division_name: Debate on the Address &#8212; Economy, Pensions and Welfare
motion: <p pid="c.921.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">Question accordingly negatived.</p>
  
  <p pid="c.921.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes"><i> Amendment proposed:</i> at the end of the Question to add:</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c.921.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">"but humbly regret that the Gracious Speech fails to provide proposals to alleviate the hardship facing hardworking British families by reducing energy bills, boosting growth through investment in social housing, transport and green energy programmes, making banks prioritise lending to British businesses, fundamentally altering the structure of British taxes to make them fairer, closing tax loopholes on the very rich and making significant cuts in income tax for those on ordinary and low incomes."<i> &#8212;(Mr. Burstow.)</i></p>
  
  <p pid="c.921.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes"> Question put forthwith (<phrase class="standing-order" code="33" pwmotiontext="yes">Standing Order No. 33</phrase>), That the amendment be made.</p>
  
  <p pid="c.921.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes"><i> The House divided:</i> Ayes 66, Noes 304.</p>