§ THE LORD CHANCELLOR (LORD GARDINER)My Lords, I beg to move that the House do now resolve itself into Committee on these Bills.
§ Moved, That the House do now resolve itself into Committee—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to: House in Committee (on recommitment) accordingly.
THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES (LORD MERTHYR)The Income and Corporation Taxes Bill has been amended by the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills. No further Amendments have been put down for consideration this afternoon. With the permission of the Committee I will therefore now put the Question, That I report this Bill to the House without further amendment.
The Taxes Management Bill has been amended by the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills. No further Amendments have been put down for consideration this afternoon. With the 332 permission of the Committee I will therefore put the Question, That I report this Bill to the House without further amendment.
House resumed: Bills reported without further amendment; the Reports received.
Then Standing Order No. 41 having been dispensed with (pursuant to the Resolution of yesterday):
§ THE LORD CHANCELLORMy Lords, I beg to move that the Income and Corporation Taxes Bill be now read a third time. It is, of course, unusual for us to take a Bill on a Wednesday afternoon in this way. The reason why the House is being asked to take these two Bills is that they must pass both Houses before Easter, otherwise they will be in danger of running into another Finance Act.
In ordinary circumstances, before asking your Lordships to give a Third Reading to the Bills I should have read the two Reports of the Joint Consolidation Committee on the Bills, but there are a number of Members of your Lordships' House who are looking forward to an interesting debate and therefore I do not propose to read the Reports. In each Report the Committee say what Amendments they have made, and why, and they conclude that the Bill as amended is pure consolidation and represents the existing law. I beg to move.
§ Moved, That the Income and Corporation Taxes Bill be now read 3a,—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Bill read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ THE LORD CHANCELLORMy Lords, I beg to move that the Taxes Management Bill be now read a third time.
§ Moved, That the Taxes Management Bill be now read a third time.— (The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Bill read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.