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HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) BillAs the Opposition have made clear throughout today’s proceedings and on many other occasions, we believe that taxes on working people are too high. We have long said that we want…30 Nov 2023HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) BillWhatever the Chancellor said last week and whatever the Chief Secretary to the Treasury said today, the truth is that the Conservatives cannot hide from the facts when it comes to…30 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Resolution of Central Counterparties (Modified Application of Corporate Law and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2023
Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Resolution of Central Counterparties: Partial Property Transfers and Safeguarding of Protected Arrangements) Regulations 2023
Draft Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency (Amendment) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve on this Committee with you as Chair, Mr Paisley, and to make brief remarks in relation to these three statutory instruments on behalf of the Opposition.…28 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and Hamas: Humanitarian PauseAs many other Members have made clear, a two-state solution is critical to a lasting peace. So, given the announcements made today, can the Minister make clear the UK’s complete…27 Nov 2023HANSARDPublic Procurement: Value for MoneyFurther to the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Blaydon (Liz Twist), billions of pounds of public money was wasted during the covid pandemic through dodgy contracts that…23 Nov 2023HANSARDPublic Procurement: Value for Money13. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure value for money in public procurement.23 Nov 2023HANSARD Autumn Statement ResolutionsAs always, my right hon. Friend makes an important point. The Government are trying to have it both ways. When inflation goes up, it is someone else’s fault. When it comes down,…22 Nov 2023HANSARD Autumn Statement ResolutionsToday, the Chancellor confirmed what the British people already know—that there is nothing the Conservatives can say or do to hide their 13 years of failure. Government Members…22 Nov 2023HANSARD Autumn Statement ResolutionsThank you very much for your guidance, Madam Deputy Speaker. In fact, I was about to say that we welcome the fact that the Government appear to have finally realised that it would…22 Nov 2023HANSARD Autumn Statement ResolutionsThe Opposition accept the independence of the Bank of England, unlike some Government Members, but frankly that was a fairly shameless attempt by the hon. Member to distance…22 Nov 2023HANSARD Autumn Statement ResolutionsNo, I will make some progress. The truth is that the Conservatives’ fingerprints are all over the cost of living crisis, and it would be ludicrous for anyone to expect the prime…22 Nov 2023HANSARDMortgage SupportI welcome the hon. Member for Mid Worcestershire (Nigel Huddleston) to his post as Financial Secretary. It has been a year since the Conservatives crashed the economy. In 2023 so…14 Nov 2023HANSARDBuilding an NHS Fit for the FutureIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Wavertree (Paula Barker). Let me begin by paying tribute to His Majesty the King on the occasion of his first…13 Nov 2023HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating BillI am pleased to respond to these three Lords amendments on behalf of the Opposition. Clause 13 of the Bill introduces new duties on ratepayers to provide information to the…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Plastic Packaging Tax on Imports: HMRC EnforcementIt is a pleasure to speak with you in the Chair, Mr Davies. I congratulate the hon. Member for Amber Valley (Nigel Mills) on securing this debate on HMRC’s enforcement of the…17 Oct 2023HANSARDMortgage PrisonersI thank the hon. Gentleman for setting out those points, and I add my voice to the call on the Minister to set out the Government’s position. We are pushing for a wider response…28 Jun 2023HANSARDMortgage PrisonersIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. As we have heard, this debate on mortgage prisoners takes place in the context of wider concerns about mortgages,…28 Jun 2023HANSARDDraft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Brazil) Order 2023
Draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (San Marino) Order 2023It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Robert. Double taxation agreements prevent income or gains from being taxed in both the territory in which they arise and the…27 Jun 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. At one point I thought he was touching on a point that we might agree on, which is that spending public money is about priorities.…20 Jun 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillI would welcome a more extended debate about non-dom tax status. That might be slightly outside the remit of today’s debate, but I refer the hon. Gentleman to some very good…20 Jun 2023