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HANSARDDraft Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2022I thank hon. Members for their important contributions. I assure the Committee that my officials and I considered the matter carefully before we laid the draft SI before the…28 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2022I hope to answer the points made, but if I do not, I am happy to come back to the hon. Member. To answer some factual points, in general the age of the people affected is between…28 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2022These regulations are not being made on the basis of what revenue we will raise; they are being made on the basis of being fair to everybody. On the hon. Gentleman’s point, as I…28 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2022The hon. Member asks very nicely and politely, and while I will take that suggestion away, I am not promising her that we will do it. As I have said repeatedly to various Members…28 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2022. I will explain why we are bringing this draft…28 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2022They will, obviously, be at the older end of the spectrum, as the scheme has been closed to new entrants since 1977, although some will still be in work. Very few people are in…28 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2022I am happy to do that. As I mentioned, those women will be of an older generation, of an older age, but I am happy to get the specifics, if the hon. Gentleman wishes me to do so.28 Mar 2022HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) BillAs we know, there is energy price volatility in that the price of oil and gas will be going up and down, which is why the Chancellor has put in the measure for a 12-month period,…24 Mar 2022HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) BillIt is a privilege to close this debate on behalf of the Government. We have heard many excellent speeches from both sides of the House today and I thank all hon. Members for their…24 Mar 2022HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) BillI was going to come back to that point, but I am very happy to deal with it now. The right hon. Gentleman is right that an individual may be affected by the taper, but they will…24 Mar 2022HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) BillI wish first to address amendment 1, which was tabled by the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) and would bring forward to 6 April the increase to the primary threshold that is…24 Mar 2022HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) BillI was going to come to the distributional analysis of the spring statement. The analysis in the document “Impact on households: distributional analysis to accompany Spring…24 Mar 2022HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) BillI am going to give way to the hon. Member for Eltham (Clive Efford) first. He is probably going to ask about the previous point.24 Mar 2022HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) BillI will just finish this point; I will come back to the hon. Gentleman. We are introducing a tax cut for a typical employee that is worth more than £330 in the year from July 2022.…24 Mar 2022HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) BillI recognise the point made by the right hon. Member and I will of course consider it for the future. Considering a variety of hypothetical scenarios is time-consuming, which is…24 Mar 2022HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) BillAs the hon. Member knows, the threshold increase will largely affect those who are working, because it is a tax that relates to working people, and the income tax cut that we have…24 Mar 2022HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) BillI do not know whether the hon. Member was in the Chamber when the right hon. Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms) raised this point and I addressed it. He is right to point out…24 Mar 2022HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) BillI am going to carry on, because there are a lot of points to which I would like to respond and I have limited time. My hon. Friend the Member for South Dorset (Richard Drax) made…24 Mar 2022HANSARDUK Suspension of Exchange of Tax Information with Russia and BelarusToday I am announcing that the UK is freezing tax co-operation with Russia and Belarus by suspending all exchange of tax information with them, as part of the UK’s wider response…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Bank Branch ClosuresThe hon. Member makes an important point. I will come on to the ways in which we are ensuring that those who need to access a physical location are indeed able to do so. According…16 Mar 2022