Finance Bill Committee: New Clause 8: how MPs voted on 11 December 2024
Division 66, 11 December 2024, 17:12. The Commons Votes API gives 167 Ayes, 329 Noes: majority 162 for the Noes.
The question
New Clause 8
Statements on charging VAT on private school fees
“(1) The Secretary of State must, within six months of this Act being passed, make a statement to Parliament about the removal of the exemption for private school fees introduced by section 47 of this Act, and other changes to private school fees introduced by sections 48 and 49 of this Act.
(2) The statement under subsection (1) must include details of the impact on—
(a) pupils with special educational needs and disabilities,
(b) small rural schools, and
(c) faith schools.
(3) The Secretary of State must, within 18 months of this Act being passed, make a statement about the impact of the removal of the exemption on schools that take part in the music and dance scheme.”—(Mel Stride.)
This new clause requires the Secretary of State to make a statement about the impact of charging VAT on private school fees.
Brought up, and read the First time.
Question put, That the clause be read a Second time.
As printed in Hansard before the division.
By party
Conservative MPs cast 99 of the 167 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 311 of the 326 named No votes.
| Party | Aye (named) | No (named) |
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 0 | 311 |
| Conservative | 99 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrat | 60 | 0 |
| Independent | 2 | 6 |
| Green Party | 0 | 4 |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 4 |
| Reform UK | 3 | 0 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 2 | 0 |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 0 | 1 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 167 | 326 |
Tellers: Rebecca Paul (Conservative, Reigate) and Paul Holmes (Conservative, Hamble Valley) (Ayes); Gerald Jones (Labour, Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare) and Martin McCluskey (Labour, Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West) (Noes).
How each MP voted
493 named · CSV
Sources
- Bill: Finance Act 2025
- Hansard: Finance Bill
- Commons division 66
- Commons Votes API: division
67a4a83c3b719fb815 October 2026 - Hansard API: division search
12d07eb2fa5d5e0d15 October 2026 - Hansard API: debate
e2c1660d04ef973f15 October 2026
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