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HANSARDCost of Living: Support for Young PeopleIn that case I would love to.18 Oct 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Support for Young PeopleI must finish up, if I may. They will continue to do so from now until April next year. The Government have also announced £37 billion of targeted support for the cost of living…18 Oct 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Support for Young PeopleI just have one more minute—I think that is correct.18 Oct 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Support for Young PeopleWhat a great pleasure it is, Ms Ali, to serve under your chairmanship. I thank the hon. Member for Leeds North East (Fabian Hamilton) for securing the debate, and I thank the hon.…18 Oct 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Support for Young PeopleYes of course, but the hon. Lady did not answer her question. The question is, how do we tap that potential? It is important to design policies that tap that potential. I was…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsEastbourne is indeed beautiful, as are North East Bedfordshire and many other parts of the country. My hon. Friend is right to talk about the importance of VAT to the hospitality…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillIt is a pleasure to close this debate on behalf of the Government. I thank all hon. Members for their contributions to this relatively short debate. I think it is fair to say that…11 Oct 2022HANSARDResearch and DevelopmentVery few Members can look back on a track record of commitment to R&D as significant as that of my hon. Friend, both as a Minister and as a Back Bencher. I am happy to confirm to…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillI will come to the hon. Gentleman if I have time. The Liberal Democrat spokesperson gave a very good speech and raised important broader issues. She welcomed the measure and spoke…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillThat is an interesting point, and it probably is worthy of further investigation. On the day when we have announced that the country has more vacancies than unemployment, and…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillNew clause 1 was tabled by the hon. Member for Ealing North (James Murray), and he raised two specific points. One was on the direct cost that HMRC will incur as a result of this…11 Oct 2022HANSARDInterim Infected-blood Compensation Payments and the Welsh Government Jobs Growth Plus Scheme: Clarification of Tax TreatmentInterim infected blood compensation payments Following Sir Brian Langstaff’s recommendation, the Government previously announced that infected individuals and bereaved partners…11 Oct 2022HANSARDResearch and DevelopmentAt the 2021 spending review, the Government announced an increase in public expenditure on R&D to £20 billion a year by 2024-25, including funding for association to EU programmes.11 Oct 2022HANSARDResearch and DevelopmentThe right hon. Lady is right about the importance of this issue. The United Kingdom absolutely wishes to move forward, and we would hope that the European Union would move forward…11 Oct 2022HANSARDBusiness InnovationOh, right. Perhaps I can visit my hon. Friend’s constituency to learn what the company does. More generally, the growth plan focuses on important measures to support small…11 Oct 2022HANSARDLoan ChargeThe loan charge was announced in the 2016 Budget as part of a package of measures to tackle disguised remuneration tax avoidance. In the 2022 spring statement, it was estimated…11 Oct 2022HANSARDLoan ChargeI do not think that any Member who has met constituents who have been affected by the loan charge can have failed to be moved by the emotional and psychological impact that it has…11 Oct 2022HANSARDBusiness InnovationI am not sure if I got the name quite correct. Was it Comms Ninjas?11 Oct 2022HANSARDBusiness InnovationThe Government are encouraging business innovation in many ways, of which I will enumerate four. As I mentioned to my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Norfolk (George Freeman),…11 Oct 2022HANSARDTax Exemptions for Compensation Payments by Post Office for Overturned Historical ConvictionsThis House is aware that the Post Office Horizon scandal has had a devastating impact on the lives of many postmasters since it began over 20 years ago. The Government previously…23 Sept 2022