division_name: 44. Air Passenger Duty (Rates of Duty from 1 April 2012)
motion: <p class="italic" pid="b.1281.5/1" pwmotiontext="yes">Question put,</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/3" pwmotiontext="yes">(1) Section 30 of the Finance Act 1994 (air passenger duty: rates of duty) is amended as follows.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/4" pwmotiontext="yes">(2) In subsection (2)&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/5" pwmotiontext="yes">(a) in paragraph (a) for &#8220;&#163;12&#8221; substitute &#8220;&#163;13&#8221;, and</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/6" pwmotiontext="yes">(b) in paragraph (b) for &#8220;&#163;24&#8221; substitute &#8220;&#163;26&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/7" pwmotiontext="yes">(3)In subsection (3)&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/8" pwmotiontext="yes">(a) in paragraph (a) for &#8220;&#163;60&#8221; substitute &#8220;&#163;65&#8221;, and</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/9" pwmotiontext="yes">(b) in paragraph (b) for &#8220;&#163;120&#8221; substitute &#8220;&#163;130&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/10" pwmotiontext="yes">(4) In subsection (4)&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/11" pwmotiontext="yes">(a) in paragraph (a) for &#8220;&#163;75&#8221; substitute &#8220;&#163;81&#8221;, and</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/12" pwmotiontext="yes">(b) in paragraph (b) for &#8220;&#163;150&#8221; substitute &#8220;&#163;162&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/13" pwmotiontext="yes">(5) In subsection (4A)&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/14" pwmotiontext="yes">(a) in paragraph (a) for &#8220;&#163;85&#8221; substitute &#8220;&#163;92&#8221;, and</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/15" pwmotiontext="yes">(b) in paragraph (b) for &#8220;&#163;170&#8221; substitute &#8220;&#163;184&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/16" pwmotiontext="yes">(6) After subsection (4A) insert&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/17" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;(4B)Subsection (4C) applies if&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/18" pwmotiontext="yes">(a) the passenger&#8217;s journey is a relevant Northern Ireland journey, and</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/19" pwmotiontext="yes">(b) apart from subsection (4C), subsection (2) would not apply to the journey.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/20" pwmotiontext="yes">(4C) The applicable rate in subsection (2) applies to the journey instead of the applicable rate in subsection (3), (4) or (4A) (as the case may be).</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/21" pwmotiontext="yes">(4D)A passenger&#8217;s journey is a &#8220;relevant Northern Ireland journey&#8221;&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/22" pwmotiontext="yes">(a)in the case of a journey which has only one flight, if the flight begins in Northern Ireland, and</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/23" pwmotiontext="yes">(b)in any other case, if the first flight of the journey&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/24" pwmotiontext="yes">(i)begins in Northern Ireland, and</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/25" pwmotiontext="yes">(ii)is not followed by a connected flight beginning at a place in the United Kingdom or a territory specified in Part 1 of Schedule 5A.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/26" pwmotiontext="yes">(7) In article 3 of the Air Passenger Duty (Connected Flights) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1821) for &#8220;section 30(6), or section 31(3),&#8221; substitute &#8220;Chapter 4 of Part 1&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/27" pwmotiontext="yes">(8) The amendments made by this Resolution have effect in relation to the carriage of passengers beginning on or after <phrase class="date" code="2012-04-01" pwmotiontext="yes">1 April 2012</phrase>.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/28" pwmotiontext="yes">And it is 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.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b.1281.5/29" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1281.5/30" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 323, Noes 13.</p>