Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — 3. Hydrocarbon oil duties (rates and rebates) — 15 Mar 1999
Motion made, and Question put,
That--
(1) In section 6(1A) of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979--
(a) in paragraph (a), for "£0.4926" there shall be substituted "£0.5288";
(b) in paragraph (b), for "£0.4299" there shall be substituted "£0.4721"; and
(c) in paragraph (c), for "£0.4499" there shall be substituted "£0.5021".
(2) In section 8(3) of that Act, for "£0.2113" there shall be substituted "£0.1500".
(3) In section 11(1) of that Act--
(a) in paragraph (a), for "£0.0218" there shall be substituted "£0.0265"; and
(b) in each of paragraphs (b) and (ba), for "£0.0282" there shall be substituted "£0.0303".
(4) In section 13A(1A) of that Act--
(a) in paragraph (a), for "£0.0050" there shall be substituted "£0.0055"; and
(b) in paragraph (b), for "£0.0527" there shall be substituted "£0.0567".
(5) In section 14(1) of that Act, for "£0.0218" there shall be substituted "£0.0265".
(6) This Resolution shall have effect as from 6 o'clock in the evening of 9th March 1999.
And it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.
The House divided: Ayes 329, Noes 196.
Party Summary
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.
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What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.
| Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 0 | 141 (+2 tell) | 0 | 88.3% |
| Lab | 329 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 79.4% |
| LDem | 0 | 41 | 0 | 89.1% |
| PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% |
| SNP | 0 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% |
| UUP | 0 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Total: | 329 | 196 | 0 | 82.0% |
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