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HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs we have debated several times in this Chamber and Westminster Hall, the changes to agricultural property relief and business property relief retain a generous relief for people…04 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I have made clear to other hon. Members, the changes to agricultural property relief are a fair way to raise the money necessary to balance the public finances. Britain has…04 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs my hon. Friend rightly points out, £100 million is being made available for hospices—£25 million in 2024-25 and £75 million from April 2025. That capital funding is intended to…04 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have frozen the small business multiplier this year and we will be introducing permanently lower multipliers for retail hospitality and leisure premises from April 2026, which…04 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs part of the reforms announced at the autumn Budget, we are modernising the system for people from overseas spending time in the UK with a new residence-based test. We are…04 Mar 2025HANSARDDraft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Belarus) (Revocation) Order 2025
Draft Double Taxation Relief (Russian Federation) (Revocation) Order 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Belarus) (Revocation) Order 2025.04 Mar 2025HANSARDNICs Increase: Impact on Economic GrowthAll measures in the Budget were of course analysed by the Treasury and the Office for Budget Responsibility ahead of their announcement, and we keep in constant contact with…04 Mar 2025HANSARDTaxation: Impact on Working PeopleI hope my hon. Friend will welcome the £200 million investment in the Grangemouth facility, which has already been spoken about today. I hope he will also support the Government’s…04 Mar 2025HANSARDDraft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Belarus) (Revocation) Order 2025
Draft Double Taxation Relief (Russian Federation) (Revocation) Order 2025I thank the hon. Members for Grantham and Bourne and for Wokingham for their contributions to this short but important debate. In response to the shadow Minister’s question, I…04 Mar 2025HANSARDDraft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Belarus) (Revocation) Order 2025
Draft Double Taxation Relief (Russian Federation) (Revocation) Order 2025It is a pleasure to serve on this Committee with you as Chair, Dr Huq. The orders before us give effect to the suspension of the 2018 UK-Belarus and 1994 UK-Russia double taxation…04 Mar 2025HANSARDTaxation: Impact on Working PeopleThe OBR’s spring forecast will take place on 26 March and be accompanied by a statement to Parliament from the Chancellor. Ahead of the statement, the Government will not give a…04 Mar 2025HANSARDNICs Increase: Impact on Economic GrowthThe hon. Member speaks about business rates relief. We have to remember that the business rates relief for retail, hospitality and leisure was due to end entirely in April 2025…04 Mar 2025HANSARDNICs Increase: Impact on Economic GrowthThe Government have taken difficult decisions to repair the public finances, fund public services and restore economic stability. The Office for Budget Responsibility predicts…04 Mar 2025HANSARDNICs Increase: Impact on Economic GrowthMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about the centrality of planning reform to getting the economy growing. Indeed, one of the first actions that the Chancellor announced on taking…04 Mar 2025HANSARDFinance BillAs the right hon. Gentleman will be aware, in the coming financial year 2025-26 the personal allowance will be above the level of the new state pension, so what he said should not…03 Mar 2025HANSARDFinance BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. At the autumn Budget, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor laid the essential foundations for boosting investment and…03 Mar 2025HANSARDFinance BillOne more time.03 Mar 2025HANSARDFinance BillAt the heart of the Prime Minister’s plan for change is our mission to grow the economy to put more money in people’s pockets. We are determined to make people better off. We know…03 Mar 2025HANSARDFinance BillThe debate on this Finance Bill has to focus on matters that are within the Bill and in the new clauses and amendments. As the hon. Gentleman will know, and as Madam Deputy…03 Mar 2025HANSARDFinance BillI was hoping that the hon. Gentleman would again leap to the defence of Liz Truss, as he did just last week. Sadly, that was not to be the case in his intervention. I will come on…03 Mar 2025