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HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)This is a group of clauses on environmental taxes, and the Minister has taken us through some of the technical changes and some of the upratings that are required by law. There is…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I am fascinated by the work of the joint unit for waste crime. I am slightly horrified that 2,500 illegal waste sites were closed. It is good that they are closed, but it is…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)There is an ongoing issue in this country, and in our economy, with investment and with the ability to ensure that we can remake our prosperity as a country and make our way in…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I am glad that there are positive examples of investment, but what I am talking about is the macroeconomic levels, which demonstrate that we are not where we should be.…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)The Minister would be very, very unpopular in my constituency if she referred to it as Liverpool. I represent the Wirral, which is over the river, where the Mersey ferry goes when…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)There is clearly a difference between the accrued complexity across a particular tax from end to end, which can gather barnacles over time, and a ministerial decision on whether…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I agree about that and I am glad to hear that the Minister is making decisions on a host of issues, although politically we may not always have the same approach to them. She was…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. This is not the first time that I have been on a Committee with you in the Chair. Will the Minister give a view…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)Another question occurs to me: is the scheme only for Afghans and Ukrainians, or does it accommodate other homeless people who are fleeing conflict? It is clear that those who…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)Obviously, the VAT rules account for some of the most complex parts of the duties and excise that the Minister has to wrestle with on a day-to-day basis. When one talks to…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)The clause seems quite mild, but it seems to have many implications for the policing of import duties; the prevention of widespread dumping or misuse of products on our markets,…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)We are obviously dealing with a product that kills and, as the Minister said, cost the public purse £21 billion a year. That is why there is cross-party support for the tobacco…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)I wonder which sugary drinks the Minister is addicted to—perhaps she will tell us when we are not sitting in public. We are dealing here with a technical change to the successful…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)New clause 1 is also part of this group. As a member of the Treasury Committee, which fairly collectively signed new clause 1, I will speak to the new clause, as well as to the…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)The Office for Budget Responsibility has said that the frozen thresholds will drag 2.1 million people into the higher rate of tax, raising £26 billion a year, which is the…16 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)I think that this measure will be welcomed across the Committee. As the Minister said, no one will vote against it. All of us know locally, from our constituency advice surgeries…16 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey, I think for the first time. I have a great deal of sympathy with what hon. Member for Aberdeen North has just…16 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)I agree, and the hon. Lady makes a valuable point. For societies to advance in a sensible, healthy way, succeeding generations must have optimism about things changing for the…16 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Thank you very much, Ms McVey. I think that the comment that I made earlier about this being your first Committee was about it being your first Committee that included me, not it…16 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)I am all in favour of people earning more money, but it is important that they are doing so in in real terms. Someone can earn more money in terms that do not take account of…16 May 2023