to sit till eleven minutes past Eleven o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow.

Michael J. Martin

Speaker

Mr Speaker will take the Chair at half-past Two o'clock.

APPENDIX I

Papers presented or laid upon the Table:

Other Paper:

1    Social Security,—Explanatory Memorandum to the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations (S.I., 2008, No. 1042) [by Command] [Secretary James Purnell].

Papers withdrawn:

2    Social Security,—Explanatory Memorandum to the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations (S.I., 2008, No. 1042) [laid 11th April].

APPENDIX II

General Committees

APPENDIX III

Reports from Select Committees

1    Business and Enterprise,—(1) Turkey: Trade and EU Accession: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Business and Enterprise Committee; to be printed [No. 367-iii]; and

(2) Recent developments in trade: Memoranda laid before the Committee; to be printed [No. 208-i]

[Peter Luff].

2    Children, Schools and Families,—Looked-after children: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Children, Schools and Families Committee; to be printed [No. 442-iv] [Mr Barry Sheerman].

3    Communities and Local Government,— (1) Ordnance Survey: Government Response to the Fifth Report from the Committee: First Special Report from the Communities and Local Government Committee, with an Appendix; to be printed [No. 516]; and

(2) Planning Skills: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed [No. 517-i]

[Dr Phyllis Starkey].

4    Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills,—The Leitch Review of Skills: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee; to be printed [No. 471-i] [Mr Gordon Marsden].

5    Public Accounts,—(1) HM Revenue and Customs: Helping individuals understand their tax forms: Twentieth Report from the Committee of Public Accounts; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 47];

(2) The Carbon Trust: Accelerating the move to a low carbon economy: Twenty-first Report from the Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 157];

(3) Improving central government's use of office property: Twenty-second Report from the Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 229];

(4) Report of the NHS Summarised Accounts 2006-07: Achieving financial balance: Twenty-third Report from the Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 267];

(5) The BBC's management of risk: First Special Report from the Committee; to be printed, with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report [No. 518]; and

(6) Improving finance resource management to deliver better public services: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee; to be printed [No. 519-i]

[Mr Edward Leigh].