Finance Act (No. 2) 1997
Finance Bill 1997 was officially published on 8 July 1997. The bill received Royal Assent on 31 July 1997 and became the Finance (No.2) Act 1997. On this page you can find guidance, parliamentary papers, representations and other commentary on the Act's progress through parliament.
What's on this page?
The Finance Act
View the full text of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1997 as enacted
Timeline
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.
Articles and books in the Library collection
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You can obtain copies of articles or extracts of books and reports by post, fax or email through our document supply service.
Archive
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 (from 1968 onwards). Alongside this you can also find many publications from the ICAEW and other bodies on the Finance Acts.
We also maintain an online archive of links and resources for Finance Acts 1980–1999 and for Finance Acts 2000–2004.
See LibCat, our online catalogue, for details of our holdings of:
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