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HANSARDTaxesI completely agree with my noble friend on that point. Every time we hear from the party opposite, it opposes every single measure we have taken to stabilise the public finances,…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesThe noble Baroness is speculating on a speech that has not been delivered yet, so perhaps we should wait for the Mansion House speech this evening to see what my right honourable…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesI am grateful to the noble Lord for his question, and I should start by wishing him a very happy birthday. I have said what I have said on tax. I am not going to give a running…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesI am grateful to the noble Baroness for her question. It was premised on a hypothetical, and I am not going to speculate on the next Budget now. I absolutely understand the issues…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesMy Lords, the OBR will produce a new forecast in the autumn for the annual Budget, and the Chancellor will take decisions based on that forecast. We will set out our fiscal plans…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesI am grateful to the noble Lord for his question and for his expertise. That Budget created the deepest recession in British history, so I do not know that we necessarily want to…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesI am not quite sure what tax the noble Lord is referring to, but absolutely not, because it is essential to stabilising the public finances and to funding our public services. The…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesI am grateful to my noble friend for his question. A council tax cap of 5% was introduced by the previous Government. Councils do not have to increase council tax by 5%, but under…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesI think that history is on my side here. On whether the Chancellor has the courage to do long-term reform and what is right for the British economy, she has shown that, absolutely…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTax on Imports under £135We fully recognise all the issues that the noble Baroness has set out, which is exactly why we established a review in April. That review will look at the online marketplace rules…14 Jul 2025HANSARDTax on Imports under £135The Government have pledged not to increase taxes on working people, which is why we are not increasing income tax, national insurance contributions or VAT.14 Jul 2025HANSARDTax on Imports under £135The Department for Business and Trade has set out our measures to try and prevent that from happening, and it will continue to monitor it, as you would expect it to.14 Jul 2025HANSARDTax on Imports under £135We have just completed a zero-based review of the whole of government spending. If the noble Lord has areas of spending that he would like to cut, I am very happy to hear them.14 Jul 2025HANSARDTax on Imports under £135I am always grateful to my noble friend for his Budget representations. He knows that I am not going to get into speculation about the next Budget and that, in terms of what we…14 Jul 2025HANSARDTax on Imports under £135I am grateful to the noble Lord for his question. Just to be clear, again, VAT is already due on all imports of goods into the UK, regardless of their value. Since 2021, VAT on…14 Jul 2025HANSARDTax on Imports under £135I agree with almost everything that the noble Baroness said, but she failed to point out that it was her Government that established the existing system and it is this Government…14 Jul 2025HANSARDTax on Imports under £135It is not quite 14 years, I think; these rules came in in 2021. The previous Government prioritised trade facilitation in the aftermath of Brexit and, since 2021, VAT on imports…14 Jul 2025HANSARDTourism LevyI am grateful to my noble friend for his question. I pay tribute to his consistent campaigning on this issue and on behalf of these communities in general, and to his expertise in…14 Jul 2025HANSARDTourism LevyThe noble Baroness rightly talks about the importance of the visitor economy. The Tourism Minister has set a goal to grow inbound tourism to 50 million visitors annually by 2030.…14 Jul 2025HANSARDTourism LevyI do not know the position on that. I will happily check and write to the noble Baroness.14 Jul 2025