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HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)It is great to hear the Minister talking about making the City of London a pre-eminent place in which to grow and list companies, and this is a very welcome measure. However, if…29 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)The Minister talks about value for money and the cost, but the alternative is that there will be no listings, so it does not cost anything because this is revenue that the…29 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 107 gives the Secretary of State the power to direct the Trade Remedies Authority to initiate a dumping or subsidisation investigation. We support measures that tackle any…29 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 109 shifts the responsibility for the remaining two inland border facilities from the Government to the port authorities. The switching of inland border facilities services…29 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)Before I go into the details of the clause, and before the Committee discusses the subsequent two clauses, it is worth getting on record how much the Opposition object to trade…29 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)The ATED was originally brought in back in 2013 under the coalition Government to discourage the use of corporate structures to hold high-value residential properties. Reliefs…29 Jan 2026HANSARD Women’s State Pension Age Communication: PHSO ReportI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. As constituency MPs, we will all have met many campaigners from the Women Against State Pension Inequality…29 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)The previous Conservative Government introduced the levy back in 2022 as a proactive measure to combat money laundering and strengthen our economy. As my hon. Friend the Member…29 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)My hon. Friend is making an incredibly good point about the inflationary effect of these taxes. He has mentioned houses, and we know that the Bank of England is charged with using…29 Jan 2026HANSARD Firearms Licence Holders: Mandatory Medical MarkersI am grateful to my hon. Friend for making those really important points. I am the chairman of the British Shooting Sports Council, which brings together 15 leading shooting…28 Jan 2026HANSARDEnergy BillsWe have already heard this morning that businesses are suffering harm from business rates and national insurance contributions going up, but on top of that, according to the…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Clause 39 requires taxpayers to claim incorporation relief or pay CGT up front. It is key that sole traders and other eligible people understand the changes the clause makes. What…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)On clause 36, we support tougher measures to tackle tax avoidance and close the tax gap. Under the previous Government, the tax gap of the total theoretical tax liabilities fell…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)It is of course standard practice—as with income tax—for the Government to legislate the charge for corporation tax every year. These rate levels have remained unchanged since…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)I thank the Minister for her comments, but we are concerned about the unintended consequences of the three clauses. We are concerned about how clause 17 will affect automotive…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Thank you for your guidance, Sir Roger. I am very grateful that you are in the Chair, because although I have been doing this for 15 years, as you know, and this is about my fifth…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Clause 40 tackles the use by UK non-residents of protected cell companies to avoid paying non-resident capital gains tax. We agree that corporate structures should not be…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Clause 35 introduces a 50% chargeable gain on shares sold by a company to an EOT. That will have a direct effect on trustees’ ability to benefit company employees. The 2014…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFTSE 100 IndexThe Chancellor has been very proud that the FTSE 100 has passed through the 10,000-point barrier, citing that as an endorsement of her policies. Does she not realise that that…27 Jan 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)The Conservatives welcome the independent review and the thrust of clause 25. If we were to have a criticism, it would be to do with fairness, on which we had concerns shared with…27 Jan 2026