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HANSARDAffordable and Safe Housing for AllIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I welcome my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester Central (Lucy Powell) to her new position. She is already doing a great job. Today, I…18 May 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Third sitting)Dame Angela, I just have some questions for the Minister on gambling taxation more widely, particularly for online operators. Could she elaborate on that? What work is being done…27 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Angela. I thank the Minister for her explanation of clause 98, which restricts the entitlement to use red diesel and related…27 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Third sitting)As the Minister said, this clause incorporates the legislation on changes in tobacco duty that the Government introduced in the Tobacco Products Duty (Alteration of Rates) Order…27 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Third sitting)I will briefly respond to each clause in the group. Clause 100 would increase the rate of vehicle excise duty for a variety of vehicles, as mentioned by the Minister. We support…27 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Third sitting)I thank the Minister for her comments. I want to go back to the point I raised about the haulage firms and the Brexit deal. I am concerned about how the Minister mentions that…27 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Third sitting)As the Minister said, the clause will increase, from April 2022, the rates of long-haul air passenger duty in line with inflation while leaving the short-haul duty at its current…27 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Third sitting)Clause 104 increases the bands for gaming duty in line with inflation, in effect freezing gaming duties for casinos. It is a relatively small measure, but clearly the taxation and…27 Apr 2021HANSARDUK Steel: Government Infrastructure ProjectsJobs in the steel industry are crucial to the people of Hartlepool. In June, the first instalment of the EU research fund for coal and steel will be returned to the UK. Are the…27 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Third sitting)If I may, I will address the clauses in reverse order. Clause 108 repeals the carbon emissions tax. As the Minister said, the Government introduced this legislation when deciding…27 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Second sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Gary—for the second time this week for me. I begin my discussion of the plastic packaging tax by saying that we welcome the new…22 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Second sitting)It is good to have reached the end of the plastic packaging tax clauses. I will speak briefly to our two amendments. Amendment 22 would amend clause 84 to improve scrutiny by…22 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Second sitting)Clauses 77 to 81 and schedule 14 outline offences and penalties attached to the PPT, including new criminal offences of being involved in the fraudulent evasion of the PPT or…22 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Second sitting)Clause 76 relates to the import and export of plastic packaging in respect of the Isle of Man, as the Minister said. Once again, this seems like a sensible clause, and we have no…22 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Second sitting)Clauses 74 and 75 make provisions for situations in which businesses are transferred. We welcome these sensible clauses, which I believe were suggested by the Chartered Institute…22 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Second sitting)Clauses 72 and 73 introduce measures to prevent avoidance of plastic packaging tax by artificially separating business activities. We welcome the measures to prevent avoidance of…22 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Second sitting)Yes. Question put and agreed to. Clause 71 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Schedule 13 agreed to. Clause 72 Prevention of artificial separation of business…22 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Second sitting)The clause and schedule allow two or more corporate bodies to form a group for plastic packaging tax purposes, so they can report and account for the plastic packaging tax as a…22 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Second sitting)The clause is a technical measure that provides for the adjustment of contracts in respect of the plastic packaging tax. We have no questions for the Minister on that.22 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No.2) Bill (Second sitting)The clause sets out the requirement for the PPT statement on certain invoices. The only point I want to make is to urge the Treasury and HMRC to work with businesses to ensure…22 Apr 2021