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HANSARDAgricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief: Impact on FarmingAs is the normal process in developing any policy, we consider a range of options, but we have decided that this gets the balance right: raising revenue in a fair way while…09 Sept 2025HANSARDBetter Futures FundIn July, the Chancellor announced the better futures fund—the largest social outcomes partnership fund in the world—to break down barriers to opportunity for up to 200,000…09 Sept 2025HANSARDBetter Futures FundI thank my hon. Friend for his support of what we are seeking to achieve through the better futures fund. He is absolutely right that the fund will be designed to ensure that the…09 Sept 2025HANSARDBetter Futures FundI was pleased to meet Kim McGuinness just last week and to hear about the excellent work she is doing to champion the north-east. On the better futures fund more broadly, we know…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDraft Markets in Financial Instruments (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025
Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Capital Buffers and Macro-prudential Measures) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025I thank the shadow Minister for his speech, for his broad support for what we are seeking to achieve and for the brevity of his contribution this evening. I welcome his support…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDraft Markets in Financial Instruments (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025
Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Capital Buffers and Macro-prudential Measures) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025It’s too much excitement for day one.08 Sept 2025HANSARDDraft Markets in Financial Instruments (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025
Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Capital Buffers and Macro-prudential Measures) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Markets in Financial Instruments (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025.08 Sept 2025HANSARDDraft Markets in Financial Instruments (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025
Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Capital Buffers and Macro-prudential Measures) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. These two technical statutory instruments make practical changes that allow the Government to complete reforms to…08 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesI probably should. I will give way one more time.03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on an inventive way of encouraging me to speculate on tax measures. I am aware of the issue that he points to, and I thank him for raising it in…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right; economic growth is of course critical to our plans. She points to the trade deals that we secured. She and other hon. Members will know that…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesI will take a very short intervention, then I really will make progress.03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesI gently remind the hon. Member that council tax—a tax on property—exists in this country, so the principle of applying some taxes to property is well established in the UK, and…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesThe hon. Gentleman is right to remind everyone of the record under the short-lived Prime Minister, Liz Truss. I notice that Conservative Members do not refer to that themselves…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesI thank the right hon. Member for his kind words. As he will know, welfare measures are already going through Parliament and being investigated by my right hon. Friend the…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesI will give way one more time, but then I will make some progress.03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesI am not going to engage in speculation about tax measures or any of the mechanics around them. The hon. Member and his hon. Friends will simply have to wait until 26 November to…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesI am going to make some progress, because a few moments ago I said I would do so. I have been gently reminded by Madam Deputy Speaker that I really must live up to my promise on…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker—the hint is taken. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Chris Vince) for his intervention, and I thank his mother for her service to HMRC…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesI have been asked by Madam Deputy Speaker to make some progress, so I will return to the hon. Gentleman a little later. I hear from my constituents, as I am sure many other…03 Sept 2025