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HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, it was this Government’s duty in October last year to repair the public finances and rebuild the public services. We did so in the fairest way possible, by keeping our…04 Mar 2025HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 1.04 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThat the Bill do now pass.04 Mar 2025HANSARDSocial Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments, National Insurance Funds Payments and Extension of Veteran’s Relief) Regulations 2025My Lords, I beg to move that the Committee approves these regulations, which are made each year to set national insurance contributions rates, limits and thresholds; and to uprate…03 Mar 2025HANSARDChild Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Order 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Order 2025.03 Mar 2025HANSARDSocial Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments, National Insurance Funds Payments and Extension of Veteran’s Relief) Regulations 2025My Lords, I am very grateful for the support from the noble Baronesses, Lady Kramer and Lady Neville-Rolfe, for the measures I outlined. The noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, asked…03 Mar 2025HANSARDSocial Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments, National Insurance Funds Payments and Extension of Veteran’s Relief) Regulations 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Social Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments, National Insurance Funds Payments and Extension of Veteran’s…03 Mar 2025HANSARDUK Border Strategy: Single Trade WindowYes, I agree with some of what the noble Baroness says about the benefits of a single trade window. Again, we have to be able to pay for these things. We have had to pause many of…25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, Amendment 39, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, seeks to include powers as part of this Bill to exempt certain groups in future. As I have already set out, the…25 Feb 2025HANSARDUK Border Strategy: Single Trade WindowIn the context of a challenging fiscal inheritance, the Government paused the delivery of the single trade window as part of a wider value-for-money review across public spending.…25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I will briefly address the new clauses proposed by the noble Baronesses, Lady Neville-Rolfe, Lady Noakes and Lady Lawlor, requiring the Government to conduct assessments…25 Feb 2025HANSARDUK Border Strategy: Single Trade WindowMy Lords, in the context of a challenging fiscal inheritance—25 Feb 2025HANSARDUK Border Strategy: Single Trade WindowI am grateful to the noble Lord for his question. He is absolutely right when he talks about additional bureaucracy and red tape—created by the Brexit trade deal that the previous…25 Feb 2025HANSARDUK Border Strategy: Single Trade WindowI agree, I think, with the underlying point that the noble Lord is making. Clearly, trade with the European Union is incredibly important. The European Union is our largest single…25 Feb 2025HANSARDUK Border Strategy: Single Trade WindowMy noble friend is obviously absolutely right on that point. We are being attacked here for not implementing the solution to the problems that they created. Importers now face up…25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. I will address the amendments tabled by the noble Baronesses, Lady Barker and Lady Kramer, seeking…25 Feb 2025HANSARDUK Border Strategy: Single Trade WindowI am grateful to the noble Lord for his question, but let us remember what the costs are that we are trying to reduce here: they are from the previous Government’s ill-conceived…25 Feb 2025HANSARDUK Border Strategy: Single Trade WindowI am grateful to my noble friend for giving me the opportunity to say “£22 billion” just once.25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. I will address first the amendment tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, and the noble Lord,…25 Feb 2025HANSARDUK Border Strategy: Single Trade WindowThere are costs from designing, developing and administering the technical delivery platform, which have been clearly set out by Deloitte, with support from IBM. We have retained…25 Feb 2025