text_body: --- DIVISION TITLE ---
  
  Local Government Finance Bill - Schedule 1 - Considerations When Determining Local vs National Share of Business Rates
  
  --- MOTION EFFECT ---
  
  @ MP voted aye to require the Secretary of State to consider need in the local authority area, the likely capacity for the authority to benefit from business rate growth, and the council tax base when determining the national verses local share of business rates.
  @ MP voted no against requiring the Secretary of State to consider need in the local authority area, the likely capacity for the authority to benefit from business rate growth, and the council tax base when determining the national verses local share of business rates.
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted against requiring the Secretary of State to consider need in the local authority area, the likely capacity for the authority to benefit from business rate growth, and the council tax base when determining the national verses local share of business rates.
  
  The rejected amendment would have set our what must be included in an assessment of need.
  
  MPs were considering the Local Government Finance Bill[1]. The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 19, page 12, line 20, at end insertâ
  :(c) in determining the central share and the local share for any relevant authority, the Secretary of State must have regard toâ
  :(i) the level of need in that authority,
  :(ii) the likely capacity of the authority to benefit from business rate growth, and
  :(iii) the council tax base of the authority.
  :Any assessment of the level of need in the authority shall includeâ
  :(iv) the ranking of the local authority in the Index of Multiple Deprivation,
  :(v) the level of unemployment within the authorityâs area,
  :(vi) the proportion of adults with a limiting long-term illness within the authorityâs area,
  :(vii) the number of adults in receipt of social care within the authorityâs area,
  :(viii) the number of looked-after children within the authority, and
  :(ix) the level of child poverty within the authorityâs area.
  
  ===
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/localgovernmentfinance.html Parliament's webpage on the Local Government Finance Bill]
  --- COMMENTS AND NOTES ---
  
  (put thoughts and notes for other researchers here)
  