Finance Bill 2025-26: Public Bill Committee
Why linked: Finance Bill 2025-26 Public Bill Committee amendments — Bill progress.
Explanatory Notes for government amendments in Public Bill Committee of Finance Bill 2025-26.
HM Treasury-led UK macroeconomic and fiscal policy — covering the Budget, Spending Review, Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts, fiscal rules, Bank of England monetary policy remit, growth strategy, productivity policy, and tax reform. Deliberately broad test of how the index handles a general policy domain rather than a discrete regime.
Why linked: Finance Bill 2025-26 Public Bill Committee amendments — Bill progress.
Explanatory Notes for government amendments in Public Bill Committee of Finance Bill 2025-26.
Why linked: Lords debate on Government Performance against Fiscal Rules — direct scrutiny of the framework.
Lords Chamber debate | Lords
Why linked: Commons debate on Government Performance against Fiscal Rules — direct scrutiny of the framework.
Commons Chamber debate | Commons
Why linked: Lords Finance Bill second reading debate enacting Budget 2024 measures (non-dom, CGT, EPL, VAT on schools, IHT) — primary operationalising debate.
Second Reading (and remaining stages) 17:48:00 Moved by Lord Livermore: That the Bill be now read a second time. The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Livermore) (Lab): My Lords, it is a pleasure to open this Second Reading debate …
Why linked: Lords Finance Bill First Reading — procedural step.
First Reading 15:35:00 The Bill was brought from the Commons, read a first time and ordered to be printed.
Why linked: Commons Finance Bill 2024-25 consideration stage — direct legislative milestone.
Consideration of Bill, n ot amended in the Committee and as amended in the Public Bill Committee [Relevant document: Correspondence between the Joint Committee on Human Rights, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, on …
Why linked: Public Bill Committee third sitting on Finance Bill 2024-25.
The Committee consisted of the following Members: Chairs: David Mundell, † Valerie Vaz † Ballinger, Alex (Halesowen) (Lab) Blake, Rachel (Cities of London and Westminster) (Lab/Co-op) † Caliskan, Nesil (Barking) (Lab) † Cross, Harriet (Gordon and Buchan) (Con) † Davies, …
Why linked: Lords Fiscal Rules statement on 29 October 2024 — the moment the new framework was set out to Parliament.
Lords Chamber debate | Lords
Why linked: Commons Fiscal Rules debate 28 October 2024 — companion to the Lords Fiscal Rules statement.
Commons Chamber debate | Commons
Why linked: Budget Responsibility Bill 2024 committee stage — the first piece of post-election legislation strengthening OBR powers.
Considered in Committee [Ms Nusrat Ghani in the Chair ] The Chairman of Ways and Means (Ms Ghani): I remind Members that, in Committee, Members should not address the Chair as “Deputy Speaker”. Please use our names when addressing the …
Why linked: Foundational SI under the Bank of England Act 1998 extending FPC macro-prudential measures to holding companies — a statutory hook in scope.
This Order makes amendments to: