Finance Act (No. 2) 1997

• View the full text of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1997 as enacted

House of Commons (Hansard)
Includes Finance Bill readings/debates in the following editions:
31 July 1997 - Royal assent

House of Lords (Hansard)
Includes Finance Bill readings/debates in the following editions:
31 July 1997 - Second reading and remaining stages
30 July 1997 - First reading

House of Commons (Hansard)
Includes Finance Bill readings/debates in the following editions:
29 July 1997 - Second allotted day. Clauses 19, 30 and 36. Schedules 3 and 8. Third reading.
28 July 1997 - First allotted day. New clause 4, 7, 15, 17, 49 and Schedule 2B.
28 July 1997 - Allocation of time.

Finance Bill in Standing Committee A
Archive of debates in the House of Commons Standing Committee A on the Finance Bill between July 17th 1997 and July 23rd 1997.

House of Commons (Hansard)
Includes Finance Bill readings/debates in the following editions:
16 July 1997 - Clauses 17 and 19
14 July 1997 - Allocation of time
10 July 1997 - Second reading
7 July 1997 - First reading

Explanatory notes for the July 1997 Finance Bill
Full text of the explanatory notes as published on the HM Treasury website.

Draft Finance Bill
Draft Finance Bill published on the HM Treasury website on 4 July 1997. The page and line numbers of the draft Finance Bill are different to the Stationery Office version published on 8 July 1997.

• View a list of articles and books in our collection on the Finance Act and Finance (No.2) Act 1997

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The Library holds an extensive collection of Finance Acts (from the 19th century onwards), Finance Bills (from 1951 onwards), debates on the Finance Bill as recorded in Hansard, and Standing Committee Debates on the Finance Bills. Alongside this you can also find many publications from the ICAEW and other bodies on the Finance Bills and Acts.

For full details of our holdings in this area, see our guide to Finance Acts and Bills in the Library collection.

We also maintain an online archive of links and resources for Finance Acts 1980–1995 and for Finance Acts 1996–.