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HANSARDLoan ChargeThe hon. Lady is absolutely right to focus on the activity of the promoters. They are extremely ingenious in operating within the framework of law, but doing some very nasty and…01 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that question. I have addressed the substance of it, but let me make a point about Sir Amyas Morse. I think that Sir Amyas is a superb choice. As my…01 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe reason is that the inquiry is designed to test the policy, and the policy remains in place until the inquiry is over. If the policy were ended now or suspended, all that…01 Oct 2019HANSARDLoan ChargeI am unable to comment on what the review will conclude. We can certainly look at whether there may be changes that HMRC would take rapidly thereafter. It possesses the capacity…01 Oct 2019HANSARDLoan ChargeI have no idea what the loan charge review will conclude, but I guarantee that we will look at its findings with all due speed and dispatch.01 Oct 2019HANSARD High-income Child Benefit ChargeI am keen to press on. If the hon. Lady wants to make another intervention, we will lose time that I can use to respond to other questions.03 Sept 2019HANSARD High-income Child Benefit ChargeI really cannot; I have two seconds left. The hon. Member for Oxford East mentioned fiscal drag. That is an important issue, but I do not think she is right that the charge has…03 Sept 2019HANSARD High-income Child Benefit ChargeIt is a great pleasure to serve in this reconvened Parliament under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for South Thanet (Craig Mackinlay) very much…03 Sept 2019HANSARD High-income Child Benefit ChargeThe judgment made in 2013 was that it was appropriate to claw back some of the money paid to people on higher incomes and that everyone should make a fair contribution to removing…03 Sept 2019HANSARD High-income Child Benefit ChargeThat is an ingenious attempt to link two issues that, in and of themselves, are not connected. One can have a policy on high income tax earners and the payment of child benefit to…03 Sept 2019HANSARDHMRC Powers and Taxpayer SafeguardsHer Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have a vital purpose, to collect the tax revenue that pays for the UK’s public services and benefits system. The Government recognise that…22 Jul 2019HANSARDEU Agreements with Third CountriesThe Government are undertaking a programme of work to replace EU international agreements with bilateral agreements ready for a UK exit from the EU either in the event of no deal…17 Jul 2019HANSARDFinance Bill 2019-20The Government have consulted on a number of tax policies announced at Budget 2018. Today, the Government are publishing responses to these consultations alongside draft…11 Jul 2019HANSARD Devolved Administrations: Borrowing PowersIt is a delight to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. This is an important topic that commands interest not only across the House but, more importantly, across the four…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Devolved Administrations: Borrowing PowersI do not think that they regard that as in tension with a proper unionism; they worry about the union with the EU. In their view, they are giving voice to a sovereignty that the…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Income TaxThose companies’ return to profitability was the result of proper, prudent financial management. I remind the hon. Lady that in the specific case of the financial sector, the bank…03 Jul 2019HANSARD Income TaxIt is hard to make swingeing criticism of the idea of reliefs and then not indicate any that a Labour Government would propose to abolish. It raises the question whether the…03 Jul 2019HANSARD Income TaxIf I may, I will just correct the record. I said that they have raised billions more—and they have raised billions more—than the pre-existing Labour tax. That is a fact of the…03 Jul 2019HANSARD Income TaxI am grateful to both Opposition Front Benchers for their comments, which were quite wide-ranging. I will try, if I may, to keep my responses reasonably short. The hon. Member for…03 Jul 2019HANSARD Income TaxThe answer is that they are not. The hon. Lady is welcome to write to me with specific details of the student housing in her constituency. Of course, many students live in housing…03 Jul 2019