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HANSARDCovid-19: High Street BusinessesI am delighted to hear about Rooms, and many businesses in my constituency have reopened. Reopening the economy is the central step we need for our national recovery. As my hon.…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: High Street BusinessesAs Members will know, the Chancellor has announced an unprecedented package of support for high-street businesses affected by the pandemic. In particular, the Government are…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: LandlordsMy hon. Friend will know, of course, that we published a code of practice to encourage all parties involved in a landlord-tenant situation to work together to ensure equity and…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: LandlordsThe Government recognise the current challenges facing commercial landlords. That is why we have worked very closely with lenders to ensure that support and flexibility is being…07 Jul 2020HANSARDInheritance TaxI hesitate to give my right hon. Friend a history lesson, but he will recall that Ronald Reagan was a deep admirer of FDR and quite a heavy spender in his own right. Inheritance…07 Jul 2020HANSARDInheritance TaxInheritance tax makes an important contribution to the Exchequer. The current threshold of up to £1 million for a qualifying married couple or civil partnership means that 96% of…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCoronavirus: Job-Support SchemesI thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Central Devon (Mel Stride), who chairs the Treasury Committee, and the Backbench Business Committee for using this estimates day debate…07 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsNo one who knows my beautiful right hon. Friend would be surprised that he knows these beauty salons as well as he does, and I salute him for it. On the serious point, he is…07 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Gentleman will be aware, an enormous amount of support is already in the system. I am delighted that shops and other organisations are opening up in his constituency;…07 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sure my hon. Friend understands that the desire for bespoke deals across every sector is extremely great. Our view has been that what is required is to lift all boats by a…07 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Lady will know, the Treasury is in constant communication with the FCA on these and other issues. If she would like to bring the specific details to my attention, I…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCoronavirus: Job-Support SchemesI have not gone into the arrangements for pandemic that the Treasury had in 2016, at the time the hon. Lady mentions, so I cannot comment on that. What I can say is that when…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCoronavirus: Job-Support SchemesI will be coming to some of the points that the hon. Member raises later in my remarks. We are focusing on the furlough scheme and the self-employment scheme, but of course these…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: High Street BusinessesI absolutely confirm that. The reason we have backed high-street firms so strongly all the way through is precisely that we recognise the central importance of these sectors to…07 Jul 2020HANSARDFinance BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.02 Jul 2020HANSARDFinance BillThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. Let me address that. As she knows, the relief remains in place until next year. Even its doughtiest supporters would agree that so far it has…02 Jul 2020HANSARDFinance BillIf my hon. Friend is asking questions, he ought to stay for the next debate, because he is abusing the privilege of this debate. I thank him for his suggestion of a…02 Jul 2020HANSARDFinance BillThe hon. Lady has raised the loan charge; we did not really get a sense of it yesterday, but is the SNP in favour of the loan charge as a substantive matter or against it?02 Jul 2020HANSARDFinance BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. This Finance Bill stands in the shadow of a pandemic unprecedented in its scale and reach. We are keenly aware of the…02 Jul 2020HANSARDFinance BillWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will give way to my hon. Friend.02 Jul 2020