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HANSARD Loan ChargeI will take an intervention from the other side of the Chamber first.04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeI echo my hon. Friend’s point. He is right that many of those who gave advice seem to have disappeared.04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeI cannot add much more to that, because my hon. Friend is absolutely right.04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeSorry, but I will continue to make progress. This story is far from unique. More stories emerge every day from people who fear the break-up of their family and a future devoid of…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeI thank my hon. Friend for his point. He talks about the legitimate paying of taxes, and I will touch on that later in my speech. The people who entered into such schemes, whether…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeThe hon. Gentleman is right about HMRC being aware, because people even had to fill out disclosure of tax avoidance schemes, or DOTAS, forms.04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeI will make a little more progress, but I am keen to take as many interventions as possible. Nobody should be in any doubt that the loan charge has left people living in genuine…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeI could not agree more. My hon. Friend sums the situation up well. This is not just about HMRC being tone deaf, because I have found through my interactions with constituents that…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeI will take one more intervention before I make a little more progress.04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeI thank the hon. Gentleman. I am sure that his constituents will be grateful to him for raising their concerns in the Chamber. I will refer to some of my constituents later on,…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeMy right hon. Friend is right. The all-party parliamentary group’s inquiry took a lot of evidence on the impact that the policy will have. The behaviour of some, particularly on…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeI endorse what my right hon. Friend says about our Minister and good friend on the Treasury Bench, but he is right to say that our constituents have real concerns about the way in…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeI could not have worded it better myself. Having been part of the all-party parliamentary group’s inquiry, and having looked into the retrospective effect of the legislation, I am…04 Apr 2019HANSARD BruneiI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement and fully endorse the actions he says he will take. Can he advise the House on what he will do to proactively engage with international…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeApologies, but I will make progress so that others can speak in this debate. My constituent is facing financial ruin at the end of his long career in the oil and gas industry,…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeI beg to move, That this House expresses its serious concern at the 2019 Loan Charge which applies from 5 April 2019; expresses deep concern and regret about the effect of the…04 Apr 2019HANSARDPuppy SmugglingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Worcestershire (Nigel Huddleston) on bringing forward this…02 Apr 2019HANSARDFuture of the Oil and Gas IndustryI accept the hon. Gentleman’s point that there is no sovereign wealth fund in the UK, but the revenues generated from the oil and gas industry in the UK were used at the time to…14 Mar 2019HANSARDFuture of the Oil and Gas IndustryIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Walker. I genuinely welcome the report and thank colleagues on the Scottish Affairs Committee not only for looking at this…14 Mar 2019HANSARDDevolved Government9. What progress has been made on restoring devolved government in Northern Ireland.06 Mar 2019