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HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillNo, I do not, because that would be capping corporation tax at far too high a level. I would like to see it reduced, ideally back to 19%, as soon as possible. I certainly would…08 May 2024HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillBoth parties support very high levels of tax. They are not as high as the hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (Drew Hendry) would like them to be, but who…08 May 2024HANSARD Business of the House (13 May)We have, I think, another hour and three quarters, or a little longer, in which to debate this motion. The point I want to make at the outset is this: why are we wasting so much…08 May 2024HANSARD Business of the House (13 May)I agree absolutely with my right hon. Friend, to whom I am grateful for supporting my amendments to the original motion. I am sure that it will be of concern to him that the hon.…08 May 2024HANSARD Business of the House (13 May)My right hon. Friend makes another very good point. We know that the Leader of the House—and he is a distinguished former Leader of the House—has two hats: they act as a member of…08 May 2024HANSARD Business of the House (13 May)I take that point absolutely, Mr Deputy Speaker, but I think we have already had a taste, from the couple of interventions, of the fact that this is a controversial subject, for…08 May 2024HANSARD Business of the House (13 May)One issue is that people can be arrested and not know whether they will be charged for months, if not years. During that period, they are in limbo and under suspicion, but are,…08 May 2024HANSARD Business of the House (13 May)Madam Deputy Speaker, I absolutely agree. My purpose in speaking to this motion today is to try to illustrate by example the scope of the motion that is down for debate on Monday,…08 May 2024HANSARD Business of the House (13 May)I agree wholeheartedly with my right hon. Friend. Indeed, that point could be made in Monday’s debate without the need to discuss the amendments to which I have been referring,…08 May 2024HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillThe hon. Gentleman misunder-stands the dynamic effects of taxation. I was privileged to be in this House when the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, the late Lord Lawson of Blaby,…08 May 2024HANSARD Business of the House (13 May)Will my hon. Friend emphasise that the debate scheduled for Monday is not any ordinary debate? It is a debate to change the Standing Orders of the House. As was pointed out to me…08 May 2024HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Gentleman. I wish to speak briefly on clause 12 stand part and the new clause to which he has just spoken. Clause 12 is a simple clause. The…08 May 2024HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillLooking ahead to the next Parliament, and hoping that there will be a Conservative Government, can my hon. Friend say to all those in the business community who are watching…08 May 2024HANSARDBritish Nationality (Irish Citizens) BillI would just like to put on the record my congratulations to the right hon. Member for Belfast East (Gavin Robinson) and his hon. Friends on their persistence. Moving Third…26 Apr 2024HANSARDPublic Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (Amendment) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. This is the Bill’s first outing in debate, because although it was presented in the 2022 Session, unfortunately the House…26 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsEight weeks ago, on 29 February, at first order questions, I asked the Minister without Portfolio what the Government would do to assist people who are adversely affected by the…25 Apr 2024HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillIt is a great tribute to my hon. Friend the Minister that he has got the Bill into a form that is far better than it was on Second Reading, and that it is so much improved that…24 Apr 2024HANSARDPet Abduction BillI will hold my counsel on that until I hear the Minister’s response. If I said now that I agree with the Minister before he has even said anything, I would be closing off an…19 Apr 2024HANSARDPet Abduction BillAt all?19 Apr 2024HANSARDPet Abduction BillWill my hon. Friend give way?19 Apr 2024