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HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsI am grateful to both my hon. Friend and the hon. Member for Dewsbury and Batley (Iqbal Mohamed) for their interventions. Indeed, there are many places, particularly at secondary…08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsI am spoilt for choice. I give way to my right hon. Friend.08 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Schools: VAT and Business Rates ExemptionsWill the Minister give way?08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsWill the hon. Gentleman give way?08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsI beg to move, That this House regrets that the Government has decided to impose VAT on independent school fees; believes that educational provision should not be taxed; regrets…08 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Schools: VAT and Business Rates ExemptionsWill the Minister give way?08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsMy right hon. Friend is right to identify that many parents make great personal financial sacrifices to do what they believe is best for their children. Some parents whose…08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsThis is a completely different situation. Independent schools do pay tax.08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsMy right hon. Friend is of course correct about the economic contribution that schools make locally and the large numbers of people they employ. That point was also made by…08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsNo, independent schools do pay tax on supplies. No tax is charged on education, whether in an independent school or in other settings, and that is a very long-standing principle.…08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsMy hon. Friend makes a very good point.08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. As things stand, those who get the continuity of education allowance would be hit, in part, by the tax.08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who, as ever, makes important points. I too am disappointed that the Education Secretary is not with us for this important debate. I will make…08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsI will take one more intervention before making progress, so as not to try your patience too much, Mr Speaker.08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsMy right hon. Friend is correct: substantial export earnings come from the sector, and from a globally mobile set of families. But I would go further; in addition to the direct…08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsEven for a Lib Dem that is pushing it.08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman.08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsMy hon. Friend is right. That comes from the rushed nature of the legislation. The sloppy drafting means that children who are not of school age get dragged into this tax if they…08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsI ask my hon. Friend to forgive me, as I must make progress. As for children whose parents are priced out of a school, or face its closure, disruption to learning can be difficult…08 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Opposition share the Secretary of State’s good wishes to all for the new term and the new year, but does she recall that last time Labour was in office, not only did England…09 Sept 2024