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Finance Bill 2000/01

Finance Bill. Committee stage seventh sitting (afternoon). Clauses 95 to 103 and 105 to 108 agreed to. Schedules 30 to 32 agreed to. New clauses and schedules considered. Bill as amended to be reported (Bill 94 2000/01).

Type

Debates on bills; Public Bill Committee proceedings

Date

8 May 2001

Reference

SCA

House

House of Commons

Ways and means res:Finance Bill 2000/01

Finance Bill. Debate on ways and means resolution (limited liability partnerships). Agreed to on question.

Lead member

Stephen Timms

Answering member

Oliver Letwin

Department

Treasury

Type

Parliamentary proceedings

Date

8 May 2001

Reference

368 c27-30

House

House of Commons

Financial Services Act 1986 (Extension of Scope of Act and Meaning of Collective Investment Scheme) Order 2001

Draft SI on Financial Services Act 1986 (extension of scope of act and meaning of collective investment scheme). Lords motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

Lead member

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Department

Treasury

Type

Parliamentary proceedings

Date

8 May 2001

Reference

624 c2124-6

House

House of Lords

Finance Bill 2000/01

Finance Bill. New clause 16 (for Standing Committee). Limited liability partnerships:general. Considered 8 May 2001. Agreed to.

Lead member

Andrew Smith

Type

Non-legislative formal proceedings

Date

3 May 2001

Reference

SCA 279

House

House of Commons

Finance Bill 2000/01

Finance Bill. New clause 17 (for Standing Committee). Limited liability partnerships:investment LLPs and property investment LLPs. Considered 8 May 2001. Agreed to.

Lead member

Andrew Smith

Type

Non-legislative formal proceedings

Date

3 May 2001

Reference

SCA 281

House

House of Commons

Finance Bill 2000/01

Finance Bill. New schedule 2 (for Standing Committee). Limited liability partnerships:investment LLPs and property investment LLPs. Considered 8 May 2001. Agreed to.

Lead member

Andrew Smith

Type

Non-legislative formal proceedings

Date

3 May 2001

Reference

SCA 289

House

House of Commons

Financial Services Act 1986 (Extension of Scope of Act and Meaning of Collective Investment Scheme) Order 2001

Financial Services Act 1986 (Extension of Scope of Act and Meaning of Collective Investment Scheme) Order (SI 2001/1421). Considered by Standing Committee. (Minutes of proceedings at UP 7 2000/01).

Type

Debates on delegated legislation; Delegated Legislation Committee proceedings

Notes

Received 03.05.01

Date

2 May 2001

Reference

9th SC on DL

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

Answered by

Clare Short (Labour)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

25 April 2001

Reference

367 c295

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

Answered by

Clare Short (Labour)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

25 April 2001

Reference

367 c294-5

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, When she will next meet the Development Committee of the European Parliament to discuss the World Bank's Business Partnership for Development.

Asked by

Barry Sheerman (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

25 April 2001

Reference

367 c294-5; 157646

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

1st supplementary on World Bank business partnership and the global road safety partnership.

Asked by

Barry Sheerman (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

25 April 2001

Reference

367 c294-5

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

Answered by

Clare Short (Labour)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

25 April 2001

Reference

367 c294-5

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

Supplementary on World Bank partnerships.

Asked by

Lord Soames of Fletching (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

25 April 2001

Reference

367 c295

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what powers he has to authorise limited liability partnerships under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

Asked by

Barbara Follett (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 April 2001

Reference

158182; 366 c523W

House

House of Commons

Financial Services Act 1986 (Extension of Scope of Act and Meaning of Collective Investment Scheme) Order 2001

SI 2001/1421. (Affirmative instrument). Laid before Parliament for approval by resolution of each House within 28 days. Coming into force 1 May 2001

Department

Treasury

Type

Statutory instruments

Notes

DEBATE;SC (9TH) 2 MAY 2001

Date

10 April 2001

Reference

SI 2001/1421

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he plans to consult on the removal of the 20 partner limit on partnerships. - Inc ref to "Removing the 20 partner limit: a consultation document" (URN 0/1 752), copies in the Library.

