division_name: Finance (No. 2) Bill &#8212; Review
motion: <p class="indent" pid="a219.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;homogenise the people who work in the banking sector as either saints or demons.&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2018-12-18">18 December</phrase> 2017; Vol. 633, c. 814.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a219.0/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;we are on a renewed mission to fight and win the battle of ideas and to defeat socialism today&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a219.0/10" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Remaining united in Parliament is a vital part of ensuring that Jeremy Corbyn remains in opposition&#8221;&#8212;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a223.2/10" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;on an unstable and dangerous footing.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a229.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;This new clause requires the Government to carry out a review of the bank levy, including its effectiveness in relation to its stated aims, the revenue effects of the changes made in 2015 and the comparable effectiveness of the bank payroll tax.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a229.0/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Its purpose is to ensure that banks and building societies make a fair contribution, reflecting the risks they pose&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a233.0/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Political necessities sometimes turn out to be political mistakes.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a247.0/3" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="a247.0/4" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 267, Noes 306.</p>