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HANSARDSmall Businesses: Customs PaperworkThe Paymaster General is always happy to take inquiries from businesses, as am I, so if the hon. Member wishes to write to me, I am perfectly happy to respond to his questions.27 Apr 2021HANSARDLoan Charge: ProsecutionsPromotion or enablement of a tax avoidance scheme is not, in and of itself, a criminal offence, as we have regularly debated in this House. However, there have been numerous cases…27 Apr 2021HANSARDLoan Charge: ProsecutionsThe suggestion that promoters are being allowed to do just anything is quite wrong. If my right hon. Friend had looked closely at the current Finance Bill, he would have seen a…27 Apr 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. As he will know, we have covered this quite extensively in this debate so far. The self-employed scheme is very wide ranging and…27 Apr 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I salute the people of Carlton and I rejoice in the businesses of Mapperley. I encourage businesses across the constituency of Gedling to take…27 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Support for Self-employed PeopleA very large majority of the self-employed are, of course, covered by the schemes, and therefore I think that the hon. Gentleman’s concern is misplaced. Of course there will…27 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Support for Self-employed PeopleI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. Of course, there was no admission of any kind. He asked me a question, and I responded comprehensively and fully to the question he…27 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Support for Self-employed PeopleThe hon. Lady will know that the SEISS is one of the most generous schemes of its kind. The range of overall measures that the Government have taken is one of the most…27 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Fourth sitting)On a point of order, Dame Angela. I would like to thank you and Sir Gary, Hansard, the Whips, parliamentary private secretaries and officials. I am sure that I speak for those on…27 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Fourth sitting)Clauses 131 and 132 simply set out the Bill’s legal interpretation and short title in the usual manner for such legislation. Question put and agreed to. Clause 131 accordingly…27 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Glenrothes. I must say that the Scottish National party does not have an international reputation for the bipartisan way in which it treats partisan…27 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 126 is a small but important clause that would amend schedule 3 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 to allow HM Revenue and Customs and UK Border Force to levy a…27 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 125 introduces a new power that will enable the Government to subsequently make regulations to implement international reporting rules for digital platforms following…27 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Fourth sitting)Let me say a couple of things about the impact mentioned by the hon. Gentleman. It is important to say that the Government very much recognise that businesses will need time to…27 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 124 and schedule 33 will make changes to ensure that necessary technical amendments are made to HMRC’s civil information powers. Further to the changes introduced in…27 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank both hon. Members for their questions. In a way, the clause is poorly named, because this is a change to allow information notices to be used to obtain documents; it is…27 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Support for Self-employed PeopleThe Government announced at Budget 2021 that the self-employment income support scheme, or SEISS, will continue until September, with the fourth and then the final fifth grant.…27 Apr 2021HANSARDVAT Reduction: Tourism and HospitalityThe temporary reduced rate of VAT aims to support the cash flow and viability of around 150,000 businesses and to protect more than 2.4 million jobs. As was announced at the…27 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank both colleagues for their contributions. I reassure the hon. Member for Glenrothes that the Government take seriously all such interventions and all our serious…27 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Fourth sitting)No. The hon. Gentleman has tabled a series of amendments and I have given clear reasons why the Committee should reject them. In one case, it would remove an incentive to comply…27 Apr 2021