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HANSARD Finance BillI will resist that invitation. Does the right hon. Gentleman understand the nature of a windfall tax? It raises money on the windfall that a sector was not expecting. We know that…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. Madam Deputy Speaker, I beg for your patience as I retread some of the remarks I made earlier. It is my view that the family farm tax…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillIt is an honour to follow the hon. Member for South Derbyshire (Samantha Niblett), and I congratulate her on her very heartfelt maiden speech. I commend her for her commitment to…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillI think we can all say that a lot of water has passed under the bridge since those times. Since 2015, we have seen what the Conservatives did when they were left in government on…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. He may know that during those coalition years, both the health and education day-to-day budgets were protected and it was…25 Nov 2024HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that this broken business rates system is unfair in many ways and it is the big giants, online or otherwise, that are getting an easier ride.…25 Nov 2024HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillThe Great British high street is on life support. Many bricks-and-mortar businesses are barely surviving and, where they are, it is often against the odds. Changes in our trading…25 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsIt is clear that social care providers will be worse off, so I urge the Deputy Prime Minister and the Chancellor to look again at that. Somebody else who was worried about the…20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsMay I associate myself and the Liberal Democrats with the Deputy Prime Minister’s remarks on Ukraine? Ahead of the Budget, I warned the Deputy Prime Minister that increasing…20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsThank you, Mr Speaker. Farmers told me yesterday that they feel as though they have been betrayed by the Conservatives, but they now feel that they have also been lied to by…20 Nov 2024HANSARD Financial Services: Mansion House SpeechWe welcome any reforms that will provide an effective route to growth without putting undue pressure on people’s savings, so we look forward to seeing more details from the…18 Nov 2024HANSARDDraft Local Loans (Increase of Limit) Order 2024As others have said, this legislation is uncontentious; I am happy to support it. This is a good opportunity to highlight the difference that some of these loans make to people’s…13 Nov 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI thank my hon. Friend for that excellent intervention. I absolutely agree that they should be exempt; I think the rise in national insurance contributions is the wrong thing to…06 Nov 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for making that point. He may remember that at Deputy Prime Minister’s questions two weeks ago, I raised precisely that point with the Deputy…06 Nov 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green (Florence Eshalomi), who has given another customarily powerful speech and reminded us of the…06 Nov 2024HANSARDPension Credit: Processing of ApplicationsAs the newly appointed Treasury spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats, this is my first opportunity to welcome the Chancellor and Ministers to their places. Notwithstanding that,…29 Oct 2024HANSARDEconomic Investment and GrowthSmall businesses are the engine of our economy, but many of them are penalised for investing in their businesses because of the broken business rates system. Will the Chancellor…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Fiscal RulesUnder the Conservatives, the fiscal rules changed five times in seven years, so a change to fiscal rules is not that unusual in and of itself. However, does the Minister agree…28 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsMay I associate myself and the Liberal Democrats with the Deputy Prime Minister’s remarks about Chris Hoy, and about all those involved in the train crash? Our NHS is bracing…23 Oct 2024