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HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I shall speak to my Amendment 49, and I support Amendment 31 in the name of my noble friend Lady Monckton of Dallington Forest. The fact is that, as we have also heard…04 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill04 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, in moving this amendment, I will speak also to my Amendment 40; both concern early years provision. I am afraid that this measure is another example of not protecting…04 Feb 2025HANSARDStock Market: First-time InvestorsMy Lords, I am very grateful to the respected and engaging noble Lord, Lord Lee, for such an interesting debate. In my view, our theme today has two aspects. The first is helping…03 Feb 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyMy Lords, the Government have told us that growth is their number one mission. That is the promise they have repeated again and again, and, given the difficult circumstances the…03 Feb 2025HANSARDLow and No-Tax JurisdictionsMy Lords, I begin by congratulating my noble friend Lady Coffey on her excellent speech. I eagerly look forward to working with her and taking advantage of both her ministerial…30 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I speak to Amendment 50 in my name, which would increase the employment allowance for farms from £10,500 to £20,000 and help to ease the very real cash-flow problems…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I also support Amendments 14 and 27, tabled so movingly by my noble friend Lady Monckton of Dallington Forest, and Amendment 67, spoken to by the right reverend Prelate…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I rise to move Amendment 6 in my name and to speak to my Amendments 23 and 48, all on small business—a subject dear to my heart, as noble Lords will recall from our…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillOn impact assessments, I think I am well known for my requesting them—I even voted against my own Government on one occasion —because they are very important and helpful. I do not…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI beg leave to withdraw the amendment.29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThat is 10 minutes.29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this valuable debate, especially those such as my noble friend Lady Lawlor who have run small businesses. Having heard…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillIt would be helpful if he could write to clarify these figures. There have been figures made available, but they have not been made available to the Committee. They were made…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI beg leave to withdraw my amendment.29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I start by thanking the Minister for his clarification on the full availability of the employment allowance in respect of charities; he agreed to look into this on day 1…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I shall just say this briefly: we need more transparency on such a major policy change, but we are not getting it. There is a large negative impact on business and…29 Jan 2025HANSARDInheritance Tax, National Insurance and VATWill the Minister say a little bit more about retail and hospitality, which have been particularly impacted by the NICs changes? I am interested in understanding his attitude to…27 Jan 2025