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HANSARDInheritance Tax: Cohabiting SiblingsMy Lords, while the Government are understanding of the issue, there are no plans to exempt transfers of property between long-term cohabiting siblings. The inheritance tax spouse…10 Feb 2021HANSARDInheritance Tax: Cohabiting SiblingsAs I said to my noble friend Lord Lexden, the issue is around the unique legal relationship that marriage and civil partnerships entail. No similar legal relationship exists for…10 Feb 2021HANSARDSocial Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2021That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 18 January be approved. Relevant document: 44th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in Grand…10 Feb 2021HANSARDInheritance Tax: Cohabiting SiblingsMy Lords, the Government are of course aware of my noble friend’s previous Private Member’s Bill on this subject. The question is not just one of cost; it is about legal…10 Feb 2021HANSARDInheritance Tax: Cohabiting SiblingsMy Lords, that is a broader point, but I am afraid I am going to have to disappoint noble Lords: the Government have looked at this issue in the context of inheritance tax, and…10 Feb 2021HANSARDSocial Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2021My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this short but interesting debate. The noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, touched on the wider debate about the nature of…08 Feb 2021HANSARDSocial Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2021That the Grand Committee do consider the Social Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2021.08 Feb 2021HANSARDSocial Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2021My Lords, these regulations set the national insurance contributions limits and thresholds, as well as the rates of a number of national insurance contributions, for the 2021-22…08 Feb 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, I remind noble Lords that the time limit for Back-Bench contributions is four minutes.08 Feb 2021HANSARDTax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2021That the Grand Committee do consider the Tax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2021. Relevant document: 44th Report from the Secondary…08 Feb 2021HANSARDBiodiversity: Dasgupta ReviewMy Lords, I disagree with the PAC conclusions, but I agree about the importance of the financial sector in making progress on this issue. In December, the Chancellor announced the…04 Feb 2021HANSARDBiodiversity: Dasgupta ReviewMy Lords, I will be very happy to undertake to make those representations and will let the noble Lord know the response.04 Feb 2021HANSARDBiodiversity: Dasgupta ReviewMy Lords, as part of the spending review process, all departments are required to look at their bids in terms of their commitment to climate change and our targets in that…04 Feb 2021HANSARDBiodiversity: Dasgupta ReviewMy Lords, that question has taken me into unchartered territory on the topic of biodiversity. We will consider all the findings of the review very carefully and come back in due…04 Feb 2021HANSARDBiodiversity: Dasgupta ReviewMy Lords, the noble Lord is correct in his assessment of the importance of the Dasgupta review. I reassure him that some of the measures in the review touch on areas where the…04 Feb 2021HANSARDBiodiversity: Dasgupta ReviewMy Lords, the Prime Minister has agreed five policy themes for COP 26, and one of those is nature. In our nature campaign, we are committed to protecting and restoring the natural…04 Feb 2021HANSARDBiodiversity: Dasgupta ReviewMy Lords, while the Government have only just received the report, I reassure the noble Baroness that we are already taking action to include some of these measures in our…04 Feb 2021HANSARDBiodiversity: Dasgupta ReviewMy Lords, the Government set out our green finance strategy in 2019. It contained a host of measures that we are going to take on green finance, including climate-related…04 Feb 2021HANSARDBiodiversity: Dasgupta ReviewMy Lords, the Government are taking world-leading action on preventing the use of single-use plastics and their presence in our ecosystem. That includes banning certain single-use…04 Feb 2021HANSARDBiodiversity: Dasgupta ReviewMy Lords, at the start of an important year for global action to tackle biodiversity loss and climate change, the Government thank Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta for his…04 Feb 2021