Budget Responsibility Act 2024: stages, votes and documents
The Budget Responsibility Act 2024 received Royal Assent on 10 September 2024, 54 days after its first reading in the House of Commons on 18 July 2024. MPs divided on it 2 times between 4 September 2024 and 4 September 2024; the narrowest margin was 257 (Committee: Amendment 9).
Stages taken place
11
Commons divisions
2
Documents listed
8
Royal Assent
10 September 2024
What the bill is for
The long title reads:
A Bill to impose duties on the Treasury and the Office for Budget Responsibility in respect of the announcement of fiscally significant measures.
Sponsors
- Rachel Reeves (Labour, Commons), HM Treasury
- Lord Livermore (Labour, Lords), HM Treasury
Stages
| Stage | House | Sittings |
|---|---|---|
| 1st reading | Commons | 18 July 2024 |
| 2nd reading | Commons | 30 July 2024 |
| Programme motion | Commons | 30 July 2024 |
| Money resolution | Commons | 30 July 2024 |
| Committee of the whole House | Commons | 4 September 2024 |
| 3rd reading | Commons | 4 September 2024 |
| 1st reading | Lords | 5 September 2024 |
| 2nd reading | Lords | 9 September 2024 |
| Committee negatived | Lords | 9 September 2024 |
| 3rd reading | Lords | 9 September 2024 |
| Royal Assent | Unassigned | 10 September 2024 |
Commons divisions on this bill
| Date | Division | Ayes | Noes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2024 | Budget Responsibility Bill: Committee: Amendment 9 | 109 | 366 |
| 4 September 2024 | Budget Responsibility Bill: Committee: Amendment 2 | 73 | 375 |
Documents
Act of Parliament
- Budget Responsibility Act 2024 (c. 24) 10 September 2024
Bill
- Bill 001 2024-25 18 July 2024
- 5901024.pdf · 5901024.html · 5901024.xml 5 September 2024
Explanatory Notes
- Bill 0001 EN 2024-25 18 July 2024
- HL Bill 24 Explanatory Notes · 5901024en.pdf 5 September 2024
Delegated Powers Memorandum
- Memorandum from His Majesty’s Treasury to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee 18 July 2024
Briefing papers
- Budget Responsibility Bill 23 July 2024
- Budget Responsibility Bill: HL Bill 24 5 September 2024
Official record
Sources
| Record | Read | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|
| Bills API: bill | 28 October 2026 | 3f76e907b0f763df… |
| Bills API: stages | 28 October 2026 | 131dffaed47cf378… |
| Bills API: publications | 15 October 2026 | 175a221d639bbb12… |