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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government are committed to improving bus services and, as the hon. Member will have heard, we have already committed £2 billion during the pandemic and a further £1 billion…13 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have read the decarbonising transport plan and I am aware of the importance of active travel. I did not particularly notice what was on page 53, but I thank my hon. Friend for…13 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right. Active travel is very important and further information on the process will be published shortly.13 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Secretary of State would be happy to meet the hon. Lady, and I am sure the buses Minister would be too.13 Oct 2022HANSARDDraft Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022. It is a great pleasure to serve…11 Oct 2022HANSARDDraft Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022I thank the hon. Member for Birmingham, Hall Green for his comments and kind words— [ Interruption. ] I thank the hon. Member for Slough for his comments and kind words at the…11 Oct 2022HANSARDDraft Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022We know that diesel manufacturers are producing it at higher than the 5.5% level. It is in their interest to do so in relation to the environment more broadly, and because we will…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Employee Share Ownership SchemesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Knowsley (Sir George Howarth) on securing today’s important debate. I have…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Employee Share Ownership SchemesIf I could just continue the point.06 Sept 2022HANSARD Employee Share Ownership SchemesI appreciate the points that the right hon. Member has made. Stakeholders and employees may not otherwise intend to remain with their current employer for five years, which is why…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Employee Share Ownership SchemesI thank both my hon. Friend and the right hon. Member for Knowsley for their interventions. I was going to say that if evidence could be presented of the impact of that on people…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Employee Share Ownership SchemesAs I mentioned, the Treasury keeps these schemes under review, but of course external evidence is always welcome. We want to ensure that these schemes support the wider aims of…06 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Luxembourg) Order 2022I thank the hon. Member for Glenrothes for his detailed and interesting questions. I hope to be able to respond to at least some of them. The hon. Member asked how the principal…05 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Luxembourg) Order 2022It is of course important that we have penalties appropriate to the provisions in any legislation. The hon. Gentleman will know that we are looking very carefully at the issue of…05 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Luxembourg) Order 2022I am happy to respond to the hon. Gentleman and I am very pleased to see him after the break. Of course he will realise that as the Prime Minister has just been appointed as the…05 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Luxembourg) Order 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Luxembourg) Order 2022. It is a pleasure to serve under your…05 Sept 2022HANSARDFinance Bill 2022-23: Draft Legislation and Tax DocumentsIn line with the tax policy making framework, the Government are publishing draft legislation ahead of potential inclusion in Finance Bill 2022-23. This allows for technical…20 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillAfter this legislation has passed, we will be able to introduce VAT legislation across the UK in the interests of both GB and Northern Ireland. I can assure my right hon. Friend…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillAs the hon. Member will know, because the point has been raised across the Committee over the past few days, negotiations have been taking place for almost two years. There have…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI thank my right hon. and learned Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General for opening the debate this afternoon, and I thank hon. Members across the…19 Jul 2022