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HANSARDProperty TaxesIn a word, badly.03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesIt is a simple matter of logic that even if the hon. Lady’s assertion is true—I do not know whether it is or not—it does not contradict the point that I made.03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesThe hon. Lady asks where we are getting our ideas from; where we are not getting them from is from academics and researchers who believe in taxing wealth and who now sit there on…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesThe hon. Gentleman refers to cutting spending. His party attempted to cut spending, but entirely failed to do so. My point is that if he wants money to spend on public services,…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesMy right hon. Friend raises his point in his usual eloquent manner. That is a question for the Minister, and I hope that, when he rises to the Dispatch Box, he will rule out our…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesMy hon. Friend has put it brilliantly and succinctly, and she is absolutely right. In their horror—in their recoil from the inheritance tax changes—that is exactly what farmers…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesThat is right. We live in a highly mobile world; it is easy for people with substantial wealth or money to invest to go anywhere in the world. We have to remain competitive, and…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I have already shared with the House the classic example of the number of people who have left this country because of a punitive tax regime…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesI thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind words about the Conservative party—I am sure that they are deeply felt and very genuine. What the Deputy Prime Minister should be doing is…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesI will do so momentarily. It started with broken promises. This was a party that said during the run-up to the general election that it had no intention of raising taxes left,…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We are seeing high inflation, anaemic growth, high gilt yields and a pound that has been plummeting in recent times. All those are signals…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesAs the hon. Lady will know, interest rates are one of the key tools in monetary policy and are applied to bring down inflation. While she is right that there have been five…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesThe hon. Gentleman is entirely right. Of course, if the Government have got into a situation where they are having to scrabble around and look at property taxes, as we are…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesMy right hon. Friend, as ever, is absolutely right. The reality, as we see in the bond yields at the moment, is that the markets have no confidence in the ability of this…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesIn a moment. That in turn has seen interest rates higher for longer and the servicing costs on our national debt now running at over £100 billion a year—more than twice our…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesIf I am an hon. Friend, I will certainly give way.03 Sept 2025HANSARDTaxesI am not sure that I fully understood the point, but the hon. Gentleman seems at least to accept that there is a real black hole when it comes to this Government, of at least £6…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesIt would be sensible for the hon. Lady to look at those on her own Front Bench and ask why they take these appalling anti-business decisions. The answer is that hardly any of them…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesWell yes, exactly. The Government will look to any floating branch or whatever to cling on to, to try to look a little better than they truly are. We have seen a Government who…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. When it comes to criticising this Government, it is always confusing whether to address those on the Front Bench or on the Back Benches,…15 Jul 2025