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HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill (First sitting)Q I am glad that you have talked about how unusual it is, because that is one of the questions I asked, which you have answered—so that is two for the price of one. An additional…14 May 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill (First sitting)Q I have one more question for the Office of Tax Simplification. Out of the 1,200 tax reliefs that we have—this is not directly linked, but would you consider this to be a…14 May 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill (First sitting)Q On the argument about what is customary, let us say that a footballer starts with club A when they are 16, 17 or 18, moves on to another club when they are 21 or 22, where they…14 May 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill (First sitting)Q In relation to the point you made about national insurance contributions, one of the questions asked earlier, which you may have heard, was about the loss—or whatever phrase we…14 May 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill (First sitting)Q Do you think it adds a layer, given that a testimonial committee would have to register? Do you acknowledge that there is an extra layer—I do not like to use the word…14 May 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill (Second sitting)I am pleased that the hon. Gentleman has raised that. Perhaps when we have a little chat in the Tea Room I will give him a copy of the letter from the shadow Leader of the House,…14 May 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill (Second sitting)I celebrate anybody getting a proper, secure, well-paid job. I am afraid that the hon. Gentleman should not expect me to celebrate somebody getting a job on two or three hours a…14 May 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill (Second sitting)It is a delight to see you in the Chair, Sir Henry. I thank the people who gave evidence today to the Committee; it was very helpful. I had something like 50 questions to ask. I…14 May 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill (Second sitting)I am happy to give way to the hon. Gentleman, if he wishes to peddle some more Tory twaddle.14 May 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill (Second sitting)I will tell the hon. Gentleman what was admitted today: that still reduces people’s wages; that is what this comes down to. It could also give companies an incentive not to pay…14 May 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill (Second sitting)There we go again. It is the race to the bottom, isn’t it? We are always talking about a statutory minimum. That is what the Tories talk about all the time: the minimum. We do not…14 May 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill (Second sitting)My hon. Friend makes an important point. The reality is that the only termination under the Tories is termination of the social and economic cohesion of this country. That is the…14 May 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill (Second sitting)I did not want to stop the hon. Lady in her flow, but on her earlier point, I was at a meeting yesterday with many people from the defence industry and in particular the aircraft…14 May 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) BillThese testimonials are very important. A former Liverpool football player, Jamie Carragher, a Bootle lad, also had a testimonial and he put the best part of £1 million into his…30 Apr 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) BillIt might be a minor measure, but the actual impact on individuals is potentially significant. I am interested in the impact it might have on individuals who lose their job, and…30 Apr 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) BillWhat about redundancies?30 Apr 2019HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) BillThe condensed national insurance Bill before us is a shadow of its former self. I would have liked to be able to say that I was bowled over or knocked for six by the Minister’s…30 Apr 2019HANSARDLoan ChargeI will not have time to take interventions, so the House will have to forgive me for that. I thank the hon. Member for Aberdeen South (Ross Thomson) for bringing this matter to…11 Apr 2019HANSARDManufacturing Output Levels“Strain” is not the word. In the real world, production and manufacturing output remained 6.8% and 2.7% lower respectively in the three months to January 2019, compared with…09 Apr 2019HANSARDManufacturing Output LevelsWhat can I say? That old chestnut—and the Leader of the Opposition will be in No. 10 today as well. Anyway, I admire the Chancellor’s perseverance in trying to get the Prime…09 Apr 2019