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HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)Vaping is a difficult issue, particularly when it comes to recycling. I understand that vape shops are expected to take them back, but local authorities have real problems with…03 Feb 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)I am afraid that my training was as an engineer, rather than as a lawyer, so I apologise if I get points of standard law wrong. However, it is fascinating to read the Bill in such…03 Feb 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting)I fully appreciate taking action against those who promote such schemes, but there is an inherent approach here that may be new. By prosecuting the person who promotes the scheme,…03 Feb 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting)I take the Minister’s point that HMRC is not a regulator that looks at the quality of tax advice; however, it has every other aspect of a regulator that one might find. I used to…03 Feb 2026HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting)From reading schedule 20, about the tribunal, it is unclear to me—it may be my ignorance, in which case I apologise—whether this is an existing tribunal or a new tribunal and…03 Feb 2026 Bills sponsored (1)