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HANSARD Banking Hubs: Rural and Post-Industrial CommunitiesIf the hon. Member would let me progress just a little further, I will cover the issues he refers to. As I said, the strength of feeling expressed today, and more broadly in…24 Feb 2026HANSARD Banking Hubs: Rural and Post-Industrial CommunitiesI was going through some of the changes in the landscape of banking, and will come to a slightly more negative aspect of that, if the right hon. Member will allow me to do so. I…24 Feb 2026HANSARD Banking Hubs: Rural and Post-Industrial CommunitiesYes, I will.24 Feb 2026HANSARDAttorney General’s OfficeAs I noted, recovering ill-gotten gains and returning money to victims and the taxpayer is a crucial part of the SFO’s role. It is highly skilled at recovering funds under the…23 Feb 2026HANSARDAttorney General’s OfficeAs I noted, recovering ill-gotten gains and returning money to victims and the taxpayer is a crucial part of the SFO’s role. It is highly skilled at recovering funds under the…23 Feb 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)It is good to hear that the shadow Exchequer Secretary will not oppose the clauses. He is right about the policy impetus behind what we are doing. For the first time in the UK,…03 Feb 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)I am grateful for the hon. Member’s intervention, which I will come to in a second. On the shadow Exchequer Secretary’s central point about the definition of vaping and the…03 Feb 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)It is good to be back, Sir Roger. The vaping products duty is a new excise duty on vaping products manufactured or imported into the UK from 1 October 2026. The changes made by…03 Feb 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)The shadow Exchequer Secretary raised a point about the strong penalties associated with the regime. I have already set out the Government’s aim: that the enforcement mechanisms…03 Feb 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)The comments of the shadow Exchequer Secretary, the hon. Member for North West Norfolk, refer to the deliberately tough nature of the enforcement regime; there is a real emphasis…03 Feb 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)Anyone selling illicit vapes puts the public at risk and undermines legitimate businesses. One million illegal vapes were seized by trading standards in the last full year for…03 Feb 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)As I stated in our debate on the previous group, the vaping products duty is a new excise duty on vaping products manufactured or imported into the UK from 1 October 2026. Clause…03 Feb 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)Clauses 156 to 162 introduce a new statutory prohibition on the promotion of tax avoidance arrangements. If you will forgive me, Sir Roger, I will set out a little more background…03 Feb 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)Clauses 150 to 155 and schedule 18 make the general, supplementary and commencement provisions for CBAM. They are designed to ensure that CBAM integrates properly with the wider…03 Feb 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)The shadow Exchequer Secretary’s points about the criminal offences are similar to some of the points that were raised earlier in relation to other criminal offences set out in…03 Feb 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)I appreciate your accommodation of the cold in the room, Sir Roger. I hope this afternoon proves that we can be both sartorially elegant and warm. Committee members may take their…03 Feb 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)Beautiful Norfolk—I know it very well. He compared Norfolk with more metropolitan areas. Local enforcement authorities, particularly trading standards, play a central role in…03 Feb 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)I am grateful to the shadow Exchequer Secretary, the hon. Member for North West Norfolk, and the Liberal Democrat spokesperson, the hon. Member for Maidenhead, for their comments.…03 Feb 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting)The shadow City Minister gives voice to a legitimate concern, and I was about to come on to some of the ways we are tackling it. As I said before lunch, the Exchequer Secretary…03 Feb 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting)I welcome the support from the official Opposition and the Liberal Democrats for these measures. As I said—I will repeat it because we have all had lunch since—these clauses are…03 Feb 2026