Finance (No. 2) Bill (Programme)
Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)),
That the following provisions shall apply to the Finance (No. 2) Bill:
(1) The following shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House—
(a) Clauses 1 to 4 (income tax charge and rates etc);
(b) Clauses 12 and 13 (corporation tax charge and rates etc);
(c) Clause 19 (energy security investment mechanism).
(2) The remainder of the Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.
(3) Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be completed in one day.
(4) The proceedings—
(a) shall be taken on that day in the order shown in the first column of the following Table, and
(b) shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the times specified in the second column of the Table.
| Proceedings                                                                                                                                                                                    | Time for conclusion of proceedings                         |
|:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:-----------------------------------------------------------|
| Clauses 1 to 4; any new Clauses or new Schedules relating to the subject matter of those Clauses (income tax charge and rates etc)                                                             | 3 hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Bill. |
| Clauses 12 and 13; Clause 19; any new Clauses or new Schedules relating to the subject matter of those Clauses (corporation tax charge and rates etc and energy security investment mechanism) | 6 hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Bill. |
(5) Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on 23 May 2024.
(6) The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
(7) When the provisions of the Bill considered, respectively, by the Committee of the whole House and by the Public Bill Committee have been reported to the House, the Bill shall be proceeded with as if it had been reported as a whole to the House from the Public Bill Committee.
(8) Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.
(9) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.
(10) Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings in Committee of the whole House, to proceedings on Consideration or to proceedings on Third Reading. —(Robert Largan.)