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HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillIs the hon. Gentleman concerned, as many of my colleagues are, that the Government will not give the full details on compensation for the non-core public sector activities that…03 Dec 2024HANSARDChagos Islands: UK-US Defence RelationshipIt is hard to imagine anything said from that Dispatch Box over the past five months that has survived contact with reality, and this is no different. In the tripartite…02 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillWill the hon. Lady give way?27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillI do not know the hon. Gentleman. I have never set eyes on him, but I will make the assumption that he is a Scottish Labour MP. I do not know who he is, because he has only just…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillI am pleased with the hon. Gentleman’s intervention. I can only assume he was a used car salesman in a previous life. We need to read the small print from Labour: “We will reduce…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillThe Minister is defending the changes that he is making to the fiscal regime as it relates to the North sea and the production of oil and gas. Can he identify another oil and…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillThe hon. Gentleman says that the Tories have no plan for public services. I accept that the Labour Government do have a plan, but it is completely unbelievable, so where does that…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillApache has announced that it is set to pull out of the North sea basin. How does the hon. Lady think that announcement relates to the fiscal decisions of this Government? Does she…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillI could not agree more with the hon. Member. That is absolutely right, and I am going to touch on that topic a little later. We see in clause 75 that the rates of landfill tax are…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillNo, I will not—we have touched on a number of issues there. In closing, earnings are set to grow by just 1.6% in real terms over this Parliament as a result of the Bill and the…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillDoes the shadow Minister agree that the Government could not conceivably have been so ignorant about British agriculture that they did not know that inheriting the family farm is…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillIt is a great pleasure to have an opportunity to speak to the Bill. I would have thought it would be a pleasure enjoyed by many more people on the Government Benches. Last time I…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillTo my great regret, I am not entirely sure what the hon. Member is talking about. If she would like, I am very happy to catch up with her afterwards. We can find out exactly what…27 Nov 2024HANSARDCOP29We learned three things from the statement. The first is that the climate finance will come from the existing UK aid budget. Can the Secretary of State reassure the House that the…26 Nov 2024HANSARDDefence Programmes DevelopmentsServicemen and women will have listened with despair to the Government and the Opposition argue about whether the strategic and catastrophic underfunding of the armed forces was…20 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Secretary of State speaks to a UK commitment to “NATO first”, and that is great, but we have just seen the election of a US President who is putting America first and the…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Armed Forces Commissioner BillIt is interesting to be taking part in a debate that has such an outbreak of consensus—indeed, it is a bit unsettling in this particular Chamber. However, the Scottish National…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Armed Forces Commissioner BillYes. What’s not to like? I am very happy to support that. I have two questions that I hope the Minister will address in his summing up. Will the commissioner have the power to…18 Nov 2024HANSARDChagos IslandsDoes the Minister agree that the principal way to defend national security is to stand fast behind the international rules-based system, and that the principal way to do that is…13 Nov 2024HANSARDWarm Homes PlanWe are going to need a warm homes plan, because with the snow and ice coming in on a cold front, Scotland is seeing a “sum front” heading north from this Labour Government: a £600…12 Nov 2024