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HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. I will turn first to the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Howard of Rising, and the noble…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI am grateful to the noble Lord for his follow-up points. As I have said, we are not able to provide him with those figures and that remains the position.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 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 am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. The noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, and the noble Lords, Lord Altrincham and Lord Londesborough, have…29 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) BillThe noble Baroness says that it is the least that I can do; I have actually just read out the figures to the Committee. I think that is providing the information that she asked…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThat would be a misunderstanding, yes. I just repeat that all charities benefit from the employment allowance, which this Bill more than doubles from £5,000 to £10,500. The…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-domicile StatusI am grateful to the noble Lord, and I am of course happy to look at that. Obviously, we keep this policy under review and will continue to engage with stakeholders to ensure that…28 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-domicile StatusThe Government are committed to making sure that the wealthiest in our society pay their fair share of tax, consistent with our commitment to economic growth. That is why the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-domicile StatusYes.28 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-domicile StatusI am slightly confused about what underlies the noble Lord’s question, given that, as I say, the previous Government introduced this party’s policy on this issue. The OBR had…28 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-domicile StatusI am grateful to my noble friend for his question. I find quite a lot strange about the attitude of the party opposite, not least what he says—the fact that it introduced £30…28 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-domicile StatusI am very grateful to the noble Lord, as always, for mentioning the £22 billion black hole. He mentions lost revenue. I remember the noble Lord telling me when my party was in…28 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-domicile StatusMy Lords, the Government are making elements of the non-dom reforms simpler and more attractive to use while retaining the structure announced in the Budget. We do not expect…28 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-domicile StatusI am very grateful to the noble Lord for passing on the feedback that he heard. I am assuming that he agrees with this Government’s policy on non-doms, since he was an adviser to…28 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-domicile StatusI am very grateful to my noble friend for his comments. The Government are absolutely committed to addressing unfairness in the tax system so that everyone who makes their home in…28 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-domicile StatusI am very grateful to the noble Baroness for her question. To be clear, we are not dropping any reforms; we are making sure that they are working as intended, and we are trying to…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAgricultural and Business Property Reliefs: OBR CostingMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her question. I do, however, totally dispute her characterisation of this policy. At the Budget, we had to take some very…27 Jan 2025HANSARDInheritance Tax, National Insurance and VATMy Lords, I begin by congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Morrow, on securing this debate and on his opening speech. I am grateful to all noble Lords for their contributions this…27 Jan 2025