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HANSARD Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [Lords]I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I should begin by paying tribute to my noble Friend Lord Bates for piloting the Bill through the other place so…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [Lords]I thank the hon. Lady for that very appropriate intervention. She is quite right to mention the local presence of financial services across the United Kingdom. My right hon.…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [Lords]I think this is an example of Parliament carrying out its process and legislation being improved as a consequence. The most important point is where we have ended up. Having…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [Lords]I thank my hon. Friend for his question. He is quite right, although the reference to the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation is, I think from memory, in clause 1(12),…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDRAFT DEVOLVED INCOME TAX RATES (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ORDER 2018I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Devolved Income Tax Rates (Consequential Amendments) Order 2018. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr…04 Feb 2019HANSARDDRAFT DEVOLVED INCOME TAX RATES (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ORDER 2018It is a pleasure to respond to the hon. Member for Oxford East on this occasion, because normally she has 20 or 30 questions. Today there is but one, which is a great…04 Feb 2019HANSARDDRAFT DEVOLVED INCOME TAX RATES (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ORDER 2018I think that is an ingenious attempt to open up a wider debate about the provisions of the 2014 Act and the basis on which taxation, or income tax in this instance, will be…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTreasuryThe Conservative party introduced the national living wage. We should be enormously proud of that fact. It goes up by 4.9% in April, so those in full-time employment will take…31 Jan 2019HANSARDTreasuryThe Conservative party introduced the national living wage. We should be enormously proud of that fact. It goes up by 4.9% in April, so those in full-time employment will take…31 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationI can only apologise, Mr Speaker, and I obviously accept your guidance on this matter. I believe I was asked about 20-plus questions between the two Front Benchers, but I take…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationI will write to my hon. Friend with the answer to that question, on the basis that these are all individual arrangements that have been entered into. As for lease arrangements,…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationThese are two relatively unrelated matters. Reconfiguring our tax offices is important for the reasons I set out in the statement. As to the hon. Lady’s point about preparedness…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationIf we look at all the metrics, we can see that HMRC is doing extremely well on customer service at the moment, including time taken to answer telephone calls. There is always more…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationI cannot comment on the specific tax office that the hon. Gentleman mentions, although I am of course very happy to discuss that element of his question outside this statement. As…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationI can confirm that services will be improved. All the evidence suggests that is the case as we have upgraded and brought HMRC into the 21st century, and I have already stated that…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationThere has already been an equality impact assessment. It is in the public domain, but I would be very happy to share it with the hon. Member.29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationI would be very happy to meet the hon. Gentleman to discuss the matters he has raised.29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationOn the IT systems element of my hon. Friend’s question, he is absolutely right. CHIEF has been upgraded, and it is now capable of processing about 90 messages per second, which…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationThe hon. Lady raises the issue of the tax office in her particular area of Wolverhampton. I am very happy at any point—this is of course an invitation to any Member—to speak to…29 Jan 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: No DealLast year, the Government published a comprehensive assessment of the impact of our departure from the European Union, covering four different scenarios and looking at the effect…29 Jan 2019