National Insurance Contributions Bill: Remaining stages

National Insurance Contributions Bill

The Bill was not amended at report stage and was read a third time. The Bill will now be considered by the House of Lords. Watch and read the views expressed by MPs who took part in the House of Commons debate.

• Watch the debate: National Insurance Contributions Bill: Report stage and third reading
• Commons Hansard: National Insurance Contributions Bill: Report stage and third reading

Background to the Bill

The Bill makes provision for two measures:

• an increase in the rates of National Insurance contributions paid by employees, employers and the self-employed, from 6 April 2011, by 1 percentage point
• a regional employer National Insurance contributions holiday for new businesses – which was launched on 6 September 2010.

Keep up to date with all the proceedings on the National Insurance Contributions Bill and find out how a Bill becomes an Act of Parliament.

• Bills before Parliament: National Insurance Contributions Bill
• About Parliament: Passage of a Bill

House of Commons Library analysis

The House of Commons Library regularly produces research papers which inform MPs about key issues. The Library has produced a Research Paper on the National Insurance Contributions Bill: Committee stage report:

• Library Research Paper: National Insurance Contributions Bill