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  Finance (No. 2) Bill - New Clause 9 - Equality Impact Assessment
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require an impact assessment considering the effects of certain provisions of the Finance Bill on equality, considering factors including households with different levels of income, people with protected characteristics, the Treasuryâs public sector equality duty and on a regional basis.
  
  @ MP voted no against requiring an impact assessment considering the effects of certain provisions of the Finance Bill on equality, considering factors including households with different levels of income, people with protected characteristics, the Treasuryâs public sector equality duty and on a regional basis.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against requiring an impact assessment considering the effects of certain provisions of the Finance Bill on equality, considering factors including households with different levels of income, people with protected characteristics, the Treasuryâs public sector equality duty and on a regional basis.
  
  
  MPs were considering the Finance Bill[1].
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: ''Equality impact analyses of certain provisions of this Act'' and stated:
  
  :â(1) The Chancellor of the Exchequer must review the equality impact of the provisions of this Act specified in subsection (3) in accordance with this section 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 considerâ
  
  :(a) the impact of those provisions on households at different levels of income,
  
  :(b) the impact of those provisions on people with protected characteristics (within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010),
  
  :(c) the impact of those provisions on the Treasuryâs compliance with the public sector equality duty under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, and
  
  :(d) the impact of those provisions on equality in different parts of the United Kingdom and different regions of England.
  
  :(3) The provisions specified in this subsection areâ
  
  :(a) income tax (in sections 1 and 3 to 6),
  
  :(b) employment (in sections 7 to 10),
  
  :(c) disguised remuneration (in sections 11 and 12 and Schedules 1 and 2),
  
  :(d) pension schemes (in section 13 and Schedule 3),
  
  :(e) settlements (in section 35 and Schedule 11),
  
  :(f) air passenger duty (in section 43),
  
  :(g) vehicle excise duty (in section 44), and
  
  :(h) tobacco products duty (in section 45).
  
  :(4) In this sectionâ
  
  :âparts of the United Kingdomâ meansâ
  
  :(a) England,
  
  :(b) Scotland,
  
  :(c) Wales, and
  
  :(d) Northern Ireland;
  
  :âregions of Englandâ has the same meaning as that used by the Office for National Statistics.â
  
  The rejected amendment was accompanied by the following explanatory note:
  
  :This new clause requires the Chancellor of the Exchequer to carry out and publish a review of the effects of certain provisions 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 motion rejected in this vote was:
  
  :That the clause be read a Second time.
  
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  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/financeno2.html Parliament's webpage on the Finance Bill]
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