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HANSARDTaxesI thank my hon. Friend for his comments and for his years of work and experience supporting public sector workers and our proud trade unionists. Conservative Members have…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesIn the end, in order to sort out the strikes we needed to give public sector workers a fair deal. The situation that they were left in was not fair, with their wages going up…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesI was glad to attend the hon. Member’s Westminster Hall debate last night on wine producers across the UK. I am impressed by his close reading of all the words of members of the…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesWe already have an intervention, so here we go.12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesI will happily give way—it might be the final time I do so.12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesAnd the Conservatives have the gall to lecture us about managing the public finances well. They say that they want to cut civil service numbers. Between 2016 and when the…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesHon. Members want more! Okay. If this debate has taught us anything, it is simply this: not only do the Conservatives need to stay in opposition for longer, but I am sure that…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. The Chancellor will make all decisions on tax and spend at the Budget, and I will not be commenting on speculation. I have said that…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesIf the hon. Gentleman wants to ask questions about the manifesto, I am glad that he is interested in the change that this Government are bringing through their manifesto. We have…12 Nov 2025HANSARD Alcohol Duty: UK Wine SectorI am glad to be serving under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Farnham and Bordon (Gregory Stafford) for securing this important debate, and for…11 Nov 2025HANSARD Alcohol Duty: UK Wine SectorOf course. I was looking forward to my first intervention, and will happily give way.11 Nov 2025HANSARD Alcohol Duty: UK Wine SectorThe hon. Gentleman might think that some of the OBR’s assumptions are wrong. I encourage Members, if they have evidence, facts or figures that they want to put to the OBR on the…11 Nov 2025HANSARD Alcohol Duty: UK Wine SectorWe will look in the round at the changes that were implemented in 2023. I do not want to rush to implement something that does not work for the alcohol industry as a whole and is…11 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe will be introducing permanently lower rates for those businesses in the Budget.04 Nov 2025HANSARDRemote Betting and Gaming Duty: HorseracingMy hon. Friend is a strong advocate for the horseracing industry and the jobs and economic activity in her constituency. I was glad to meet her just last week to discuss the topic…04 Nov 2025HANSARDRemote Betting and Gaming Duty: HorseracingWe consulted on measures to simplify gambling duty and improve compliance. The responses from the consultation have now been analysed, and a response will be set out at the autumn…04 Nov 2025HANSARDRemote Betting and Gaming Duty: HorseracingDecisions on tax policy will be made at the Budget.04 Nov 2025HANSARDScotch Whisky IndustryI thank the hon. Member for his question, and I remind him of the landmark trade deal that this Government secured with India. He criticises the Government for not doing enough,…04 Nov 2025HANSARDHMRC Customer ServiceHMRC is committed to improving day-to-day performance and the customer experience. Call waiting times in the first quarter of this year were half as long as in the same period…04 Nov 2025HANSARDAgricultural and Business Property Relief: Impact on FarmersI have already answered the question about the CenTax proposals, but it is clear from its analysis that the number of estates that would pay more inheritance tax would be more…04 Nov 2025