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HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationI would be happy to meet the hon. Gentleman to discuss the details of that specific office location. Bill Presented European Union (Revocation of Notice of Withdrawal) (No.2) Bill…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationRather like the question from the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant), the suggestion is that we just do nothing and stay exactly as we are. That would not be to the benefit of…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationThe main thrust of the hon. Lady’s question seems to be to decry the fact that we are decanting more and more services into one location. There are many logical economic and…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationThe hon. Lady is absolutely right to be as passionate as she is about protecting the existing workforce and making sure that we do not lose the workforce’s vital skills. That is…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationI can certainly assure my hon. Friend that HMRC engages with apprenticeship programmes and is supportive of apprentices, as are the rest of the Government.29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationMy hon. Friend asks a very good question that goes right to the heart of why we are making these changes. If we are to build teams of highly skilled individuals, we need the right…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationI do not think that we are requiring all the employees at that location to travel in excess of an hour to fit in with the new arrangements. In my statement, I set out at length…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationThe decision to have a Leeds office as opposed to a Bradford office has been rigorously looked at. It hinged on eight principles, some of which I set out in my response to the…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationThe hon. Gentleman is suggesting that we set all current arrangements in aspic. Going back some decades, there would have been not 170 offices across the country, but several…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationI thank my hon. Friend for shamelessly promoting, quite rightly, the properties in his constituency. I would be very happy to meet him to discuss the area.29 Jan 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: No DealWhat we will continue is our extensive planning for the possibility of a no-deal, day-one exit to make sure that our ports are indeed flowing and goods are moving, including food.…29 Jan 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: No DealThis country will achieve a range of additional flexibilities when we are outside the European Union. We will, of course, assess them all in due course, taking into account the…29 Jan 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: No DealThe simple reality of the situation that Parliament finds itself in is that, in the event that we do not conclude a deal successfully with the European Union, this country may…29 Jan 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: No DealMy hon. Friend raises two issues. On non-tariff barriers, we have made it very clear that we will implement a solution in the event of no deal, for example, that will be as…29 Jan 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: No DealThe questions I have just responded to are in a similar vein and all lead back to one conclusion, which is that, if we are to avoid a no-deal scenario, there has, by definition,…29 Jan 2019HANSARD2019 Loan ChargeThe loan charge is not retrospective. The schemes that were entered into and to which the loan charge relates have always been defective—they never worked, including at the time…29 Jan 2019HANSARD2019 Loan ChargeAn important principle lies at the heart of the whole debate around the loan charge, which is that individuals should pay the tax that is due. If they enter into arrangements that…29 Jan 2019HANSARD2019 Loan ChargeMy hon. Friend will know that the loan charge was brought into effect in 2016. It allowed three years for individuals to clean up the loans—if they were loans, they could be…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement relating to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs estate transformation. In the 2015 spending review, the Government…29 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that question. The creative industries are vital to our country. This Government have provided an array of very important tax reliefs to that…29 Jan 2019