This page contains guidance on financial resolutions that are required in the House of Commons in connection with public bills.
the initialling of draft financial resolutions by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury ("FST") (paragraphs 5.26 to 5.28);changes to the FST between initalling and tabling of a financial resolution (paragraphs 5.29 and 5.30);recent examples of where a financial resolution was tabled simultaneously with a notice of presentation (paragraph 5.51);an update to the model money resolution, in particular ensuring consistency between limbs (1)(b) and (c) of the model resolution as regards the use of sums incurred / payable "under or by virtue of" (Appendix B).
Updated guidance for members of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) on Financial resolutions added
The November 2019 version of the financial resolutions has been added.
Updated 'Financial Resolutions' attachment to the latest version.
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Updated guidance document published.
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