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HANSARDNo Deal EU Exit: Job LossesThe chief executive of Honda has made it perfectly clear that the company’s recent decisions were not a consequence of Brexit. Other factors across the world are affecting car…05 Mar 2019HANSARDNo Deal EU Exit: Job LossesThe House has made clear the basis on which it would be prepared to accept the deal negotiated with the European Union, and that will necessitate some changes to the backstop…05 Mar 2019HANSARDNo Deal EU Exit: Manufacturing SectorThe steps we are taking to protect our manufacturing in the event of no deal include supporting the Prime Minister’s deal and the negotiations to make sure that we have a smooth…05 Mar 2019HANSARDNo Deal EU Exit: Manufacturing SectorIt is just little old me, I am afraid, but I have to say that I believe we should respect the result of the June 2016 referendum, a democratic exercise that saw a higher turnout…05 Mar 2019HANSARDNo Deal EU Exit: Manufacturing SectorWe are most certainly not ignoring those businesses—or indeed businesses from a variety of different sectors up and down the economy. We have been deeply engaged with business,…05 Mar 2019HANSARDNo Deal EU Exit: Job LossesThe hon. Lady is right to raise an issue that relates to our tariff policy in the event of a no-deal Brexit. We have made it clear that we will carefully balance this, protecting…05 Mar 2019HANSARDTax Avoidance Enablers: HMRC ResourcesThe Government take a very serious view of those who enable or promote tax avoidance. We have taken a number of measures to clamp down on them, including penalties of up to £1…05 Mar 2019HANSARDTax Avoidance Enablers: HMRC ResourcesWe have taken action against enablers and promoters, and the cumulative amount of time in prison that has resulted from those particular actions is in excess of 100 years.05 Mar 2019HANSARDTax Avoidance Enablers: HMRC ResourcesI am confident that HMRC will be ready for the outcome of the EU negotiations, whatever that outcome is. We have taken on over 4,000 additional staff to ensure that we are ready,…05 Mar 2019HANSARDNo Deal EU Exit: Job LossesMy right hon. Friend the Chancellor has made it clear that, in the event of a no-deal Brexit, we will take stock of the situation and take whatever measures are necessary to…05 Mar 2019HANSARDNo Deal EU Exit: Job LossesI do not believe that the figure to which the hon. Lady refers is accurate. This Government have seen employment at a record high and unemployment at the lowest level since 1975,…05 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is not possible to provide an estimate down at constituency level about the impacts of the changes in the personal allowance, but I can inform my hon. Friend that no fewer than…05 Mar 2019HANSARDNo Deal EU Exit: Job LossesThe Government’s analysis indicates that leaving the EU without a deal would not be good for the UK economy, which is why we are so determined as a Government to secure an…05 Mar 2019HANSARDNo Deal EU Exit: Job LossesWe have already brought in some important measures to do just that, not least by increasing the annual investment allowance from £200,000 to £1 million, as announced at the…05 Mar 2019HANSARD Tax Avoidance, Evasion and ComplianceOn the first part of the hon. Lady’s question, I think I have already answered why we decided not to go ahead with the legislation today. On clamping down on national insurance…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Tax Avoidance, Evasion and ComplianceNo, it certainly will not heighten any sense that the public may or may not have of chaos. What it will do is give the Government the time to reflect upon what has emerged as an…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Tax Avoidance, Evasion and ComplianceI assure the right hon. Lady that I always listen extremely carefully to what she has to say, as I have done in the context of her current two questions. She asked why we are…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Tax Avoidance, Evasion and ComplianceI thank my hon. Friend, and I take it on the chin. I am bang to rights. I and this Government are guilty of lowering taxes, particularly for the lowest paid in our country. He…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Tax Avoidance, Evasion and ComplianceThe hon. Lady will know that this Government have an exemplary record when it comes to clamping down on tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance, including overseas. We have been…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Tax Avoidance, Evasion and ComplianceI could not agree more with the hon. Gentleman when he says that big businesses should be paying their fair share of tax, which is why half of the largest companies at any one…04 Mar 2019