Finance Bill — Clause 47 — Removal of exemption for private school fees — 11 Dec 2024 at 16:30
“an economy that is growing, creating wealth and opportunity for all”-[Official Report, 30 October 2024; Vol. 755, c. 811.]
“Low-cost faith schools will be faced with deficit and closure, communities will lose vital assets”.
“94% of children in the UK attend state schools. To provide the highest-quality support and teaching that they deserve, we will introduce VAT on private school fees”.-[Official Report, 30 October 2024; Vol. 755, c. 821.]
“We will uprate the continuity of education allowance to reflect the increase in school fees from January.”-[Official Report, 18 November 2024; Vol. 757, c. 3.]
“concerned that neither HMRC nor the private schools will be ready to implement the change in VAT liability effectively”.
“increased anxiety among school leaders”
“Is this fair when other children with the same difficulties as mine are not able to access the same level of help? No. Definitely not. Believe me, I would never have chosen this route but I have been left with no choice. Is it fair to punish us further financially for the failings of the state education system? No!”
“must include details of the impact on…pupils with special educational needs and disabilities…small rural schools, and…faith schools.”
“make a statement about the impact of the removal of the exemption on schools that take part in the music and dance scheme”
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Party Summary
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.
What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.
| Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 0 | 98 (+2 tell) | 0 | 82.6% |
| DUP | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40.0% |
| Green | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent | 6 | 2 | 0 | 57.1% |
| Lab | 315 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 78.7% |
| LDem | 0 | 60 | 0 | 83.3% |
| PC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Reform UK | 0 | 3 | 0 | 60.0% |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.0% |
| SNP | 7 | 0 | 0 | 77.8% |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| UUP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 337 | 167 | 0 | 79.3% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by party
MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote | |
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