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HANSARDSupply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.14 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance ContributionsMy Lords, as I explained in my original Answer, the 6.1 million individuals earning less than the primary threshold will not pay the levy at all. In addition, in the analysis that…07 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance ContributionsMy Lords, the additional spending from the levy kicks in from this year onwards, so we matched the introduction of the levy with the introduction of the new spending, which cannot…07 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance ContributionsI say to the noble Lord that it is important to take the impact of national insurance and income tax together. When you do that, the combined tax rate for those earning in the…07 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance ContributionsMy Lords, my noble friend is correct that, as well as seeing record highs in prices recently, we have in recent years also seen record lows. With that came record lows of…07 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords for this debate. I will turn first to the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Bethell. As noble Lords are aware, the Government introduced…07 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, in our 2020 consultation on advertising, we outlined our concerns about online targeting of adverts, so we did look at the approach suggested by my noble friend. There…07 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, while I have a lot of sympathy with my noble friend Lord Young wanting to contribute to the debate, in order to do so, he needs to be in it.07 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance ContributionsMy Lords, we have discussed a windfall tax before and, in addition to the reasons that I gave then, the increase in NICs—the health and social care levy—funds an ongoing increase…07 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I too thank noble Lords for their helpful engagement on this matter over the last few weeks and for bringing forward the debate on this issue today. It is important that…07 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Howarth, for initiating this debate, and for the work he has done on this issue. A common theme runs through the comments of noble Lords.…07 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance ContributionsMy Lords, the Government have published several assessments of the health and social care levy’s impacts, including distributional analysis of the tax and spending announcements’…07 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance ContributionsMy Lords, the Government have been very clear in their justification for the health and social care levy. The Government are committed to the responsible management of the public…07 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance ContributionsMy Lords, the noble Lord is correct that in the early years it will go further towards the NHS to help deal with the backlogs; the spending on social care is aligned with the…07 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance ContributionsMy Lords, an important aspect of the health and social care levy is that it is paid by employers as well as employees—because they benefit from having a healthy, supported…07 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance ContributionsMy Lords, we have strayed more on to a windfall tax than I expected, but I say to my noble friend that he makes a good point. The issue of energy security is at the top of…07 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance ContributionsMy Lords, we have introduced the levy through the national insurance system—that is the system that we have used previously to fund improvements to the healthcare system and, in…07 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance ContributionsMy Lords, I acknowledge that the circumstances have changed—that is why the Government have also changed our approach by, for example, announcing £9 billion of support to help…07 Mar 2022HANSARDElderly Social Care (Insurance) Bill [HL]My Lords, noble Lords may wish to have a short debate before we pass the Bill.04 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillThe noble Lord is correct that he can speak to Amendment 64 and, in doing so, move it, but he should then choose to withdraw it or test the opinion of the House.03 Mar 2022