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HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, and the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for their comments and questions. As noble Lords will know, and as the Chancellor…03 Feb 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI am grateful to the noble Baroness for her question. This is, I think, probably one of the few issues that we disagree on. Obviously, she is asking me to comment on what she was…03 Feb 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI am grateful to the noble Baroness for that question. I will leave it to my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for DESNZ to bring forward the Government’s response in…03 Feb 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI agree with the noble Baroness’s analysis, and we are absolutely dedicated to resetting our relationship with the EU, which is clearly our biggest trading partner. Following…03 Feb 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI am grateful to the noble Baroness for her question. I know that this is an area in which she is particularly expert—far more expert, I am sure, than I am. I will say a couple of…03 Feb 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyAlthough I disagree with my noble friend on some specifics that he raises, I think we all agree that it is right that we have a goal to raise living standards in every part of the…03 Feb 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI am grateful to the noble Baroness for her question. I completely agree with her, which is why the Government have set a 2% productivity target for all government departments as…03 Feb 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI am very grateful to the noble Lord for raising the £22 billion—he knows it is one of my favourite topics, and I am always very happy to talk about it. It was obviously one of…03 Feb 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI was lucky enough to be in the House for the noble Lord’s question to my noble friend the Transport Minister, and I obviously agree with what my noble friend said to him. In…03 Feb 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyYes, I can, and I am happy to say that I cut my teeth in the Treasury when the noble Lord was Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, and I learnt a lot from him. I very much agree…03 Feb 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI 100% agree with everything that my noble friend said. Innovation is one of the seven pillars of the growth strategy. R&D and innovation are absolutely vital when it comes to…03 Feb 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI am very grateful to the noble Lord. As he stood up, I was reminded that he contacted me last week on this point and I owe him a response. I apologise to him for not having got…03 Feb 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI am grateful to the noble Lord for his question. Obviously, it is not for me to suggest what inquiries the Economic Affairs Committee should conduct. If it were to conduct such…03 Feb 2025HANSARDLow and No-Tax JurisdictionsMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, on securing this debate, and thank all noble Lords for their contributions. I also take this opportunity to join others in…30 Jan 2025HANSARDLow and No-Tax JurisdictionsI have set out as much as I am able to at the moment on the noble Lord’s latter point on the digital services tax, but I will happily raise his point on VAT with my colleague the…30 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who contributed today. I have of course listened very carefully to all the points made. I will address the amendments tabled by the…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillWe have not changed the policy; we have made the policy easier to use. The policy is absolutely as it was at the Budget, as is the amount of revenue that we are scoring from it.…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. I will address the amendments tabled by the noble Baronesses, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle and Lady…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI disagree with the noble Lord. The previous Government’s health and social care levy is a very direct precedent.29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI will simply restate my point to the noble Baroness: the approach that we are taking is absolutely in line with the approach taken to previous changes in national insurance and…29 Jan 2025