MPs debate a bill to change three taxes.
It would increase the amount employers can pay employees tax-free for using their own car for work, and temporarily cut road tax for haulage vehicles, paid for by an increased windfall tax on power companies.
There are two Estimates Days this week.
On Monday and Tuesday, MPs will formally approve how much money each government department can spend. They'll focus on Cabinet Office security and resilience spending, the Northern Ireland Office, criminal justice, sport and youth services, pharmaceutical procurement, and the DWP.
And we'll hear from Andy Burnham on his fiscal plans later.
It should give us some sense of the kinds of bills he'd put forward in the likely event that he becomes prime minister.
MONDAY 29 JUNE
No votes scheduled
TUESDAY 30 JUNE
Child Savings Accounts (Mental Capacity and Disability) Bill
Makes it easier for families to access child savings accounts of a young person who lacks mental capacity. Right now it's almost impossible to do this. Also requires the government to review savings provision for young people with disabilities. Ten minute rule motion presented by John Milne.
WEDNESDAY 1 JULY
Medical Services (Rural Areas) Bill
Requires the government to produce a strategy for creating more Minor Injuries Units and Urgent Treatment Centres in rural areas. Ten minute rule motion presented by Ben Maguire.
Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill – all stages
Wraps up the week's Estimates Day debates.
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill – all stages
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Increases the Electricity Generator Levy (a windfall tax on the excess profits of power companies) from 45% to 55%. Raises the approved tax-free mileage rate (the amount an employer can pay you for using your own car for work without it being taxed) from 45p to 55p per mile. Temporarily cuts vehicle excise duty (road tax) to £1 for heavy goods vehicles until June 2027.
Draft bill (PDF)
THURSDAY 2 JULY
No votes scheduled
FRIDAY 3 JULY
No votes scheduled
PREVIOUS WEEK'S VOTES
Passed
- Health Bill – goes to committee stage
- Armed Forces Bill – goes to the Lords
Click here to read details of the bills in last week's newsletter.
1 Comments
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 57d
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Road Tax is in fact, Vehicle Excise Duty. Road Tax was abolished in 1937. Vehicle Excise Duty is not "Road Tax" and doesn't pay for roads, which are funded by general taxation.
Misnaming it as "road tax" supports the idea that specific car users "pay for" and "own" the roads and that people who don't pay it, such as cyclists, should "get off our roads".