Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office – in the House of Commons at 5:42 pm on 8 April 2014.
Amendment proposed: 4, page 2, line 11, at end insert—
‘( ) The Chancellor of the Exchequer shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, publish a report on the impact of setting the additional rate of income tax at 50 per cent.
( ) The report must estimate the impact of setting the additional rate for 2014-15 at 45 per cent and at 50 per cent on the amount of income tax currently paid by someone with a taxable income of—
(a) £150,000 per year; and
(b) £1,000,000 per year.’.—(Shabana Mahmood.)
Question put, That the amendment be made.
The Committee divided:
Ayes 231, Noes 296.