Currency speculation
The Chancellor was asked about its policy on an international speculation tax. Dawn Primarolo replied that there would be 'significant technical problems with a tax' of that sort, and that the Government was not considering imposing such a tax.
(Hansard, 4 April 2005, vol 432, no 62, col 1169w.)
Enhanced allowances
The number of companies claiming enhanced capital allowances for 2001-02 was 60, for 2002-03 the number was 848, and for 2003-04 it was 1,412 (although this figure is not final).
(Hansard, 4 April 2005, vol 432, no 62, col 1170-71w.)