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HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)I thank the shadow Minister for his question. The Government are committed to supporting R&D investment across the UK through R&D tax reliefs; they of course play a vital role in…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Clause 31 will make changes to clarify the tax treatment of payments made by companies in return for receiving expenditure credits. The changes made by the clause will set out a…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Clause 35 reduces the amount of capital gains tax relief available on disposal of company shares to the trustees of an employee ownership trust. The Government are committed to…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)On new clause 3, I think I have been as full as I can. The Government annually review the rates and thresholds of taxes and reliefs to ensure that they are appropriate and reflect…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Clause 16 will enable the existing enterprise management incentives scheme and company share option plan contracts agreed before 6 April 2028 to be amended to include a sale on…27 Jan 2026HANSARDGovernment-backed Loans: SMEsThe Government provide a wide range of loan support for SMEs through the British Business Bank. This includes the start up loans programme and the growth guarantee scheme, the…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Clause 30 will extend the 100% first-year allowance for qualifying expenditure on zero emission cars and plant or machinery for electric vehicle charge points by a further year to…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFTSE 100 IndexIt is definitely right to say that the FTSE 100 performed strongly in 2025, during which it rose faster than key benchmarks, the United States and the European stock markets, and…27 Jan 2026HANSARDGovernment-backed Loans: SMEsOn the Government’s policies vis-à-vis businesses as a whole, we support the sort of businesses the hon. Member refers to in a whole range of ways. On businesses in his area, 80%…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFTSE 100 IndexI could not disagree more with the shadow Minister. He is constantly talking this country down. The package of reforms that this Government are making to our capital markets are…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFTSE 100 IndexThe entrepreneurship package in the Budget was incredibly important. The aim of that package, which includes the UK listing relief—the three-year stamp duty holiday that I…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFTSE 100 IndexI can confirm that I am indeed hearing that. Last week’s introduction of the new prospectus rules will mean faster execution, reduced complexity and a simplified route to capital…27 Jan 2026HANSARDGovernment-backed Loans: SMEsThe hon. Member may well know that, at the spending review, we increased the financial capacity of the British Business Bank to £25.6 billion. There are a number of ways in which…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)I welcome the support that was expressed, on the whole, by the shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury. I suspect that that support is born from a recognition that we really do…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Turning to the non-Government amendments, new clause 28 asks His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs to assess the potential benefits of establishing a digital application process for…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Clause 39 makes a change to incorporation relief for CGT, requiring taxpayers to make a claim for relief and, as a result, improving the data available to HMRC to undertake…27 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government of course recognise the importance of in-person banking services and access to cash, as the hon. Member and I have discussed. As she knows, in-person services are…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Clauses 40 and 41 make various changes to the capital gains rules that apply to disposals of UK land and property by non-UK resident persons. Turning first to clause 40, the…27 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member has referred to the motor finance redress situation. As the House would expect, we are monitoring that very closely, and we want to see the issues resolved in an…27 Jan 2026HANSARDGovernment-backed Loans: SMEsMy hon. Friend is a tireless champion of businesses in Bassetlaw, and I wish her a happy birthday for yesterday. In the recent spending review, the Government extended the growth…27 Jan 2026