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HANSARD Beer Duty RatesI will come on to a point my hon. Friend raised, and with great eloquence, on the vigorous role that the Government have taken in cutting beer duty and supporting the industry.…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Beer Duty RatesI am grateful for that intervention. There may be scope to contemplate an uplift in relation to the higher level of lower-strength beer. It would be interesting to discuss that…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Beer Duty RatesI am delighted to have taken that final point of information. It may be the case that when we come to reconsider it, the draught beer distinction that my hon. Friend draws gives…25 Jun 2019HANSARDFinance BillThe Government will introduce the Finance Bill following the next Budget. In line with the approach to tax policy making set out in the Government’s documents “Tax Policy Making:…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Beer Duty RatesI am grateful to the previous speakers for giving me that opportunity. I intend to take full advantage of it. I stand corrected on the point about the Opposition, for which I am…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Beer Duty RatesI point out that my hon. Friend wrote to my predecessor, and it was my predecessor, my right hon. Friend the Member for Central Devon (Mel Stride), who responded to him, rather…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Beer Duty RatesOn a point of order, Mr Hollobone. Does that also apply when a debate has been extended beyond half an hour to 45 minutes, as in this case?25 Jun 2019HANSARDThe Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) (Energy-Saving Materials) Order 2019As the right hon. Gentleman will know, it is hardly rushing to respond to an infraction proceeding that began in 2011 and involved a European Union Court of Justice appeal in…24 Jun 2019HANSARDThe Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) (Energy-Saving Materials) Order 2019I thank all colleagues who have spoken in the debate. Let me start in reverse order, with the issues raised by my right hon. Friend the Member for Newbury. He is absolutely right…24 Jun 2019HANSARDThe Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) (Energy-Saving Materials) Order 2019I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) (Energy-Saving Materials) Order 2019. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship,…24 Jun 2019HANSARDThe Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) (Energy-Saving Materials) Order 2019I am absolutely not proposing that. Members will recall that the original infraction case has dragged on for many years. It is a problem that any Government would have faced. The…24 Jun 2019HANSARDThe Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) (Energy-Saving Materials) Order 2019There is a natural pace of change to these things. The negotiations have taken place over the last three years, and the Government felt that, all things considered, it was…24 Jun 2019HANSARDDraft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Israel) Order 2019
Draft Double Taxation Relief (Cyprus) Order 2019I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his comment. He is right that dividends are an important stream of revenue. I hope he welcomes the changes made in this double taxation…18 Jun 2019HANSARDDraft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Israel) Order 2019
Draft Double Taxation Relief (Cyprus) Order 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. The draft orders, as colleagues will be aware, are narrow and technical pieces of legislation. They give effect to…18 Jun 2019HANSARDDraft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Israel) Order 2019
Draft Double Taxation Relief (Cyprus) Order 2019I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Israel) Order 2019.18 Jun 2019HANSARDInheritance Tax Relief: KindertransportThe Government are proud to continue to support victims of Nazi persecution. Earlier this year, the German Government set up a compensation scheme for Jewish individuals who were…18 Jun 2019HANSARDDraft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Israel) Order 2019
Draft Double Taxation Relief (Cyprus) Order 2019Having read accounts of previous debates on double taxation agreements, it was clear to me that to broach this topic would be to encroach on an area of considerable expertise…18 Jun 2019HANSARDSocial Mobility: Treasury ReformThe hon. Lady misunderstood what I said. I said that the Scottish Government had been regularly criticised for having a regressive higher education policy. There is some evidence…11 Jun 2019HANSARDSocial Mobility: Treasury ReformIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson, and I am grateful for the opportunity to make my parliamentary debut as Financial Secretary to the Treasury and…11 Jun 2019HANSARDSocial Mobility: Treasury ReformI am sorry; I have no time. If the hon. Lady had spoken for less time, I would have had more time to respond. I will respond to the question raised by my right hon. Friend the…11 Jun 2019