Main Estimates 2026-27

Resolved,

That, for the year ending with 31 March 2027:

(1) further resources, not exceeding £275,347,789,000, be authorised for use for current purposes as set out in HC 1752, HC 1793, HC 1812, HC 1815, HC 1855, and HC 1858 of Session 2024-26 and HC 204 of Session 2026-27,

(2) further resources, not exceeding £94,463,608,000, be authorised for use for capital purposes as so set out, and

(3) a further sum, not exceeding £251,898,299,000, be granted to His Majesty to be issued by the Treasury out of the Consolidated Fund and applied for expenditure on the use of resources authorised by Parliament.—(Mark Ferguson.)

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the foregoing Resolutions;

That the Chairman of Ways and Means, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lucy Rigby, Rachel Blake, Dan Tomlinson and Torsten Bell bring in the Bill.

Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill

Presentation and First Reading

Dan Tomlinson accordingly presented a Bill to authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2027; to authorise both the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund and the application of income for that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised for that year by this Act and by the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2026.

Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 107).