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HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerI agree with my hon. Friend, who is a strong advocate of ensuring that we do all we can to support people, lift people out of poverty, and grow our economy and our towns and…10 Dec 2025HANSARDIncome Tax and National Insurance Threshold FreezeWe have chosen to uplift the national living wage and the national minimum wage so that those on low incomes are properly rewarded for their hard work. It will benefit 2.7 million…09 Dec 2025HANSARDIncome Tax and National Insurance Threshold FreezeI suggest the hon. Member asks his Front Benchers why 75% of the impact of people paying more tax at the lower end is the result of decisions made by the previous Government, who…09 Dec 2025HANSARDIncome Tax and National Insurance Threshold FreezeI am a bit confused by that question. The hon. Member said there was one word that was important. Let me give him one figure: £150. That is the amount we are taking off energy…09 Dec 2025HANSARDIncome Tax and National Insurance Threshold FreezeThe Chancellor was clear at the Budget that we are taking the fair and necessary decisions on tax to do all we can to ensure that the contribution of working people is kept as low…09 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMembers on the Treasury Bench are fully aware of the fact that changes to inheritance tax have an effect on those who are older. In the changes to both agricultural and business…09 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am happy to speak to my hon. Friend about the issues that she raises in her constituency.09 Dec 2025HANSARDIncome Tax and National Insurance Threshold FreezeYes.09 Dec 2025HANSARDIncome Tax and National Insurance Threshold FreezeThe Conservative spokesperson talks about fairness. Let me just identify one element of unfairness he left in the tax system that this Government is correcting, and it is a…09 Dec 2025HANSARDHospitality Sector and SMEsSmall and medium-sized businesses are vital to our economy and our communities, and the Government’s small business strategy, published in July this year, sets out our approach to…09 Dec 2025HANSARDHospitality Sector and SMEsIf I had a such a charming Member of Parliament, I would also be as happy as his constituents in Skipton. I thank him for his question. We considered the support really carefully…09 Dec 2025HANSARDHospitality Sector and SMEsIt is important that we all communicate to the small businesses in our constituencies, as I was doing this weekend, that there is a difference when it comes to the increase in the…09 Dec 2025HANSARDHospitality Sector and SMEsOne of the things we announced at the Budget is a rebalancing in the system away from properties that have large rateable values and towards the small businesses on our high…09 Dec 2025HANSARDHospitality Sector and SMEsI am sure that many of us do jump on the train to support our hospitality businesses. The consultation that my hon. Friend mentions, which we published on the day of the Budget,…09 Dec 2025HANSARDHospitality Sector and SMEsThe multipliers are a product of the change in the valuation, and they did come down. We brought them down even further for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses. Without…09 Dec 2025HANSARDHospitality Sector and SMEsWe have set out our plans to reduce the multipliers for retail, hospitality and leisure properties, which is a rebalancing in the system. It means that those…09 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsLet us be clear: nobody’s business rate bills are trebling. If businesses come to talk to us about increases in their rateable values because of the unwinding of the effect of the…09 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAt the Budget, we came forward with a revision to the policy to support people whose spouses have already passed away, and we made the allowance transferable between the spouses.…09 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will stop there, Mr Speaker.09 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for her question and her continued campaigning on this issue, which I know is important to her constituents. On those who seek to bend the rules, companies…09 Dec 2025