Asked by

Paul Goggins (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 April 2001

Reference

157149; 366 c245W

House

House of Commons

Limited Liability Partnerships (Fees) (No 2) Regulations 2001

Limited Liability Partnerships (Fees) (No 2) Regulations (SI 2001/969). Lords debate on motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

Lead member

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Answering member

Earl of Northesk

Department

Treasury

Type

Parliamentary proceedings

Date

30 March 2001

Reference

624 c554-8

House

House of Lords

Limited Liability Partnerships (Fees) (No 2) Regulations 2001

SI 2001/969. Considered by Standing Committee. (Minutes of proceedings at UP 7 2000/01).

Type

Debates on delegated legislation; Delegated Legislation Committee proceedings

Notes

Received 27.03.01

Date

26 March 2001

Reference

3rd SC on DL

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, How he plans to encourage cooperation between universities, colleges and the business community. (Failed OPQ).

Asked by

Charlotte Atkins (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 March 2001

For answer on

22 March 2001

Answered on

22 March 2001

Charlotte Atkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how he plans to encourage co-operation between universities, colleges and the business community. [153665] Ms Hewitt: We have introduced a number of measures to encourage collaboration between higher education and business. We have established the £140 million Higher Education Innovation Fund to support higher education and business interaction--particularly with SMEs--and are supporting university innovation centres, which are regionally-based partnerships between large businesses, groups of small businesses and academia. We are also running one further round of University Challenge and Science Enterprise Challenge to further assist the commercialisation of research and help bring business skills into the science curriculum, and will be supporting 20 Business Fellows to lead their academic colleagues in working with business. Collectively, this represents a significant public investment in knowledge transfer. We plan to maintain this investment through a permanent "third" stream of funding to reward and incentivise excellence in knowledge transfer alongside funding for research and teaching. We are also working towards the target of 1,000 TCS Programmes running at any one time, enabling firms of all sizes to develop their competitiveness by using a graduate to embed new ideas or technology, and we have doubled the number of new starts of Faraday Partnerships so that the national network of at least 24 Partnerships will be in place by 2002. We will also continue to support LINK programmes which encourage businesses to work with the research base in universities and elsewhere. Additionally, we have recently announced a further round of Foresight LINK Awards focused on key Foresight research priorities from Panel reports published last December.

Date

22 March 2001

Reference

365 c307W;365 c307-8W; 153665

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Statement on if he will publish the Environment Agency's report on the serious flooding in autumn and winter 2000; and if he will make a statement. - Including ref to today publishing this report, copies to be placed in Library, copies of the regional reports will be placed in Library...

