Tracking the Act

This year’s Bill started slightly longer than last year’s (433 pages against 421) but ended a shade shorter with 449 pages against 451. It had 126 clauses and an unprecedented 61 Schedules against 160 clauses and 46 Schedules.

The number of Public Bill Committee sittings was cut from 24 to 18. As last year there is no repeals Schedule.

The table below shows the number of every clause and Schedule in the Bill. It shows the numbers of all amendments made where they are printed in Simon’s Weekly Tax Intelligence (SWTI) and the date and location of all debates.

'W' indicates debates in the Whole House and numbers indicate sittings of the Public Bill Committee. Where possible clauses and Schedules are grouped together to reduce the length of the table.

At the Committee stage 199 amendments were made including unusually 12 non-government amendments. Most...