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HANSARDEngagementsQ12. Can I tell a tale of two councils? My constituents who live in Conservative-controlled Wychavon District Council have enjoyed six years of council tax freezes and excellent…19 Apr 2023HANSARDSudanI, too, am heartbroken for the women I met in Darfur, who only want peace, security and to be able to educate their children; for the young women who protested and brought down…17 Apr 2023HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillMany measures in the Bill will be warmly welcomed by businesses and households in West Worcestershire. However, clause 346 abolishes the Office for Tax Simplification. I do not…29 Mar 2023HANSARD Food Price InflationYesterday’s inflation numbers were a sobering reminder of how terrible a tax inflation is on our economy. It is a tax that harms everyone, but it harms the poorest most. Does the…23 Mar 2023HANSARDTaxationThere was a significant tax cut in the Budget that has been greatly welcomed by drivers in my constituency and elsewhere, namely the extension of the 5p cut in fuel duty and the…21 Mar 2023HANSARD Budget Resolutions and Economic SituationThank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker; it is wonderful to have you back in the Chair. After that torrent of socialist declinism from the Opposition, I want to start by saying…15 Mar 2023HANSARD Silicon Valley BankMay I put on the record my gratitude to the Minister, his colleagues and officials, and to people at the Bank and in the City in general, who have obviously worked flat out all…13 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Treasury Committee recently published a report titled “Fuel Duty: Fiscal forecast fiction”, because we do not think the Chancellor will really be able to raise fuel duty by…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Digital PoundThe Treasury Committee has opened an inquiry into crypto, and this morning we had a session at which the chief executives of the major high street banks appeared before us. The…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Charter for Budget ResponsibilityThank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker, and may I associate myself with those passionately expressed words from the Chair? I did think there might be a few more people here this…06 Feb 2023HANSARD Non-domicile Tax StatusOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Is it in order for the Opposition spokesman to be talking in such general terms about a wide range of things, without actually addressing…31 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domicile Tax StatusThe hon. Gentleman is making a typical, anti-aspirational socialist rant straight out of the book called “Politics of Envy”, but he is not actually speaking to the motion on the…31 Jan 2023HANSARDIMF Economic OutlookWill the Minister take this opportunity to reflect on last year when, despite the headwinds of the coronavirus, the invasion of Ukraine, huge hikes in energy costs, rising…31 Jan 2023HANSARDInternational Day of EducationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Chelmsford (Vicky Ford) on securing the debate. I thank her for…26 Jan 2023HANSARDInternational Day of EducationWill my right hon. Friend commit to writing to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to make the point that the money for Ukrainian refugee children in…26 Jan 2023HANSARDWagner Group: Sanctions RegimeAlthough we cannot discuss a specific case, “Wagner Group” is written on the Annunciator and I wanted to add a further question about the regime that we are operating within the…25 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe right hon. Lady makes some excellent points. Once the Minister does this work, it may well turn out that £100 is a good starting point. Other things are budgeted for, and I…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI rise to speak to new clause 20 and the amendments tabled in the name of my right hon. Friend the Member for South Northamptonshire (Dame Andrea Leadsom). I very much welcome the…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI think I heard the Minister acknowledge that Companies House needs more resources, and that those resources should be raised not through a one-off fee when setting up a business…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThat is my point—my hon. Friend has made it much better than I was. This is an offer to the Minister for a significant increase in the budget of one of the agencies for which he…24 Jan 2023