Julia
Goldsworthy: Further to that point of order. Sir
John. I shall keep my remarks short in case it degenerates into an
Oscar-style ceremony of thank yous. I should like to add my thanks to
you, Sir John, for chairing the sittings so skilfully. I also thank the
other Chairmen, Mr. O’Hara and Mr. Benton. With so many Finance
Bill virgins—I suppose one might put it that way—on the
Committee, it must have been difficult to ensure that we all remained
in order.
I would also
like to thank the Paymaster General for her very kind words, and I
congratulate the hon. Member for Chipping Barnet on doing such a
sterling job on her first time. I would also like to thank my
colleagues and the professional bodies who made my life a lot easier
during my first Finance Bill. It has been a baptism of fire, but I have
enjoyed it, and I am sure that I shall many happy memories, once I am
looking back at it. I am sure that that will be the same for the
remaining stages. Finally, I forgot to thank the Clerks for all their
help, because so much of the procedure was new, and their patience and
guidance was much appreciated.
Stewart
Hosie: May I, Sir John, thank you for your chairmanship,
as well as that of Mr. O’Hara and Mr. Benton? This was
my first Finance Bill Committee, and I have learned a great deal from
it. I would like to be in a position to thank my hon. Friends for all
their help and assistance, but such is the lot of a small party. I
thank all the staff. Sadly, I fear that, like the hon. Member for
Wolverhampton, South-West, I am looking forward to next year
already.
The
Chairman: I will certainly report to Mr. O’Hara and
Mr. Benton hon. Members’ thanks, and I am very grateful to them
for those kind words. It has been an excellent Committee, which has
conducted its proceedings with courtesy and extraordinarily good
humour—at times, a little ribald for the Chair, but there we
are. With my usual masochism, I have to say that I have enjoyed it
greatly. Bill
(except clauses 13 to 15, 26, 61, 91 and 106, schedule 14 and new
clauses relating to the effect of provisions of the Bill on section 18
of the Inheritance Act 1984), as amended, to be
reported. Committee
rose at two minutes to Six
o’clock.
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