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HANSARDFinance BillI thank the Minister for listening so carefully to this debate and welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Caine. I was so pleased that she talked about politics at the table; it is a…19 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 39 in the name of my noble friend Lady Noakes. I thank all noble Lords for their courage and grace in staying all the way through to group 7.…25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend and thank him for his brief-ish words on local taxpayers and his update on the Great Reform Bill as well. I thank him for his amendment to…25 Feb 2025HANSARDBank Closures: Impact on Rural CommunitiesMy Lords, I declare my recent directorship of the Co-operative Bank, which has tried hard to maintain a good branch network, notwithstanding the widespread closures of bank…13 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions: Hospitality SectorTo ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the hospitality sector of the cost of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions,…13 Feb 2025HANSARDMortgage Prisoners Inquiry Bill [HL]My Lords, I begin by recognising the work of the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey, in bringing forward the Bill, and bringing this issue to this House on multiple occasions on behalf of…07 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI thank my noble friend Lady Noakes for her amendments in this group; for her extremely well-made case as to how we might look to soften the blow for public services and the…06 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI thank noble Lords who have spoken on this group. I thank my noble friend Lady Lawlor for reminding us that education is a public good and for her little history lesson on the…06 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill06 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I rise to move Amendment 35 on behalf of my noble friend Lady Barran and to support Amendment 43 in the name of my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe. Amendment 35 would…06 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill04 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillPerhaps we should not offer the Minister any more taxation ideas because we are trying to rein him in at the moment and, obviously, VAT is very much in scope and is coming next,…04 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I rise to move Amendment 30 on behalf of my noble friend Lady Monckton of Dallington Forest and to support Amendment 51 in the name of my noble friend Lady…04 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI beg leave to withdraw my amendment.29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThis is an interesting set of amendments, given that, in essence, through this policy the Government are looking to take £1 billion out of the charity sector to fund public…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, Amendments 9, 10 and 11 concern young people, and I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, for adding her name to the former. In previous groups of amendments, we…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-domicile StatusFollowing the original question of the noble Lord, Lord Leigh, we should wish the Minister and the Government well in running after taxpayers who have left the country, many of…28 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 4, 5 and 8 in this group. It is an unusual group, as the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, mentioned, because it covers such a diverse range of…21 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to this group of amendments surrounding the exemption of veterans’ salaries from this NI jobs tax; the lead amendment was moved by the noble Baroness,…21 Jan 2025