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HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Monckton of Dallington Forest in much the same way. If all goes to plan, I will speak on Thursday in respect of social care homes,…04 Feb 2025HANSARDCar Parking CompaniesIs the Minister aware that, following the judicial review that she mentioned of the code of conduct, the department promised to publish an impact assessment? It did publish draft…04 Feb 2025HANSARDStock Market: First-time InvestorsMy Lords, I congratulate the much respected and admired noble Lord, Lord Lee of Trafford—no relation, I add—on securing this debate. It is an issue on which he has campaigned…03 Feb 2025HANSARDLow and No-Tax JurisdictionsMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, on securing this debate. He has allowed me to claim in the future that he has been talking bananas, but he knows I have too…30 Jan 2025HANSARDLow and No-Tax JurisdictionsBefore the Minister sits down—admirably well within his time—I think his answer in respect of my VAT point relates to NETPs, non-established taxpayers, rather than taxpayers who…30 Jan 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationMy Lords, to follow on from the question from the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, can the Minister elaborate on reconstruction in Gaza? We were all horrified by the videos that we saw…30 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I apologise; I was not in the country to be present during Second Reading, although I did have the chance to discuss this with the noble Lord, Lord Londesborough, while…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI am grateful to my noble friend for that comment, because it is clearly the case. Every single one of my corporate clients has told me that they have had to reforecast and…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I think that I had reached the conclusion of my remarks, which is that I support these amendments. I particularly support impact assessments. Before I sit down, I just…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI asked for an impact assessment on the National Security and Investment Bill, and none was forthcoming, but this is in respect not to tax but to social security. Therefore, there…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I support all the amendments in this group. I spoke in respect of small businesses and, as the Minister will have detected, I was upset about the effect that the NI…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI am most grateful to my noble friend Lady Sater for underlining my point. It is exactly that. People will turn to me and ask, “Well, why should I give to you, Lord Leigh, and…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Lawlor, for that. One of the four charities that I chair is a think tank, so I totally agree with her. In this country, the Charity Commissioners…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI just ask: what are the Government afraid of? This is a sensible suggestion about assessing what the effect might be of an enormous change to every business and charity…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-domicile StatusTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the economic impact of their plans regarding abolishing non-domicile status, which will now be modified following…28 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-domicile StatusIt is clear to me and many others that the Government do not have any idea of the amount of loss to the Revenue that the tens of thousands of people leaving this country—ultra…28 Jan 2025HANSARDFree Schools and AcademiesMy Lords, I first join the congratulations to my noble friend Lady Evans, who has great experience in this area, on securing this debate. There are a number of speakers here who…23 Jan 2025HANSARDPolitical Parties: FundingMy Lords, the Labour Front Bench tabled amendments to the Elections Bill in 2022 that would have granted many foreign nationals the right to vote in both local and parliamentary…15 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance: GDPMy Lords, I may only have an economics degree but, none the less, that makes me an economist in the way things are currently. As such, the OBR has made it clear there is no £22…19 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Brady, who was so welcoming to us in his 1922 Committee meetings a few years ago. I wish the noble Baroness, Lady Quin, the very best…11 Dec 2024