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  Finance (No. 2) Bill - New Clause 23 - Equality Impact Analysis
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require a report on the equality impact of various tax changes.
  
  @ MP voted no not to require a report on the equality impact of various tax changes. 
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to require a report on the equality impact of various tax changes. 
  
  MPs were considering the Finance (No. 2) Bill.[1][2][3]
  
  The proposed new clause which was rejected by a majority of MPs in this vote was titled: ''Equality Impact Analysis'' and began:
  
  :(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.
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  The rejected new clause was accompanied by the following explanatory statement from its proposer:
  
  :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 Treasuryâs public sector equality duty and on a regional basis.
  
  The clauses in question related to Income Tax, Enterprise Management Incentives, Employment tax treatment of cycling and Covid-19 test costs, pension rules, coronavirus support payments, Capital Gains Tax and Inheritance Tax.
  
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/2835/ Parliament's webpage on the Finance (No. 2) Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0270/200270.pdf The Finance (No. 2) Bill (as introduced 11 March 2021)], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0270/en/200270en.pdf Explanatory notes to the Finance (No. 2) Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [4] [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rates-and-allowances-income-tax/income-tax-rates-and-allowances-current-and-past  Income Tax rates and allowances for current and past years], Gov.uk
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