Asked by

John Grogan (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

19 March 2001

For answer on

20 March 2001

Answered on

20 March 2001

Mr. Grogan: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish the Environment Agency's report on the serious flooding in autumn and winter 2000; and if he will make a statement. [154898] Mr. Morley: I am today publishing this report, copies of which are being placed in the House Libraries. Copies of the regional reports will be placed in the Libraries by 30 March. I welcome publication of this report which I commissioned the Environment Agency to produce, in partnership with the other bodies responsible for responding to the flooding, particularly local authorities and the emergency services. The report shows that since last October we have seen the worst flooding for half a century, following the wettest autumn on record. Thankfully no loss of life was directly associated with the floods, though 10,000 properties suffered flooding--some repeatedly--and I again extend the Government's sympathies to all those who were affected. I endorse the key finding that the Agency, and those responsible for the emergency response, performed well. I am particularly pleased to note that the seamless and integrated service of flood forecasting, warning and response, for which I called after the Easter 1998 floods, was delivered in most if not all areas. I am also pleased to note that in a number of localities the emergency response arrangements benefited from exercises conducted last summer between the Environment Agency, local authorities and the emergency services. The new flood warning codes, introduced by the Agency within weeks of the floods, also worked well. I want to thank the Agency, and all the other organisations and individuals involved, for their efforts in response to the flooding. This involved many hours of long, hard work, rapid decisions which needed to be made, and also individual acts of bravery, for which the country must express its gratitude. The effects of the flooding would almost certainly have been much worse were it not for their efforts. Nevertheless, the report identifies some further lessons to be learned, the key ones being: The flood warning arrangements worked well but there are some detailed lessons for further improvement. I have asked the Agency to provide me with their proposals for implementing changes by September 2001. Also, the report notes some deficiencies in the weather forecasts received by the Agency. A review will be taken forward by the Environment Agency in conjunction with the Met Office, to report by September 2001. There is a need for the current Home Office review of local authority emergency planning arrangements to take account of the lessons learned from the floods. There remains some confusion in the minds of the public about responsibility for measures to prevent flooding, and for responding to it. The key to sound action is planning, partnership and provision of information. Through the Ministry's High Level Targets, operating authorities are required to provide policy statement which will indicate flood risk locally and how it will be managed, and to describe local partnerships. Such statements are due to be completed soon. These statements will provide information on "assumed" responsibility which will provide a useful basis for determining if further action on attribution is necessary in specific instances and developing a sound local partnership. Provision of a "one stop shop" may then be possible by local agreement. We have a High Level Target in place for the Environment Agency to organise a programme of local and regional emergency exercises and should also conduct a national emergency exercise during the course of 2001. While local and regional exercises should continue, I have accepted the Agency's recommendation that it is unnecessary to conduct a national exercise this year. I shall consider with the Agency the timetable for a future national exercise. We need to determine the appropriate level of investment in flood and coastal defence. Substantial increases were made in the Comprehensive Spending Review and the 2000 Spending Review. An additional £51 million was announced in November, and we have also put together an £11.6 million package to fund the exceptional costs of the Environment Agency in responding to the flooding and in undertaking emergency repairs. However, I recognise that we need to be ready to consider whether further expenditure may be justified. We have already instituted additional research to identify in broad terms what future investment may be required so that this can be considered in future spending reviews. Other developments such as strategic catchment studies should assist in the future production of more realistic needs-based expenditure programmes. We have established a series of High Level Targets to ensure Government policy for flood and coastal defence is delivered by the operating authorities and others. One group of targets requires the Environment Agency to establish a database of flood and coastal defences and to record information on their condition, based on inspections undertaken by the operating authorities. The database is an important development, for which MAFF is currently contributing towards the cost; we will consider whether additional funding is needed. It is also necessary to ensure that inspections of defences are completed by the operating authorities accurately and to time. I am asking the Environment Agency to report on this, as part of their report on the inspections and assessment of flood risk required under the High Level Targets. The Environment Agency's report raises questions about the process for making investment decisions. I have asked the Agency to provide me with supporting evidence by September 2001 and I will consider with them, and the other operating authorities, whether changes are required. This issue will be relevant to the review, already under way, of the priority scoring arrangements for consideration of MAFF financial support for flood and coastal defence schemes. Also under way is a review of the current funding arrangements for flood and coastal defence. I shall ensure that relevant recommendations in the report are considered by the Review Steering Group. The Agency has also undertaken to carry forward further reviews and studies which I anticipate receiving with interest. My right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister was right when, on 31 October 2000, Official Report, column 607, he referred to the effects of the earlier violent storm as a "wake up call". We can certainly expect climate change to mean that events of this type will occur more frequently in future. Another inevitable fact is that Governments--past, present and future--cannot prevent all flooding; but where it is sensible and sustainable to do so, we can take further action to reduce the risk. We can also take action to ensure that as a nation we are prepared to deal with the effects of severe weather, including but not limited to flooding, and that our key national infrastructure can withstand these effects. This is a matter on which we are working closely with local authorities and other key players through the Central Local Partnership. In summary, if it had not been for the effective response of the Agency and others, the flooding would have had much more serious effects than it did. There are still lessons to be learned, but we have all come a long way since the flooding three years ago.

Date

20 March 2001

Reference

365 c186-8W; 154898

House

House of Commons

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