Clause 5 - Basic rate limit and personal allowance for future tax years

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

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  • Division number 261
    A majority of MPs voted to keep the thresholds for starting to pay income tax, and for starting to pay income tax at the higher rate, at the 2021-22 levels until 2026.

Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

Division number 261 Finance (No. 2) Bill — Clause 5 — Basic Rate Limit and Personal Allowance for Future Tax Years

A majority of MPs voted to keep the thresholds for starting to pay income tax, and for starting to pay income tax at the higher rate, at the 2021-22 levels until 2026.

Aye: 356 MPs

No: 223 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Tellers

No: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Absent: 64 MPs

Absent: A-Z by last name

The Committee divided: Ayes 356, Noes 224.

Question accordingly agreed to.

The list of Members currently certified as eligible for a proxy vote, and of the Members nominated as their proxy, is published at the end of today’s debates.

Clauses 24 to 26, 28, 31 to 33, 40 and 86 ordered to stand part of the Bill.