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HANSARDHealth and Social Care Levy Bill: Business of the HouseI support my hon. Friend the Member for Basildon and Billericay (Mr Baron), although I will not press the matter to a Division either; I understand that the Government have a…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy Billrose —14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy Billrose —14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy Bill(Wokingham) (Con): Does my hon. Friend share my surprise that the Treasury can be precise in saying that it needs £12 billion from a new tax when it overstated the budget deficit…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillAs I understand it, it is the Government’s wish that the social care levy should appear as a separately identified line item, with that phrasing, on a payslip. Could it also be…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillMy hon. Friend is making an interesting speech. Does he think that as a lot of civil servants now find they can work pretty well from home, we do not need all these expensive…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy Billindicated assent .14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillI was with my right hon. Friend until his last recommendation. He had pre-empted what I was going to say next: that we need greater clarity about the three different kinds of…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillMy hon. Friend is such an expert on this. Has he probed or got anywhere with finding out how much consequential tax loss there might be from the national insurance rise, or the…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHGV Driver ShortagesI am grateful to the Secretary of State for a big expansion of testing capacity and the idea that we can train more drivers at home. Given the need for much better facilities,…13 Sept 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill (Instruction)Is it not the case that those who wish to reopen this issue are revisiting a very dark chapter in the history of our Parliament, when Parliament decided to stand against the…13 Sept 2021HANSARD HS2Does my hon. Friend agree that covid has completely changed likely travel patterns, and that the big commuting demand will be much reduced? So where is the argument for capacity,…13 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyI understand that for a couple of years this tax revenue goes to the NHS, not to care, to get the waiting lists down. By how many will the waiting lists be reduced, and what is…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyWill my right hon. Friend give way?08 Sept 2021HANSARD Elections BillI am pleased that the Minister is taking fraud seriously and has come forward with sensible proposals. Is it not the case that, in a world of mass fraud, we are all getting used…07 Sept 2021HANSARDPensions UpdateWill the Secretary of State promise to publish, at the point when she makes her final determination of the proposed increase, a three-year smoothed average or some other suitable…07 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: FCDO UpdateGiven the way in which the Taliban have taken a lot of NATO equipment to strengthen their hold on the country, how could we send aid in without the Taliban using or abusing it for…06 Sept 2021HANSARD AfghanistanWill the right hon. and learned Gentleman give way?18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanDoes my right hon. Friend have any advice for the Government on how they could take action to try to prevent the recurrence of a terrorist threat under Taliban control?18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanWill the right hon. and learned Gentleman give way?18 Aug 2021