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HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I am just drawing to a close. We understand that the intention behind the composition of the board is to provide flexibility. Notwithstanding the important comments made by my…22 Nov 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone, and to speak to this important but uncontroversial aspect of the Bill. As we have heard, clause 10 concerns…22 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsToday’s debate has confirmed what we all knew immediately after the autumn statement last week: the Conservatives have no plan to get us out of the mess that results from 12 years…21 Nov 2022HANSARDCost of Energy: Support for FamiliesTwo years ago, in a video entitled “Rishi Explains: Green Home Grants”, the current Prime Minister enthusiastically took credit for the green homes grant scheme. Six months later,…15 Nov 2022HANSARDSri LankaI congratulate hon. and right hon. Members on securing this important debate, which gives me the opportunity to speak about the human rights and economic situation in Sri Lanka—a…09 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Financial Services (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022Thank you, Mr Robertson, and it is a pleasure to serve under your chairship. As we have heard, the regulations concern miscellaneous amendments to the financial services…08 Nov 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords]I will set out the views of the Opposition. We will not oppose the Bill today, as it seeks to put the UK Infrastructure Bank, which has been operating on an interim basis since…01 Nov 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords]It would be a strange parliamentary procedure for the Opposition to commit to a Bill that has not even passed into law yet; let us see what happens in Committee and on Report and…01 Nov 2022HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Reduction)The last time we debated a stamp duty cut in this House was summer 2020. During that debate, my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Walton (Dan Carden) made it clear that we do…24 Oct 2022HANSARDOut-of-Turn Supplementary Estimates 2022-23Today’s debate is unusual in terms of parliamentary process. The last time that supplementary estimates were considered out of turn was in October 2008, when an estimate was…24 Oct 2022HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Reduction) BillYesterday was one month since the previous Chancellor delivered his mini-Budget. Since then we have had a month of utter chaos, a month of the most extraordinary U-turns and a…24 Oct 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Support for Young PeopleIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate with you as Chair, Ms Ali. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds North East (Fabian Hamilton) on securing this important…18 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillWe know that the Bill is straightforward in what it seeks to achieve: as clause 1 sets out, it simply repeals the Health and Social Care Levy Act 2021. Ministers are asking us…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillThe Minister must not have been listening carefully enough to the shadow Chancellor setting out Labour’s plans, because we have set out how we would scrap the non-dom status,…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillMy hon. Friend is right to point out that the Conservatives’ sums simply do not add up. However, you do not have to take our word for it, Mr Deputy Speaker. Just look at the…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillI am going to make some progress. I may let the hon. Gentleman intervene again in a few moments. As I was saying, right now our message to the Prime Minister and the Chancellor is…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillJust over a year ago, Opposition Members stood in this Chamber urging the Government to drop their plans to hike national insurance contributions and to introduce a new levy on…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillNo, I am going to make some progress. We have set out that we will not borrow for day-to-day spending and that we will not ask working people who are already struggling to foot…11 Oct 2022HANSARDGrowth Plan: OBR AssessmentThe Chancellor’s refusal to publish OBR forecasts just over two weeks ago played a key role in falling confidence in the pound, rising borrowing costs and market panic. His woeful…11 Oct 2022