Finance (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting) - 3rd February 2026

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Finance (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting).

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026-02-03/debates/62A16660-7E30-4735-893D-48CD4F221BEB/FinanceNo2BillSixthsitting

17:07 James Wild (Conservative)

New clause 36 would require the Chancellor of the Exchequer to review and report on the effects of the Bill on the administrative burden on businesses, including the impact on small and medium-sized businesses, and any mitigation measures that have been taken. Throughout the Bill’s passage, we have been reminded not only of its financial impacts on businesses and working people, but of the red tape and regulatory cost it piles on to them. Whether it is the new reporting requirements faced by charities, the complex international rules or the new levies, such as the vaping tax and carbon tax, businesses will once again face an increased burden.

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17:12 James Wild (Conservative)

I am surprised the Minister was able to say that last bit with a straight face when he was corpsing about carbon taxes earlier in Committee. As this will be the final time I speak in Committee, I thank you, Mrs Harris, along with Mr Efford and Sir Roger, for your time in the Chair. I thank the Clerks and officials, all the Members, who contributed so well to the Committee’s deliberations, and our Doorkeepers.

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