Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading MPs voted on a Conservative reasoned amendment opposing the Courts and Tribunals Bill at Second Reading. The Bill, introduced by David Lammy, aims to modernise the criminal justice system, but the opposition attempted to block its progress, with concerns raised about the impact on jury trials and the effect on black and minority ethnic defendants. Position: Support allowing the Courts and Tribunals Bill to proceed, backing government reforms to modernise courts and tribunals while retaining jury trials as a cornerstone of justice Constitution and Democracyleftwith govt | No | 10 Mar 2026 |
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading MPs voted on whether to give initial approval to a Courts and Tribunals Bill, which proposes modernising the criminal justice system. Debate focused on whether reforms — including potential changes to when juries are used — are necessary to clear court backlogs, while critics raised concerns about protecting jury trial rights and disproportionate impacts on minority ethnic defendants. Position: Support modernising the courts and criminal justice system, including reforms to jury thresholds, to make it fit for the 21st century Constitution and Democracycentrewith govt | Yes | 10 Mar 2026 |
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Vote on opposition amendments to the Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill that would have restricted UK Export Finance support where goods might be re-exported to Russia or other sanctioned countries, and separately where exports involve modern slavery or human trafficking. The amendments sought to cap the Secretary of State's financial commitments to zero in such cases. Position: Oppose these restrictions, preferring the government retain flexibility in how UK Export Finance is used without these additional conditions BusinessEconomycross-cuttingwith govt | No | 23 Feb 2026 |
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 Vote on New Clause 3, an amendment to the bill removing the two-child benefit limit. Based on the debate, this related to additional reporting or consultation requirements around the removal of the limit, which the government was already supporting in principle but opposed this specific clause. Position: Oppose the additional requirements in New Clause 3, backing the government's approach to removing the two-child limit without extra conditions attached Universal CreditWelfare and Benefitsrightwith govt | No | 23 Feb 2026 |
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 Vote on whether to ban UK government export finance or insurance for goods where there is reason to believe they may be re-exported to Russia or other sanctioned countries, and separately to ban export finance where modern slavery or human trafficking is involved. This Opposition amendment would have set the financial assistance limit to zero in such cases. Position: Oppose this restriction, likely arguing existing sanctions law and due diligence requirements are sufficient without additional legislative constraints on export finance BusinessEconomycross-cuttingwith govt | No | 23 Feb 2026 |
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 Vote on New Clause 3, which would have required the government to report on UK Export Finance's impact on GDP and support for small and medium-sized businesses. The government opposed it on the grounds that existing reporting requirements already cover this information. Position: Oppose the new reporting clause as unnecessary, since the government argues existing legal reporting obligations already capture this information BusinessEconomycross-cuttingwith govt | No | 23 Feb 2026 |
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading MPs voted on the final passage of a Bill to abolish the two-child limit on Universal Credit, which currently restricts child elements of the benefit to the first two children in a family. Removing this limit aims to reduce child poverty by ensuring all children in low-income families receive equal support. Position: Support removing the two-child benefit cap so that all children in low-income families receive equal Universal Credit entitlements, reducing child poverty Universal CreditWelfare and Benefitsleftwith govt | Yes | 23 Feb 2026 |
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 Vote on a statutory instrument that amends the UK Emissions Trading Scheme from 2027, reducing the supply of free carbon allowances given to businesses — effectively increasing the carbon price they face. The opposition argued this would raise energy bills for households and businesses, while the government backed it as part of meeting climate targets. Position: Support reducing free carbon allowances in the UK ETS, accepting higher carbon costs as necessary to meet climate commitments Climate ChangeEnvironmentleftwith govt | Yes | 4 Feb 2026 |
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading MPs voted on whether to pass a bill removing the two-child limit on Universal Credit, which currently restricts child welfare payments to the first two children in a family. The government argued the policy traps children in poverty and has failed to achieve its stated aims, while opponents defended it as encouraging personal responsibility. Position: Support removing the two-child limit on Universal Credit, allowing families to receive welfare support for all their children and reducing child poverty Universal CreditWelfare and Benefitsleftwith govt | Yes | 3 Feb 2026 |
Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 MPs voted on whether to approve new fee regulations for medical devices, which update the charges paid by manufacturers to the medicines regulator (MHRA) for market surveillance and approval. The government revised earlier proposals after concerns that original fee increases would disproportionately burden small and medium-sized businesses in the life sciences sector. Position: Support updated medical device fee regulations, accepting the government's revised approach that attempts to balance regulatory funding with protecting SMEs in the life sciences industry Healthcentrewith govt | Yes | 28 Jan 2026 |
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading MPs voted on whether to approve the Finance (No. 2) Bill at Second Reading, which implements Labour's November 2025 Budget. The Budget includes measures described by the government as building 'strong foundations' while avoiding austerity, though critics raised concerns including the impact of inheritance tax changes on family farms. Position: Support the Finance Bill implementing Labour's Budget, including its tax and spending choices aimed at avoiding austerity and maintaining public services EconomyTaxationleftwith govt | Yes | 16 Dec 2025 |
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition) MPs voted on an opposition amendment to reject the Finance Bill implementing Labour's Autumn 2025 Budget, with Conservative MPs arguing the Budget's tax changes — including inheritance tax reforms affecting family farms — would harm the private sector and rural communities. Position: Support the Finance Bill and Labour's Budget choices, arguing they build strong economic foundations, avoid austerity, and protect public services without cutting capital spending EconomyTaxationleftwith govt | No | 16 Dec 2025 |
Railways Bill: Second Reading MPs voted on whether to pass the Railways Bill at its Second Reading, which would bring private train operating companies into public ownership and create a new publicly-run national rail operator. The government argued nationalisation would end decades of dysfunction and fragmentation on the railways. Position: Support nationalising rail services under public ownership to improve reliability and coordination of the railway network RailTransportleftwith govt | Yes | 9 Dec 2025 |
Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment MPs voted on a reasoned amendment to block the Railways Bill from proceeding to its next stage. The Bill proposes bringing train operating companies into public ownership, with the government arguing nationalisation will improve reliability and end decades of dysfunction, while opponents raised concerns about whether public ownership actually delivers better services. Position: Support the Railways Bill proceeding, backing the government's plan to bring railways into public ownership to improve reliability and performance RailTransportleftwith govt | No | 9 Dec 2025 |
Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) Vote on a Budget Resolution setting the rates of income tax applied to dividend income (money paid to shareholders). Budget Resolutions are the formal parliamentary approvals needed to implement measures announced in the Budget. Position: Support the government's proposed dividend tax rates as part of the 2025 Budget package EconomyTaxationleftwith govt | Yes | 2 Dec 2025 |
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) Vote on a Budget resolution to include pension interests within the scope of inheritance tax, meaning that unused pension pots could be counted as part of a person's estate for inheritance tax purposes. This is a significant change to how pensions are taxed on death. Position: Support bringing pension funds into the inheritance tax regime, closing a tax-planning loophole that allowed wealthy individuals to pass on pension wealth free of inheritance tax EconomyTaxationleftwith govt | Yes | 2 Dec 2025 |
Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) Vote on a Budget Resolution setting out the rules for capital gains tax treatment of Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs), which allow businesses to be sold to trusts held on behalf of employees with potential tax reliefs. This resolution forms part of the legal framework needed to implement the government's Budget tax measures. Position: Support the government's proposed capital gains tax rules for Employee Ownership Trusts as set out in the Budget EconomyTaxationleftwith govt | Yes | 2 Dec 2025 |
Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) Vote on a Budget Resolution to limit Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief for inheritance tax, capping the full relief available on farm and business assets. This matters because it changes how farming estates and family businesses are taxed on death, and was highly controversial with farming communities. Position: Support limiting inheritance tax reliefs on agricultural and business property, accepting that large farming and business estates should face greater inheritance tax liability FarmingTaxationleftwith govt | Yes | 2 Dec 2025 |
Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) Vote on a Budget Resolution setting the income tax savings rate for future years, which determines how interest and savings income is taxed for people on lower incomes. This is part of the formal parliamentary process to implement Budget measures into law. Position: Support approving the government's proposed savings income tax rate as set out in the Budget EconomyTaxationcentrewith govt | Yes | 2 Dec 2025 |
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty Vote on the government's proposed changes to alcohol duty rates as part of the 2025 Budget. This matters because it determines how much tax is paid on beer, wine, spirits and other alcoholic drinks, affecting both consumers and the hospitality and drinks industries. Position: Support the government's proposed alcohol duty rates as set out in the Budget, accepting the planned increases or changes to how different alcoholic drinks are taxed. EconomyTaxationcentrewith govt | Yes | 2 Dec 2025 |
Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 Vote on a Budget Resolution to freeze the basic rate income tax limit and personal allowance at their current levels for the tax years 2028-29 through to 2030-31, extending the existing freeze on these thresholds. This matters because freezing allowances means more people are pulled into higher tax bands as wages rise — a 'stealth tax' that increases the tax burden without raising headline rates. Position: Support extending the freeze on the income tax personal allowance and basic rate limit through to 2030-31, accepting the additional tax revenue this generates as wages grow. EconomyTaxationleftwith govt | Yes | 2 Dec 2025 |
Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 Vote on regulations updating radio equipment rules (covering smartphones and other connected devices) for Northern Ireland to align with new EU standards, as required under the Windsor Framework. Jim Allister (TUV) opposed the vote on the grounds that his Northern Irish constituents have no democratic say in EU laws being imposed on them via the Windsor Framework. Position: Support applying updated EU radio equipment regulations to Northern Ireland as required by the Windsor Framework, ensuring regulatory alignment for the single market DevolutionDigital and Technologycross-cuttingwith govt | Yes | 19 Nov 2025 |
Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 23 Vote on Amendment 23 to the Bus Services (No.2) Bill during its Report Stage in the Commons. Without debate excerpts, the precise content of the amendment is unknown, but it sought to modify the government's bus services legislation in some way. Position: Oppose the amendment, backing the government's original approach to reforming bus services as set out in the Bill BusesTransportcross-cuttingwith govt | No | 10 Sep 2025 |
Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 Vote on Amendment 10 to the Bus Services (No.2) Bill during its Report Stage in the House of Commons. Without debate excerpts, the precise content of the amendment is unknown, but it sought to modify the government's bus reform legislation in some way. Position: Oppose the amendment and support the Bus Services (No.2) Bill as introduced by the Labour government, without the proposed change BusesTransportcross-cuttingwith govt | No | 10 Sep 2025 |
Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58 A vote on Amendment 58 to the Bus Services (No.2) Bill during its Report Stage in the House of Commons. Without debate excerpts, the precise content of the amendment is unknown, but it was rejected by a large majority, suggesting it was an opposition amendment to the government's bus reform legislation. Position: Oppose Amendment 58, backing the government's existing provisions in the Bus Services (No.2) Bill without this change BusesTransportcross-cuttingwith govt | No | 10 Sep 2025 |
Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 A vote on New Clause 2 during the Report Stage of the Bus Services (No.2) Bill. Without debate excerpts, the precise content of the clause is unknown, but it was an amendment proposed to the government's bus services legislation — likely an opposition or backbench attempt to add a specific provision to the Bill. Position: Oppose adding New Clause 2, either because the government prefers the Bill as drafted or disagrees with the specific provision proposed BusesTransportcross-cuttingwith govt | No | 10 Sep 2025 |
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) MPs voted on a Statutory Instrument to amend Section 58 of the Enterprise Act 2002, which governs the grounds on which the government can intervene in business mergers on public interest grounds. This order adds or adjusts specific considerations the Secretary of State may use to scrutinise or block deals affecting national interests. Position: Support expanding or updating the government's powers to intervene in mergers on public interest grounds under the Enterprise Act 2002 BusinessEconomycross-cuttingwith govt | Yes | 16 Jul 2025 |
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 Vote to approve a government order updating the legal definition of 'newspaper' under the Enterprise Act 2002 to include online-only news publishers, ensuring merger rules that protect media plurality apply to digital news outlets as well as traditional print titles. Position: Support modernising media merger rules to cover online-only news publishers, protecting plurality and diversity in the digital news landscape BBC and MediaBusinesscross-cuttingwith govt | Yes | 16 Jul 2025 |
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 Vote on Amendment 38 to the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, which would have provided greater certainty and protections for disabled people with fluctuating conditions while the government's review of PIP assessments (the Timms review) is ongoing. Critics argued the Bill was putting cuts before the review, leaving vulnerable people uncertain about their entitlements. Position: Oppose the amendment, backing the government's approach to proceed with the Bill as drafted without the additional protections for people with fluctuating conditions Universal CreditWelfare and Benefitsrightwith govt | No | 9 Jul 2025 |
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50 A vote on Amendment 50 to the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill during its Committee stage. Without debate excerpts, the precise content of the amendment is unknown, but it was defeated heavily, suggesting it was opposed by the Labour government. Position: Oppose Amendment 50, backing the Government's original Bill text without the amendment's proposed changes Universal CreditWelfare and Benefitsrightwith govt | No | 9 Jul 2025 |
