MPs have urged the cabinet to scrap the special charitable status currently applied to climate campaign group Extinction Rebellion, which enables it to profit from a tax break for good causes.

Justice minister David van Weel said last week that it would not be possible to cancel XR’s ANBI status “on the basis of the facts now before me”, but MPs went ahead with backing a motion by far-right JA21 anyway.

The party, which has one MP, says the campaign group should lose its charitable status because of its disruptive roadblocks. Last weekend, 190 activists were again arrested trying to block Amsterdam’s A10 ring road.

Cabinet party NSC voted against the plan, which was passed by 69 votes to 67. Far-right Christian party SGP and FvD voted for the motion, enabling it to pass.

Charities with an ANBI status do not have to pay any inheritance or gift tax on the money they receive, and donors are able to deduct their donations from tax.

MPs have also backed a string of motions calling on the cabinet to get tougher on demonstrations and to make it easier to make demonstrators pay for the damage they cause. They also voted to make motorway blockades illegal.

Ministers do not have to abide by parliamentary motions, but are known to be looking at ways to restrict some forms of demonstration.