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HANSARDTributes: Sir David Amess MPLike all noble Lords, I was shocked, shaken and saddened by the tragic death of Sir David Amess on Friday. He was killed while holding a constituency surgery in a place of…18 Oct 2021HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lady Vere, I beg to move the Motion standing in her name on the Order Paper.16 Sept 2021HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2021That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 6 July be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 14 September16 Sept 2021HANSARDMoney Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (No. 2) (High-Risk Countries) Regulations 2021My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Agnew and with the leave of the House, I beg to move the two Motions standing in his name on the Order Paper en bloc.16 Sept 2021HANSARDMoney Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (No. 2) (High-Risk Countries) Regulations 2021That the Regulations laid before the House on 12 July be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 14 September16 Sept 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat, in the event of the Health and Social Care Levy Bill having been brought from the House of Commons, Standing Order 44 (No two stages of a Bill to be taken on one day) be…16 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI am sure the noble Lord will understand that, given the statistical anomaly that has led to average wage growth being 8%, it is just not fair to raise pensions by this figure.…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareMy noble friend is certainly right; this is a huge amount of investment going to where it is greatly needed. But he is absolutely right that, seeing as taxpayers—all of us—are…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareAs I have said, there will be consultation on the detail of the local authority elements and further White Papers on integration. This is a long-running and complex programme, and…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI said at the outset that only a broad-based tax such as VAT, income tax or NICs could raise the sums needed for this kind of investment, and we believe that NICs is the fairest…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareAs I have said, the reason we went to NICs is that we believe that is the fairest, as the higher your earnings, the more you contribute; I gave some figures to show that. As I…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI thank the noble Lord and the noble Baroness for their comments, but I am slightly surprised that they have not welcomed our announcement of a new £36 billion package to help…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareAs I said in my opening remarks, we are committed to spending an additional £5.4 billion across the next three years. This will end the risk of unpredictable care costs and…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareThis has been an intractable issue. If all parties had managed to deal with it better, people in the situation the noble Lord mentioned—for whom we have a lot of sympathy—would…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI am afraid I have already set out the timescale on which we are doing this. This is a complex area and, as I said, the new cap will come in in October 2023. As I said, the…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI do not believe so, no. As we have said, the levy will be shared between individuals and business. The largest 1% of firms will pay around 70% of the total business…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareThat is exactly what we intend to happen. In fact, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will benefit from around 15% more than is generated for their residents, which will be…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareAs I mentioned to a noble Lord earlier, the vast majority of care workers are employed by private sector providers, which ultimately set their pay, but local authorities are going…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareThe noble Lord will be well aware that historically there has been very low demand for social care insurance products and insurers have actually withdrawn products from the…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI can certainly reassure my noble friend that the levy will be specifically ring-fenced for health and social care. As I said, HMRC will send funds to the health bodies in all…09 Sept 2021