text_body: --- DIVISION TITLE ---
  
  Local Government Finance Bill (Money)
  
  --- MOTION EFFECT ---
  
  @ MP voted aye to fund support paying council tax for those in financial need and to fund technical reforms to council tax
  @ MP voted no against funding support paying council tax for those in financial need and against funding technical reforms to council tax
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted in favour of the following motion proposed by Jeremy Wright MP[1]
  
  :That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Local Government Finance Bill[2], it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament ofâ
  
  :(a) any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State in consequence of the Act, and
  :(b) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided
  
  Had this motion not passed central government would not have been able to provide money to local Government to fund support paying council tax for those in financial need; or to fund the technical reforms to council tax provided for in the bill. 
  
  Costs anticipated to be incurred as a result of the Bill were itemised in the Summary impact assessment[3]
  
  
  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2012-01-10b.142.0#g142.1 Official Record, House of Commons 10 January 2012]
  * [2] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/localgovernmentfinance.html Parliament's webpage on the Local Government Finance Bill (Now the Local Government Finance Act 2012)]
  * [3] [http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA11-045.pdf Local Government Finance Bill Summary impact assessment]
  --- COMMENTS AND NOTES ---
  
  (put thoughts and notes for other researchers here)
  