Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4

Parliament rejected New Clause 4 to the Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill on 1 July 2026, by 282 votes to 173. The clause was defeated at committee stage, meaning it will not be incorporated into the bill as it progresses through Parliament. The vote determines what the bill will and will not require in law. The detailed content of New Clause 4 is not fully set out in the available record, but it fell within a cluster of opposition amendments tabled at committee stage of a bill dealing with taxation relating to energy and vehicles. Its defeat means the government's version of the bill proceeds without the additions the clause would have made, and whatever obligations or provisions it contained will not take effect. The division followed strict party lines. Labour and Labour and Co-operative MPs voted unanimously against, providing the 282 Noes that defeated the clause. Every Aye came from opposition benches: 96 Conservatives, 55 Liberal Democrats, 5 Reform UK, 4 Plaid Cymru, 4 SNP, 3 Independents, 2 DUP, and 1 Restore Britain MP. No cross-party defections were recorded. The vote is one of several on the same bill on the same day, with New Clause 2 and New Clause 5 also defeated, suggesting a coordinated opposition effort to amend the bill at committee stage.