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HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Third sitting)The clause makes changes to ensure that the long-haul rates of air passenger duty for the tax year 2022-23 increase in line with the retail price index. The change will ensure…27 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Third sitting)The clause seeks to set APD rates for April 2022, so it will not take immediate effect. It will increase long-haul air passenger duty rates only in nominal terms, while short-haul…27 Apr 2021HANSARDBeer DutyI know that my hon. Friend is a fierce advocate of pubs and brewers, and he has been proposing a duty differential for several years. I should stress that I am personally very…27 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Third sitting)No, I will not give way. The overall impact on the environment has been positive, with the landfill tax contributing to a reduction. The hon. Gentleman and the hon. Member for…27 Apr 2021HANSARDGovernment EqualitiesThis is a good time to remind the House that the current director of the Runnymede Trust applied to be the Labour candidate for Poplar and Limehouse in 2019, but failed to make…22 Apr 2021HANSARDGovernment EqualitiesWe did not go to the race relations industry to ask people to tell us the same things they have been telling us for a long time; we went to people who work in the field such as…22 Apr 2021HANSARDGovernment EqualitiesWe did not go to the race relations industry to ask people to tell us the same things they have been telling us for a long time; we went to people who work in the field such as…22 Apr 2021HANSARDGovernment EqualitiesI thank the hon. Lady for her question and note her comments about the former Runnymede Trust. We on the Conservative Benches have worked well with people such as Trevor Phillips,…22 Apr 2021HANSARDGovernment EqualitiesI thank the hon. Lady for her question and note her comments about the former Runnymede Trust. We on the Conservative Benches have worked well with people such as Trevor Phillips,…22 Apr 2021HANSARDGovernment EqualitiesIt is interesting that the hon. Lady raises that point. The Runnymede Trust has said, according to a letter from the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, that the…22 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Second sitting)I believe that the first question from the hon. Member for Erith and Thamesmead was about avoidance risk because of where we have set the de minimis threshold. As with other…22 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Second sitting)That is a point that we will come to in later clauses. Question put and agreed to. Clause 54 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clauses 55 to 58 ordered to stand part…22 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Second sitting)I am afraid that I have not seen the note to which the hon. Lady refers so I am not able to answer the question, but I am sure we can get an answer from officials before the next…22 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Second sitting)Clauses 72 and 73 prevent businesses artificially splitting in order to come under the tax’s 10 tonne per year registration threshold and avoiding paying PPT. The clauses protect…22 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Second sitting)Clauses 74 and 75 set out how the tax is dealt with in the event of a liable business changing ownership, or the unfortunate circumstances of an owner dying, or becoming…22 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (First sitting)Clause 23 makes changes to reduce the van benefit charge—the VBC—to zero for employees who are provided with a company van that produces zero carbon emissions. The van benefit…22 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Second sitting)These clauses and the schedule set out a number of criminal offences in respect of fraudulent activities connected with the plastic packaging tax and the penalties and proceedings…22 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Second sitting)Clause 76 sets out the tax treatment of plastic packaging imported from or exported to the Isle of Man. For imports from the Isle of Man to the UK, if in the future the Isle of…22 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Second sitting)The clause is about tax representatives of non-resident taxpayers. It enables HMRC to make regulations requiring non-UK residential taxpayers to appoint tax representatives. The…22 Apr 2021HANSARDGovernment EqualitiesThis is a good time to remind the House that the current chair of the Runnymede Trust applied to be the Labour candidate for Poplar and Limehouse in 2019, but failed to make the…22 Apr 2021