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HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseI will give way shortly but first want to make some progress, because this represents a shattering of the Conservatives’ manifesto promises—and I am sure the hon. Member will want…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseThat we are currently experiencing the gravest cost of living crisis in memory should not be in the least bit a controversial thing to say. It has been caused by inflation from a…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseI say that I very much doubt that, and there is analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies that suggests very differently, but again this comes back to the marginal rate of tax…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseI am spoiled for choice; I give way to the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Anthony Browne).08 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseFor a moment there, I was going to ask the hon. Member if he would give way to me. Yes, I do accept most of those things but, as I also set out very clearly, there are those…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseI would like to make some progress.08 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseAgain, I refer the hon. Member for Gloucester (Richard Graham) to the concept of the marginal rate of tax and ask him to look at the totality of the impact—if he had been patient…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseGo on—give me one last chance.08 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseI do not think that is true, but, even if it was, those economies that fall the furthest rebound the fastest. We seem to be reliant on the better nature of the Conservative…08 Mar 2022HANSARDWelsh AffairsThe Secretary of State is nothing if not prescient, on that point at least. Of course there may have been a slim majority in Wales for Brexit, but does he honestly think that has…03 Mar 2022HANSARDWelsh AffairsMay I intervene on that?03 Mar 2022HANSARDWelsh AffairsIt is a great honour to speak in such a wide-ranging and overwhelmingly good-humoured annual debate on Welsh affairs. Before I get properly under way, I associate myself with the…03 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions BillI rise to support Lords amendments 2 and 4, but I will deal first with amendment 4. As I said at earlier stages of this Bill, those who have experience of serving within the armed…01 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. Landing slots are clearly a very scarce but important resource, and it is important that we make sure that they are…01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineYesterday, the European Union imposed sanctions on the Russian Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu, and a number of other Russian military officials. Do the UK Government have any…25 Feb 2022HANSARDLeaving the European Union: Potential BenefitsThe Government have touted their so-called Brexit freedoms Bill as a means of cutting up to £1 billion-worth of red tape, yet Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs estimates that new…24 Feb 2022HANSARDLeaving the European Union: Potential Benefits16. What discussions the Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities has had with (a) industry bodies and (b) the devolved Administrations on the Government’s assessment of the…24 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19I am sure that the Prime Minister has consulted the chief medical officer and the chief scientific officer for England, but consulting them is not quite the same as taking their…21 Feb 2022HANSARDRussia Sanctions LegislationI echo much of what was said by the shadow Secretary of State, the right hon. Member for Tottenham (Mr Lammy). I find this situation frustrating in many ways. Obviously we all…10 Feb 2022HANSARDCrown Estate: DevolutionWell, it has not put off investment in Scotland, certainly. The Crown Estate portfolio in Wales, with its marine assets, has risen in value from £49 million in 2020 to its current…09 Feb 2022