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HANSARDBudget ResolutionsVery briefly.07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI will happily follow up with the hon. Gentleman, but not now. My hon. Friend the Member for The Cotswolds mentioned VAT RES, which I was absolutely expecting. He made some really…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsAs the hon. Lady knows, there are always tax information and impact notes—impact assessments —as part of the budgetary process. My hon. Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe,…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am afraid that I cannot take any more interventions, as I have to respond to other colleagues’ questions. My hon. Friends the Members for Christchurch, for The Cotswolds and the…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe hon. Gentleman gave quite a wish list earlier, which, by my calculations, could come out as being quite expensive. I do not know whether he has had conversations with the hon.…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIf the hon. Gentleman had not intervened and given me just one more second, I would have said that, going forward, we will also consult on moving the high-income child benefit…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsYes, I hear my hon. Friend but, as I have said, there are some challenges in moving to a household system. There will be a consultation and I am sure that he and others will…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI do need to make some progress and respond to comments, and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State was extraordinarily generous in taking interventions earlier on.07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe hon. Gentleman was clearly not listening yesterday to the Chancellor, who had a key focus on jobs. That is precisely why we are lifting so many people out of poverty and why…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThat is quite amazing. I opened my speech by saying, “Let’s focus on the facts.” Is Labour really claiming to be the party of employment? Every single Labour Government in history…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt is my pleasure to close the first full day of debate on this spring Budget, which my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer brought before the House yesterday. I…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe hon. Gentleman is making an important point. I said earlier that, unfortunately, we have had taxes at a higher level than we want, but now we are in a position to reduce them.…07 Mar 2024HANSARD Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill (Money)I thank the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty) and my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Northampton North (Sir Michael Ellis) for their…28 Feb 2024HANSARDTreasuryAbout 80% of the funds recovered so far from settlement of disguised remuneration schemes including the loan charge —about £3.9 billion in total—have come from the employees,…22 Feb 2024HANSARDCoastal Tourism and Hospitality: Fiscal SupportLet me join others in thanking the Backbench Business Committee for granting this debate, and congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for North Devon (Selaine Saxby) on securing…22 Feb 2024HANSARDTreasuryEighty-five per cent of the funds recovered from the loan charge so far—about £3.9 billion in total —have come from the employees, therefore those who were running those schemes,…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Independent School Fees: VATIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Henderson. Please allow me to start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Northampton South (Andrew Lewer) on…21 Feb 2024HANSARD Independent School Fees: VATMy right hon. Friend, as always, talks very sensibly about this. The independent sector is a major contributor to our ecosystem. Of course, many teachers flip flop between the…21 Feb 2024HANSARD Independent School Fees: VATMy hon. Friend makes a really important point that has been repeated by many colleagues today. An introduction of 20% VAT can have two impacts: it will either push up prices or…21 Feb 2024HANSARD Independent School Fees: VATMy hon. Friend is absolutely correct; the broader societal benefit of many of our private schools is considerable. That is one of the reasons why many, although not all, have…21 Feb 2024