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HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillThe hon. Gentleman is right to describe the state of the economy as a doom loop. It is on a managed path of decline, which even the former Chancellor, the right hon. Member for…20 Jun 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillI take this opportunity to thank the many people who have supported me and my colleagues throughout the consideration of this Bill, not least all my colleagues on the shadow…20 Jun 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his comments, but I feel he is misguided in claiming that it is somehow only Labour calling for a doctors-only pension scheme to be…20 Jun 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillIt is important, briefly, to first recognise the context in which we consider amendments and new clauses to the Bill. Yesterday we heard the news that the average rate for a…20 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Sanctions RegimeAs the war in Ukraine continues, we must not let up for a second on efforts to tighten the net on the accomplices and beneficiaries of Putin’s regime. We welcome the direction of…20 Jun 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillI thank the hon. Lady, I think, for that intervention. I am trying to work out exactly what point was being made there, but I think the overall point is clear. There is concern…20 Jun 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillI will leave matters for the Welsh Government to the Welsh Government to set out their position. We are trying to challenge the position of the UK Government on air passenger…20 Jun 2023HANSARDBACKBENCH BUSINESSIt is a pleasure to serve under you, Mr Sharma, my parliamentary neighbour in Ealing. I start by wholeheartedly congratulating the right hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead (Sir Mike…15 Jun 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformFor nearly a decade before I was elected as the MP for Ealing North, I had the honour of serving in local and city-wide government in the capital, working every day to tackle the…23 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)We know that the Finance Act 2021 made provision for tax conditionality connected to the application for certain licences issued in England and Wales, namely licences to drive…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)As we heard from the Minister, clauses 338 and 339 relate to regulated aerodrome approvals. Clause 338 introduces a power for HMRC to grant approvals to aerodromes for the…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)As we heard, clause 332 introduces a new provision that renders void assignments of income tax repayments. We understand that the clause removes the ability of a taxpayer to…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)As we heard, the clause and schedule introduce income tax and corporation tax exemptions for thank-you payments made by local authorities to sponsors under the Homes for Ukraine…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank the Minister for his commitment to a review of the effectiveness of the plastic packaging tax and for his clarification of some of the statistics around the tax gap.…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)As we have heard, clause 330 and its associated schedule, schedule 23, will extend the power to designate special tax sites to allow designation of such sites in or connected with…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)As we have heard, clause 326 increases both rates of the landfill tax in line with inflation, rounded to the nearest 5p. The increased rates apply to any disposal of relevant…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)As we have heard from the Minister, clause 323 provides for changes to certain rates of vehicle excise duty by amending schedule 1 to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994.…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)As we heard from the Minister, clause 321 will introduce a new domestic band for flights within the UK and a new ultra-long-haul band covering destinations with capitals located…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve in Committee with you as Chair, Mr Stringer. The acquisition of certain properties by registered social landlords is exempt from stamp duty, provided…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)As we have heard, the clause introduces rules for VAT accounting for deposit return schemes. As the Minister set out, it means that when making sales within the scope of the…18 May 2023