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Bills · Government Bill · 2024-26

Finance Act 2026: stages, votes and documents

The Finance Act 2026 received Royal Assent on 18 March 2026, 106 days after its first reading in the House of Commons on 2 December 2025. MPs divided on it 17 times between 16 December 2025 and 11 March 2026; the narrowest margin was 111 (Amendment 5).

Stages taken place
14
Commons divisions
17
Documents listed
9
Royal Assent
18 March 2026

What the bill is for

The long title reads:

A Bill to make provision in connection with finance.

Sponsors

Stages

StageHouseSittings
1st readingCommons2 December 2025
2nd readingCommons16 December 2025
Programme motionCommons16 December 2025
Committee of the whole HouseCommons12 January 2026, 13 January 2026
Committee stageCommons27 January 2026, 29 January 2026, 3 February 2026
Ways and Means resolutionCommons11 March 2026
Ways and Means resolutionCommons11 March 2026
Report stageCommons11 March 2026
3rd readingCommons11 March 2026
1st readingLords12 March 2026
2nd readingLords17 March 2026
Committee negativedLords17 March 2026
3rd readingLords17 March 2026
Royal AssentUnassigned18 March 2026

Commons divisions on this bill

DateDivisionAyesNoes
16 December 2025Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition)118340
16 December 2025Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading341195
12 January 2026Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12167350
12 January 2026Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part324180
12 January 2026Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part344181
12 January 2026Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Amendment 3185344
12 January 2026Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 7188341
13 January 2026Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part348167
13 January 2026Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 24184331
13 January 2026Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25187351
13 January 2026Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 86 stand part344173
13 January 2026Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9181335
13 January 2026Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 26172334
11 March 2026Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11174292
11 March 2026Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5172283
11 March 2026Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6175292
11 March 2026Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading292161

Documents

Act of Parliament

Bill

Explanatory Notes

Briefing papers

Official record

Sources

RecordReadSHA-256
Bills API: bill25 October 2026b086235006c144ee…
Bills API: stages25 October 20266d33bc4dfec2ca19…
Bills API: publications15 October 20266d57a7f07bc3fec0…

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