Finance (No.2) Bill. Committee stage first sitting (morning).

(Except clause 8; clause 33 and schedule 9; clauses 40 and 41 and schedule 11; new clauses or new schedules relating to the income tax treatment of armed forces’ accommodation allowances, the bank levy, stamp duty land tax, the effect of the Bill on equality, or the effect of the Bill on tax avoidance or evasion). Amendment to programme motion negatived on division (9 votes to 10). Programme motion agreed to. Resolved, that any written evidence shall be reported to the House for publication. Clauses 1 to 3 agreed to. Clause 4, discussed with new clause 10 (Analysis of effect of income tax on incentives into employment), agreed to. Clause 5 agreed to. Clause 6, discussed with new clause 3 (Review of the effects of changes to the transferable tax allowance for married couples and civil partners), agreed to. Clause 7 agreed to. Clause 9, discussed with new clause 5 (Impact of benefit in kind tax supplement on the use of diesel cars), agreed to. Clause 10 agreed to. Clause 11, discussed with clause 12, and schedules 1 and 2, agreed to. Two amendments to schedule 1 negatived on division (9 votes to 10 in each case). Clause 12 agreed to. Schedules 1 and 2 agreed to. Committee adjourned.