Order for Second Reading read.

Question, That the Bill be now read a Second time, put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 56 (Consolidated Fund Bills), and agreed to.

Question, That the Bill be now read the Third time, put forthwith, and agreed to.

Bill accordingly read the Third time, and passed.

FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL [WAYS AND MEANS]

Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 52(1)(b) (Money resolutions and ways and means resolutions in connection with bills),

Repos and other structured finance arrangements

That provision may be made in the Finance (No. 2) Bill for the purposes of income tax and corporation tax in relation to—

(a) arrangements for the sale and repurchase of securities, and

(b) other arrangements that equate, in substance, to transactions for the lending of money.—[Ed Balls.]

Question agreed to.