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HANSARDIncome tax (charge)It is a pleasure to speak in this debate in response to the first ever Budget delivered by a female Chancellor. This Government have inherited a mess, and we know that the cause…31 Oct 2024HANSARDIncome tax (charge)I am grateful to my hon. Friend for making that point, and she is absolutely right. The first thing we should be doing is negotiating a youth mobility scheme. We owe it to our…31 Oct 2024HANSARDIncome tax (charge)I am glad the hon. Gentleman has raised that point. I refer him to our general election manifesto in which, as I have already said, we set out a range of tax-raising measures,…31 Oct 2024HANSARD Ministerial Code: Policy AnnouncementsIt is a sad state of affairs when the run-up to the Budget of this new Government so closely resembles that of the previous Government, with consistent leaks and briefings to the…29 Oct 2024HANSARDTrade Barriers with the EUI offer the congratulations of Liberal Democrat Members to our hon. Friend the Member for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe (David Chadwick) on the safe arrival of his baby son…24 Oct 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformLast week’s legislation was welcome and was supported by the Liberal Democrats, and we were glad of the Government’s suggestion that these were initial steps ahead of broader…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Compensation SchemeI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. It goes very much to the heart of the remarks that I shall make about ensuring that the compensation scheme established through this…23 Oct 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Compensation SchemeThe Liberal Democrats are glad to see the introduction of this legislation and the establishment of the infected blood compensation scheme. We are glad that it will move the…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPoint of Orderindicated assent.23 Oct 2024HANSARDPoint of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. My constituency of Richmond Park, being both particularly attractive and within easy reach of Westminster, is a popular spot for visits…23 Oct 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Compensation SchemeI am exceptionally grateful for the right hon. Gentleman’s explanation of how the different tariffs have been arrived at, which aids comprehension. However, will he also explain a…23 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI have to confess that I missed the hon. Gentleman’s question, because I was distracted by the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Gareth Snell). I will just reiterate that we…15 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI am not giving way again. More broadly, we are supportive of wider electoral reform, and look to the Government to support our pledges to modernise our electoral system. We want…15 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe Liberal Democrats have been calling for reform of the House of Lords with a democratic mandate for decades. The Bill is a welcome step forward, and one that we support. These…15 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillRegrettably, the right hon. Gentleman has not been listening to what I have been saying. Liberal Democrat policy is to have an elected second Chamber. We welcome these measures as…15 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillWe will certainly be participating fully in Committee, scrutinising the legislation to see whether suitable amendments can be tabled, but that will be a Liberal Democrat…15 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI must say, I regret that the Conservatives did not win a mandate in July for the kind of wholesale reform that the right hon. Gentleman is proposing. As I say, the Liberal…15 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI thank my colleague for his intervention, which underlines that what the Liberal Democrats want is a fully reformed House of Lords—an elected second Chamber. We think that that…15 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI want to be very clear: the Liberal Democrats support the idea of a second Chamber. Under the current system, it is an appointed and elected Chamber; we are here today to support…15 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillNo, I cannot. That happened in a previous Parliament and has no relevance to this current piece of legislation, which is about abolishing the hereditary peers.15 Oct 2024