New Clause 23 - EQUALITY IMPACT ANALYSIS

Finance (No. 2) Bill – in the House of Commons at 7:15 pm on 19 April 2021.

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  • Division number 263
    A majority of MPs voted not to require a report on the equality impact of various tax changes.

‘(1) The Chancellor of the Exchequer must review the equality impact of sections 1 to 5, 24 to 26, 28, 31 to 33, 40 and 86 of this Act and lay a report of that review before the House of Commons within six months of the passing of this Act.

(2) A review under this section must consider—

(a) the impact of those sections on households at different levels of income,

(b) the impact of those sections on people with protected characteristics (within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010),

(c) the impact of those sections on the Treasury’s compliance with the public sector equality duty under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, and

(d) the impact of those sections on equality in different parts of the United Kingdom and different regions of England.

(3) A review under this section must give a separate analysis in relation to the following matters—

(a) income tax,

(b) employment income,

(c) coronavirus support payments,

(d) pension schemes,

(e) investments, and

(f) inheritance tax.

(4) In this section—

“parts of the United Kingdom” means—

(a) England,

(b) Scotland,

(c) Wales, and

(d) Northern Ireland;

and “regions of England” has the same meaning as that used by the Office for National Statistics.’—(James Murray.)

This new clause requires the Chancellor of the Exchequer to carry out and publish a review of the effects of clauses 1 to 5, 24 to 26, 28, 31 to 33, 40 and 86 of the Bill on equality in relation to households with different levels of income, people with protected characteristics, the Treasury’s public sector equality duty and on a regional basis.

Brought up, and read the First time.

Question put, That the clause be read a Second time.

Division number 263 Finance (No. 2) Bill — New Clause 23 — Equality Impact Analysis

A majority of MPs voted not to require a report on the equality impact of various tax changes.

Aye: 266 MPs

No: 358 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Tellers

No: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Absent: 19 MPs

Absent: A-Z by last name

The Committee divided: Ayes 269, Noes 358.

Question accordingly negatived.

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