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HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsI am surprised that the hon. Gentleman raises the inheritance that his party has received from the Conservatives. We had the highest rate of growth in the G7. We had brought…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsI think the hon. Gentleman might just be overlooking a little something called covid, which shrank the UK economy by over 10% overnight. What this Government have done is take us…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsNo matter what points the hon. Gentleman may make, I am afraid he cannot get away from the fact that this Government are bearing down on growth, pressing up on unemployment,…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsThat is an amusing intervention, but it is thoroughly inaccurate, I am afraid. The OBR did indeed look into the suggestion that there was a black hole of £22 billion, and what did…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsI have heard the hon. Gentleman intervene in various debates, and I am coming to the conclusion that he is probably a rather sensible SNP Member, because he is absolutely right. […04 Dec 2024HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. Our record on employment shows that we were a job-creating machine after 2010, and the statistics he cites are quite right. When it came…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsThe simple fact is that, at the time of the general election, we had the fastest-growing economy in the G7. The simple fact is that the Labour manifesto said it would deliver…04 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI did not actually discern any answer to my question, so may I put it this way? No. 10 has stated that it is not prepared to stand by the Chancellor’s commitment on tax. Is that…03 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat a pleasure it is to appear opposite the right hon. Lady for the first time. I was tempted to ask her how things were going, but I did not want to start out by being unkind. I…03 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillMy right hon. Friend raises an interesting point because the Chancellor did say at the CBI conference, when asked, that she would not raise taxes in the future, but this very…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillYou’re special.27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillMy hon. Friend makes an important and valid point. As he says, Labour is now claiming that there will be no incidence of this tax increase on working people, although it seems to…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillI beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “That” to the end of the Question and add: “this House declines to give the Finance Bill a Second Reading because it derives from the…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillI will give way to the hon. Gentleman. Perhaps he is an example of somebody who has done just that.27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. It demonstrates that this Government do not understand farming and do not understand the countryside. There are 100 Labour Members who…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillMadam Deputy Speaker, I will of course be guided by you on that matter. On the hon. Gentleman’s point, there is no doubt that, as we went into the last general election, the…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillAs Chair of the Treasury Committee at the time, I had quite a lot to say about it, and I would point the hon. Gentleman to the public record in that regard. Let me return to…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is disgraceful that Labour waited until the farmers were at the gates of Westminster to sneak out that impact assessment, which showed that,…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillMy right hon. Friend makes a perceptive point, to which I will come momentarily, but first let me deal with VAT on private schools. We have already heard about the displacement…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillI will let my right hon. and gallant Friend prophesy.27 Nov 2024