Finance (No. 2) Bill

Eleanor Laing Excerpts

Report stage
Tuesday 20th June 2023 Commons Chamber

The House proceeded to a Division.

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Eleanor Laing)]

I am aware that the card readers are not working in either Lobby. I can assure the House that steps are being taken to count this Division manually, in the old-fashioned way. We will have the result quite soon.

--- Later in debate ---

[Stewart Hosie]

Loth as I am to disagree with the Minister, there was little by way of substantial growth in the Budget and there is almost nothing by way of immediate cost of living support in this Bill. We can only hope—although it is hope over expectation—that the Bill at least delivers some of the growth and some of the investment that the Government’s rhetoric would suggest they expect to see. I hope that happens, even though I doubt it will, and that the forecasts we see at the next fiscal event will be rather better than the ones we have seen over the past three or four years.

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Eleanor Laing)]

I am pausing in case there is a speech about to erupt, but there is not. Therefore, I will put the Question.

Question put and agreed to.

Bill accordingly read the Third time and passed.