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  Finance (No.2) Bill- New Clause 2 - Independent taxation and family benefits
  
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  @MP voted aye for an independent review on the effect of changes to child benefit eligibility. 
  @MP voted no against an independent review on the effect of changes to child benefit eligibility. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against ordering an independent review on the effect of changes to child benefit eligibility.
  
  The rejected proposal was made while MPs were debating the second Finance Bill of the Parliament, titled the "Finance (No.2) Bill"[1][2].   
  
  Labour MP Chris Leslie introduced a new Clause 2 to be added to the bill saying[3]:
  
  :The Treasury shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, commission and publish an independent review of the implications of the operation of section 32 of the Finance Act 1988 (Married couples-abolition of aggregation of income) on methods of determining eligibility for family benefits including child benefit.
  
  Mr Leslie explained the purpose of the clause saying[1]:
  
  :New clause 2 would force the Treasury to come clean on its plans to withdraw child benefit from families with higher-rate taxpayers from January 2013, which will take Â£2.5 billion a year from those families from 2014-15 onwards.
  
  Technically the vote was on if the new clause ought be read a second time, ie. if it should continue on the path to becoming law. 
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/financeno2.html Parliament webpage on the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2010-11]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmbills/100/11100.i-iii.html  Finance (No. 2) Bill 2010-11 as amended in committee, ie. as it was before the debate during which this vote took place. ]
  * [3] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=2010-11-08a.60.1 Chris Leslie MP, House of Commons, 8th November 2010]
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