MotionWednesday, 1 July 2026

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill: Business of the House

This is a procedural motion to set out the parliamentary timetable for the Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill. The motion will establish how much time the Commons allocates to debating the bill at each stage, determine which committee will scrutinise it, and set deadlines for amendments. The bill itself will reform how energy and vehicle-related taxes operate, affecting both household bills and transport taxation.

The bill will reshape tax treatment of energy use and vehicle ownership, affecting millions of households and businesses. The timetable motion determines how thoroughly Parliament scrutinises these changes before they become law; a tight timetable limits backbench amendment opportunities, while a generous one allows closer examination of the government's tax proposals.

Tax & Public Finances Energy & Net Zero Transport

Interested MPs

Andrew BowieConservative and Unionist Party

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

Shadow Energy Security and Net Zero — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on fiscal-policy, energy, transport (194 times, 40pts); Known positions: energy: opposed, energy: supportive, energy: neutral (30pts)Voting record

Andrew GriffithConservative and Unionist Party

Arundel and South Downs

Shadow Business and Trade — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on fiscal-policy, energy, transport (91 times, 40pts); Known positions: economy-jobs: opposed, labour-market: opposed, economy-jobs: supportive (30pts)Voting record

James MurrayLabour and Co-operative Party

Ealing North

Chief Secretary to the Treasury — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on fiscal-policy, energy, transport (174 times, 40pts); Known positions: fiscal-policy: supportive, economy-jobs: supportive, energy: supportive (30pts)Voting record

Jerome MayhewConservative and Unionist Party

Broadland and Fakenham

Shadow Transport — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on fiscal-policy, energy, transport (210 times, 40pts); Known positions: economy-jobs: opposed, transport: opposed, transport: questioning (30pts)Voting record

Kate DeardenLabour and Co-operative Party

Halifax

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on fiscal-policy, energy, transport (55 times, 40pts); Known positions: economy-jobs: supportive, labour-market: supportive, technology: supportive (30pts)Voting record

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill: Business of the House

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