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HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions Bill (First sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments and, again, his attention to the Bill. The Government recognise, as he does, that covid-19 is the biggest threat the UK has faced…22 Jun 2021HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions Bill (First sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for his speech and his attention to the Bill. The new clauses tabled by the Scottish National party would create a new zero rate of secondary class 1…22 Jun 2021HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions Bill (First sitting)If I may say so in a similar spirit, as I may not have the chance to do so after the conclusion of deliberations on the final provisions, let me also offer my thanks to you, Ms…22 Jun 2021HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions Bill (First sitting)Clause 12 specifies how regulations are to be made under the Act and the parliamentary procedure that will apply to them. I ask the Committee to agree that it stand part of the…22 Jun 2021HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions Bill (First sitting)Again, I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. It is HMRC’s view—as he says that it is the Chartered Institute of Taxation’s view—that some 20 or 30 promoters are in the…22 Jun 2021HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions Bill (First sitting)Clause 11 widens the existing power in the Social Security Administration Act 1992 to make amendments to the disclosure of tax avoidance scheme regime known as DOTAS, which I…22 Jun 2021HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions Bill (First sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman. Clause 12(2) specifies that regulations made under the Act are subject to the negative procedure, except for clause 3(3), which relates to the power…22 Jun 2021HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions Bill (First sitting)The hon. Gentleman asks why it was not exempted earlier; the Exchequer Secretary was absolutely right that it is a quirk of our tax system that regulations should be used to…22 Jun 2021HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions Bill (First sitting)It may help the Committee if I start by explaining some of the background to clause 10. We are making good progress, and we move now to the treatment of self-isolation support…22 Jun 2021HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions Bill (First sitting)No, I have nothing to add. We have already discussed this at some length. Question put and agreed to. Clause 8 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 9 ordered to…22 Jun 2021HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions Bill (First sitting)I do apologise. We wait in expectancy and hope. Clause 8 contains a regulation that would allow the Treasury to set for every tax year a freeport upper secondary threshold and a…22 Jun 2021HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions Bill (First sitting)Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.22 Jun 2021HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions Bill (First sitting)As I have explained, we already have in place processes of evaluation and assessment. We will be following them, and this reflects an extensive process. It is lovely to see the…22 Jun 2021HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions Bill (First sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. I saw that he raised the issue on Second Reading and, if I may say so, it potentially reflects a slight misunderstanding. As the…22 Jun 2021HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions Bill (First sitting)It is a great pleasure to be able to address these important clauses in a small but important Bill, and I thank all colleagues for joining us today. Part I of the Social Security…22 Jun 2021HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions Bill (First sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Members for Gordon and for Ealing North for their contributions. We have discussed already how clause 1 introduces a new rate of secondary class 1…22 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI congratulate Elddis, and I congratulate my hon. Friend on giving Elddis profile, on fighting the campaign that he has, and on the outcome and its very successful results in this…22 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady will be aware that the Government have made available to local authorities, initially at least, £1.5 billion and a further top-up sum, in order precisely to meet…22 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsOf course, local taxation in Wales is a matter for the Welsh Government. The UK Government’s primary focus, as my hon. Friend will be aware, has been on supporting recovery from…22 Jun 2021HANSARDImmigration: Sharing of Data between HMRC and Home OfficeFor reasons that I have described, I cannot comment on individual cases. However, the hon. Lady is welcome to raise them with HMRC on behalf of her constituents. I can tell her…22 Jun 2021