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HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillPerhaps the hon. Gentleman would like to intervene to answer that question.14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillI thank the Clerks for their excellent and particularly rapid help with amendments to the Bill. Today, the Government have been determined to push through their tax rise on…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillI am going to make some progress now; I have given way to the hon. Gentleman already. As I said, although new clause 8 has not been selected today, I hope that Government Back…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillLet us be really clear about what the shadow Care Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Leicester West (Liz Kendall), proposed, because it was entirely different from what is…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillAs we turn to the Bill’s Committee stage, I will address the new clauses tabled in my name and the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Erith and Thamesmead (Abena Oppong-Asare).…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillWe are clear that taxes will have to rise to pay for social care, but we are also clear that this increase in national insurance contributions is not the way to raise the money…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillMy hon. Friend makes us think about what we have read recently about what the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr Fysh) has been saying about a rebate from this tax for those who take out…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillTo be absolutely clear, the question that I was putting to the Minister was: where in the Bill is there a guarantee that a single penny of this new levy will go to social care?14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillThe right hon. Lady raises points about the backlog in the NHS. We have had 10 years of a Conservative Government, of whom she has been a key part. She is responsible for the…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillI beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “That” to the end of the Question and add: “this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Health and Social Care Levy Bill…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillMy hon. Friend makes an important point about the Conservative Government’s impact on the national health service over the last decade, running it into the ground and leaving it…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but I do feel that there is a broad consensus across this country that those with the broadest shoulders should make more of…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillWe have been absolutely clear that when it comes to funding the NHS and social care, those with the broadest shoulders should pay the most. The idea that this is a “broad-based”…14 Sept 2021HANSARD HS2Will my hon. Friend give way?13 Sept 2021HANSARD HS2I sincerely thank my hon. Friend for taking my intervention. I draw Members’ attention to the substantial impact on, and disruption caused to, residents in my constituency by vent…13 Sept 2021HANSARDLoan Charge: BankruptcyThe Conservative Government’s approach to the loan charge means that ordinary people who are victims of mis-selling are suffering financial ruin and personal harm. Ministers will…07 Sept 2021HANSARD National Insurance Contributions BillI am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this Bill’s Third Reading on behalf of the Opposition. As I have made clear several times, we are not going to oppose the Bill, but…06 Sept 2021HANSARD National Insurance Contributions BillI am grateful for the opportunity to speak on Report on behalf of the Opposition. As we have made clear throughout the passage of this legislation through the House, we will not…06 Sept 2021HANSARD National Insurance Contributions BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I shall briefly address the amendments we have been discussing as they relate to veterans’ employers’ national insurance relief. As we made clear…06 Sept 2021HANSARD National Insurance Contributions BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention and for adding to the debate. I certainly recognise what he says about the importance of supporting veterans into civilian…06 Sept 2021