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HANSARDFinance (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 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 2026HANSARDState Pension Age Changes: CompensationThank you, Mr Speaker—I had better add my sympathies for your poor leg to those of the hon. Member for Harlow (Chris Vince). The Labour party has performed, frankly, a spectacular…26 Jan 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillIt is a great pleasure to be with you yet again, Ms Nokes. I enjoyed our last sparring with the Pensions Minister just before Christmas, which cheered us up to no end. Let me…21 Jan 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillI beg to move amendment 5, page 1, line 10, after “income tax” insert— “at the higher or additional rate”. This amendment would exempt basic rate taxpayers in England, Wales and…21 Jan 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillI completely agree. That is a fundamental problem. We are doing completely the wrong thing for people who want to do the right thing. We are disincentivising people taking…21 Jan 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillI thank the Minister very much.21 Jan 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillI am trying to finish my speech—in fact, I had finished my speech. This is a very important point, and we will push amendment 5 to a vote. As I said, we will challenge Labour MPs…21 Jan 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillThe Pensions Minister is absolutely right that there is an awful lot that we agree on. It is always a great pleasure to spar with him and agree on certain things, but this Bill is…21 Jan 2026HANSARDDraft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Cryptoassets) Regulations 2025I start by welcoming the general thrust of this incredibly important legislation. The Minister and I have sparred a number of times in the past, and so far we have managed to keep…20 Jan 2026HANSARD Bromsgrove: Local GovernmentMy hon. Friend has been very indulgent of me. I suspect one interesting point was not taken into account by the survey. That would be the fantastic cost of splitting up all the…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Bromsgrove: Local GovernmentMy hon. Friend and Worcestershire neighbour is making a strong argument about the risks of a north-south divide, in which the north could be subsumed under a greater Birmingham.…07 Jan 2026HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillI have to say that it is a joy to yet again be locking horns with the Pensions Minister on a topic that is important to us all: saving for our retirement. And it is important to…17 Dec 2025HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillIndeed—our report, though it was published in May this year. It is a weighty tome. Even its title is pretty dry: “Understanding the attitudes and behaviours of employers towards…17 Dec 2025HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillAbsolutely. The Government are really keen to get people to save for their futures and then they do everything they can to try to stop them doing that. The hon. Gentleman is…17 Dec 2025HANSARDFinancial Inclusion StrategyIn the recently published financial inclusion strategy, the Government state: “Our aim is to create a culture in which everyone is supported to build a savings habit, building…09 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWell, it was not us who put it in place; it was Labour. This policy hits the private sector disproportionately: 14 times as many people save through salary sacrifice in the…08 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Chancellor’s Budget put a cap on salary sacrifice for pension savers at just £2,000. That was to raise an extra £4.8 billion in 2029, and it will affect 3.3 million savers and…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsWhile we are talking about bonds, does my hon. Friend agree that, given the fact that we have an unusually large amount of index-linked gilts in the market and inflation is…26 Nov 2025HANSARD Young People not in Education, Employment or TrainingIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I add my congratulations to the hon. Member for Amber Valley (Linsey Farnsworth) on bringing this important…26 Nov 2025