division_name: Bill Presented &#8212; Finance (No. 2) Bill
motion: <p class="" pid="b.743.3/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="b.743.3/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The Bill is certainly substantial&#8212;602 pages, 295 clauses and 34 schedules&#8212;but it is packed with measures that will help British businesses invest and create jobs, help British households work and save, and help ensure that everyone in Britain pays their fair share of tax. It takes forward the Government&#8217;s long-term plan to create a fair, competitive and transparent tax system that is enforced effectively, in stark contrast to the uncompetitive and leaky regime that we inherited from the Labour party.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="b.754.0/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="b.754.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House declines to give the Finance (No. 2) Bill a Second Reading because it fails to address the cost-of-living crisis which will see working people worse off at the end of this Parliament than at the beginning; because while working people are &#163;1,600 a year worse off it prioritises a tax cut for millionaires of on average &#163;100,000; because it offers a marriage tax allowance which will help only a third of married couples, rather than a 10 pence starting rate of tax which would help millions more families; and because it fails to set out measures to tackle rising energy bills, get young people into work, boost housing supply and help families with childcare costs within this Parliament.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.843.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put, </i>That the amendment be made.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b.843.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="b.843.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 241, Noes 291.</p>