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HANSARD Business of the HouseWe all know that the country needs more homes, but the Government’s proposed algorithm throws up anomalies such as an 86% increase in the housing target for East Hampshire, while…05 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillWe have a mission-led Government. I am not sure whether anybody knows exactly what that means, but we do know what the mission is meant to be: delivering for working people. But I…03 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe single most important factor in raising living standards, driving income equality and improving children’s life chances is having a job. Why is the Chancellor disregarding…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillOn the £22.6 billion for the NHS, or the figure just mentioned for local government, have the Minister or his officials calculated what the numbers would be, net of the national…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Billrose—03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThe hon. Gentleman is quite right. This is not some trivial increase that is easy for an organisation to absorb. While 1.2 percentage points may not sound like much, with the…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillWe are the Opposition. You are the Government.03 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillOn three counts, I am afraid that is incorrect. First, it does not cover everybody with special needs at a private school. Secondly, the IFS has not said that there is ample space…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillNo, they do not. If the hon. Gentleman is talking about the OECD figures, they are for primary, secondary and college-based education in the state sector, but I am grateful to him…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillThank you.27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillIt is a very long-standing principle, observed all but universally around the world, that we do not tax education, because it is a public good. Some families find that independent…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillDoes the hon. Member know how many additional teachers were recruited in the last Parliament without putting VAT on private education? Does he know how many breakfast clubs are…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillThe hon. Gentleman shakes his head. I take it that means that he has not had those conversations. [Interruption.] I am happy to take an intervention from him. What contingency…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillWell, we shall see. As a teacher, he will know that teachers move between the state and independent sectors all the time. They move in both directions, but that is not what the…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Project GigabitMy hon. Friend is right to identify the progress made in constituencies like his, Farnham and Bordon, or mine, East Hampshire. Does he agree, however, that improvement is all the…26 Nov 2024HANSARD Project Gigabitrose —26 Nov 2024HANSARD Project GigabitI was, but not any more.26 Nov 2024HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillIn my time as a junior Treasury Minister, one important thing I learned was that there is a really good argument against every tax: VAT is inflationary, corporation tax reduces…25 Nov 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMay we have a debate in Government time on water recycling projects? The project at Havant Thicket is of great significance to my constituents and those of my hon. Friend the…21 Nov 2024