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HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillAt end insert “, and do propose Amendment 8B in lieu—24 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, it is with some regret that I do not insist on my Amendment 8 and its consequential amendments. I am disappointed that financial privilege has been invoked to prevent a…24 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I beg to move Motion H1 and wish to test the opinion of the House.24 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Sector: Working From HomeI thank the Minister for her response but I am rather perplexed. If economic growth is the Government’s top priority, why are they failing to conduct a full and proper assessment…20 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Sector: Working From HomeTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to assess the impact of working from home on the productivity of the public sector.20 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI too have some thanks to give. I thank all noble Lords from across the House who voted for my exemption amendment on the 45% reduction in Clause 2’s secondary threshold for all…04 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI will not make another speech, but I thank all noble Lords for their thoughtful and supportive contributions when we debated this amendment. I welcomed the challenges,…25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to my manuscript Amendment 15A and its consequential Amendments 17 and 24, both of which are supported by the noble Baronesses, Lady Neville-Rolfe and…25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I will briefly speak in support of Amendment 38, in the names of the noble Baronesses, Lady Noakes and Lady Neville-Rolfe, to which I have put my name. Given the…25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions: Hospitality SectorMy Lords, would the Minister acknowledge that SMEs employing part-time workers, particularly in hospitality and retail, are facing 20% to 50% increases in their national insurance…13 Feb 2025HANSARDEconomic Growth: Public SpendingMy Lords, taking together the impact of national insurance contribution increases and the 6.7% hike in the national minimum wage, can the Minister explain how raising the cost of…12 Feb 2025HANSARDCreative Industries: Creating Jobs and Productivity GrowthMy Lords, I too thank the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, for securing this timely and topical debate. Productivity has become an obsession of mine ever since I became an…06 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I rise to briefly support Amendments 31 and 49 in relation to the hospitality sector. As we have already learned in the two previous days of Committee, there is great…04 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly as I put my name down in support of Amendment 62 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe. I could have—indeed, I should have—done so…29 Jan 2025