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HANSARDFinancial Conduct Authority: Financial InclusionMy Lords, the bank HSBC, the housing and homeless charity Shelter and other charity partners are working collaboratively to ensure that certain people with no fixed address are…22 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Shipbuilding StrategyWill the Minister use the usual convention of writing for anything that she has missed out?15 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Shipbuilding StrategyMy Lords, the latest iteration of the Government’s shipbuilding strategy is overdue. Funding contained in it was first announced two years ago. However, it is welcome, and I am…15 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions BillMy Lords, we need to move quickly to today’s main business, so I will be brief. During Prime Minister’s Questions on 9 February, the Conservative MP Stuart Anderson asked “whether…14 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance ContributionsMy Lords, the decision to increase national insurance this April and introduce a longer-term health and social care levy was taken in a certain economic context. Things have…07 Mar 2022HANSARDInvestments: Environmental, Social and Governance CriteriaMy Lords, in recent days, we have seen a variety of organisations announce their intention to divest from investments in, or associated with, Russia. This is a welcome response to…02 Mar 2022HANSARDCrypto CurrenciesMy Lords, the FCA advice to customers, last updated on 18 June 2021, says: “Before you invest in cryptoassets you should be aware of the following … cryptoassets are considered…28 Feb 2022HANSARDTax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2022My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for introducing these two measures. As she outlined, the first instrument increases the primary threshold above which people start to pay…23 Feb 2022HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for introducing this Finance Bill, and to other noble Lords for the contributions they have made. I am particularly grateful to the noble…22 Feb 2022HANSARDWindfall Tax: Oil, Gas and Energy CompaniesMy Lords, let me be absolutely clear: the Labour Party would immediately implement a windfall tax on oil and gas profits. Unlike the Government’s buy now, pay later scheme, our…22 Feb 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions BillMy Lords, I join the Minister in his thanks, particularly to the Minister himself and his team. I commend their availability to interested parties and the many interesting Zoom…22 Feb 2022HANSARDMoney Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for introducing this measure. It is good to have her back covering Treasury business again, albeit in somewhat intimate surroundings. This…08 Feb 2022HANSARDMoney Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2022Will the noble Baroness commit to sending me a copy of those regulations as they emerge?08 Feb 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions BillI beg to move.07 Feb 2022HANSARDHighway CodeMy Lords, I am appalled that the Minister finds the criticism of the Highway Code and particularly how it has been introduced to be just hot air. I am very sorry that she is…07 Feb 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for bringing forward these amendments. As he outlined in his introduction, several of the texts clarify the upper secondary limit for the…07 Feb 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions Bill07 Feb 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions BillMy Lords, we welcome the tabling of these amendments by the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer. It is fair to say that there is huge scepticism around the Government’s freeports policy.…07 Feb 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions BillMy Lords, I will also speak to Amendment 6 in this group, which brings us to the issue of zero-rate relief for employers of new Armed Forces veterans. I am grateful to the noble…07 Feb 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his response. I hope that I am wise in not pressing Amendment 5 any further. I will, however, be pressing Amendment 6 to a Division. The…07 Feb 2022