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HANSARDFinance Bill (Second sitting)I was pointing out the discrepancy in how, as we covered earlier, the Government are unfreezing income tax—apparently, although they are not legislating for it—but keeping the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDFinance Bill (Second sitting)As the Minister said, clause 40 and schedule 9 abolish the remittance basis of taxation for foreign income and gains from 2025-26. Clause 41 and schedule 10 create a temporary…28 Jan 2025HANSARDFinance Bill (First sitting)As the Minister set out, clauses 23 and 24 extend the availability of the 100% first-year allowance for business expenditure on zero emission cars and for expenditure on plant or…28 Jan 2025HANSARDFinance Bill (First sitting)Let us be clear: it is good when a Government set out a tax rate over a multi-year period; we accept that that is a good thing. However, does the Minister accept—to the point…28 Jan 2025HANSARDFinance Bill (First sitting)I will intervene anyway. As I said, any certainty that can be provided to businesses regarding the tax system is a good thing. The point I am trying to make—I will try again—is…28 Jan 2025HANSARDFinance Bill (Second sitting)To clarify, the point I am trying to make is that the Minister is rightly trying to ensure that this new regime makes the UK as competitive as possible so that assets flow into…28 Jan 2025HANSARDGreen Infrastructure InvestmentNever in doubt, Mr Speaker. May I welcome the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, the hon. Member for Swansea West (Torsten Bell), to his place? The removal of investment…21 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Ring-fenced Bodies, Core Activities, Excluded Activities and Prohibitions) (Amendment) Order 2024
Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Designated Activities) (Supervision and Enforcement) Regulations 2024
Draft Short Selling Regulations 2024It is always a pleasure to see you presiding over us, Mr Vickers. The Minister has covered the instruments pretty well, so I will make a few remarks, and then I have a couple of…07 Jan 2025HANSARDFrozen Russian Assets: UkraineI congratulate the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells (Mike Martin) on securing this debate and giving an incredibly moving speech, in which he told the story of Sasha—and, of…06 Jan 2025HANSARDFrozen Russian Assets: UkraineI welcome the intervention by my right hon. Friend, who is extremely diligent in his assessment of such matters. I will allow the Minister, who is actually in the Government, to…06 Jan 2025HANSARDFrozen Russian Assets: UkraineI will take one more intervention.06 Jan 2025HANSARDFrozen Russian Assets: UkraineI welcome the intervention. Our position in government and in opposition has been that we should do whatever it takes to hold Russia to account and to ensure that Russia pays, and…06 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThat was a classic case of how to make an intervention, because it added to the debate. I had not mentioned that point, but my right hon. Friend is absolutely right. The impact on…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI find it difficult that the Labour party says that we are irresponsible with public finances, yet when we faced a once-in-a-century pandemic and spent £400 billion or £500…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI rise to speak, on behalf of the official Opposition, to amendments 13 to 18 and new clause 1, which stand in my name. First, it is important to remember the context of the…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI could not have put it better myself. These amendments highlight the fact that Labour’s attempt to paint this tax rise as a necessity for public services is nothing but plain…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy right hon. Friend—a Lincolnshire colleague and Father of the House—puts it perfectly. Labour says that it supports public services and that those services are apparently being…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillOnce again, my right hon. Friend makes a valid point. As I have said already, I am not sure that this was intended. I do not think the Government understand what these measures…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThe hon. Gentleman was not here at that time, but those of us who were in Parliament then faced an incredibly challenging time in very difficult circumstances. Billions of pounds…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI agree completely with my hon. Friend, who has once again made a very astute intervention. It marries very clearly with what we have seen in business confidence. He mentioned the…17 Dec 2024