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HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxAlthough our policy should discourage the kind of tax planning to which I think the hon. Gentleman refers, the policy is broader than that. It is necessary to balance significant…04 Dec 2024HANSARDTaxation: Online Multinational CorporationsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and supporting the high street is at the heart of our ambitions when it comes to business rates reform. On Second Reading of the Finance Bill…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic Growth in Rural AreasA prosperous rural economy will be underpinned by improvements in rural connectivity and productivity, the availability of affordable energy, access to public services and a…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic Growth in Rural AreasThe Chief Secretary to the Treasury will set out any fiscal measures in due course. I am not sure whether I will get away with committing him to a visit to the hon. Gentleman’s…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic Growth in Rural AreasUntil the hon. Lady’s last sentence, I thought she was declaring support for our business rates plans, because we are setting out to level the playing field for high street…03 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs my hon. Friend set out, the Government confirmed the introduction of a vaping products duty to ensure that young people and non-smokers do not take up vaping. Registration for…03 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf we look at the OBR forecasts for this Parliament, employment will increase from 33.1 million to 34.3 million. The right hon. Gentleman talks about youth employment. I suggest…03 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsPrimary care providers have yearly negotiations with the Department on what services they provide and what money they are entitled to. More broadly, the reason why we are, in the…03 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are taking an approach that balances significant tax relief for family farms with the need to fix the public finances in as fair a way as possible. The hon. Gentleman will have…03 Dec 2024HANSARDBusiness Rates: High Street RetailersAs the right hon. Gentleman will see in the National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill that we will be debating this afternoon, we have doubled the…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance ContributionsAs we set out in the autumn statement, the Government have set aside funding to support the public sector with the additional cost of employer national insurance contributions.…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance ContributionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The problem with Conservative Members is that they are all happy to say that they want more funding for the NHS; they are just not prepared to…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillGP funding for 2025-26 will be confirmed by the Department for Health and Social Care in the usual way as part of the GP contracting process, and it will consider all the…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillIn the statistics put out by the Government at the time of the Budget, a specific amount is earmarked directly for Departments and public sector employers. That amount is…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI said that the OBR said that its forecast would have been “materially different” had it known what the previous Government did not share with it at the time of its March…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, and he is right. He points out why we are taking these difficult decisions, and why it is so important to fund public services and fix…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI will make a bit of progress; I have been generous in giving way. The choice that we have taken is difficult; it is not one that we have taken lightly. As I have fully…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillWe are protecting public services by providing relief directly to Departments and other public sector employers. Third parties, private organisations, or those who have a contract…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI will give way; I am being too generous I think.03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillIn fact, it is both things: it is true that we have kept to our manifesto pledge of protecting working people by not increasing income tax, the national insurance that working…03 Dec 2024