Sovereign Grant Bill 2026-27
Specify the amount of the Sovereign Grant for the financial year 2027-28 and the percentage of the income account net surplus of the Crown Estate to be used by the Royal Trustees to determine the amount of the Sovereign Grant in subsequent financial years; to confer a duty and a power on the Treasury to specify the amount of the Sovereign Grant in subsequent financial years in certain circumstances; and for connected purposes.
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Next Event: Wednesday 14th October 2026 - 2nd reading
Last Event: Tuesday 15th September 2026 - 1st reading (Lords)
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Daisy Cooper (LD) - Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Treasury)Bobby Dean (LD) - Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Tabled: 9 Sep 2026
Committee of the whole House Amendments as at 14 September 2026
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Clause 2, page 2, line 20, at end insert— "(3) Section 6 of the Sovereign Grant Act 2011 is amended as follows. (4) After subsection (4) insert— "(5) The Royal Trustees may not make any proposals to increase the percentage specified in Step 1 (as amended by Section 2 of the Sovereign Grant Act 2026) for determining the amount of the Sovereign Grant, unless— (a) they have commissioned the National Audit Office to undertake a value for money assessment of the proposed change, and (b) the National Audit Office's report has been laid before both Houses of Parliament, and (c) a motion approving the change has been debated and approved by resolution of the House of Commons.""