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HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillGiven that we need to progress on to Committee, I shall just point out that this is a permanent new role for the Government and a structural increase in the size of the British…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillIn a number of ways. First, this fiscal support is not in isolation. There is £33.9 billion of additional support going into the core NHS budget over the five years of the…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillI want to make some progress, and I have already given way once to the hon. Member for Swansea West (Geraint Davies). Let me remind the House why this levy is necessary. As the…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillAgain, this is why, as is standard practice, my right hon. Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury has published the tax information and impact note on the tax change. Of…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillIt is not just that the first 40% will not pay anything, as my right hon. Friend the Chancellor mentioned. The next 40% will pay less than 1% of their wage bill, and indeed 70% of…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillI will make a little progress. I have taken a number of interventions, including one from my right hon. Friend. Existing NICs reliefs and allowances will also apply to the levy.…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillMy hon. Friend, and good friend, has raised two connected points. The first was dealt with earlier in points of order: it is the will of the House that decides the timings of…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillI think one needs to see whether these are roles that are driving efficiency and creating savings elsewhere, or whether they are viewed in isolation. That is why one needs to…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillIn the public sector pay agreement that we reached, we accepted the recommendations of the independent pay review body. That is why we decided on 3% and why the NHS was treated…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillI am sure that the hon. Lady rises to welcome the progressive nature of that measure.14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillOf the £36 billion, £5.4 billion is going to adult social care, with the rest going into the NHS or through Barnett. That is over three years.14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillThere is a precedent in the form of what the hon. Gentleman’s party did in 2002-03. I do not think it is fair for him to say it is farcical to do something which was done by the…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillAs a former Chief Whip, my right hon. Friend knows better than most that it is for the House to decide which Ministers come to the House and provide updates. Obviously, in respect…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyI am glad my right hon. Friend highlights that point. Let me address it in two ways, because it goes to the crux of his remarks in the debate. We have set out, as was referred to…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyObviously, what SNP Members regard as progressive has changed. The point is that if they disagree with this, they can adjust their Barnett consequentials, spend that and…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyLet me first thank hon. and right hon. Members for their thoughtful and constructive contributions to today’s debate. Yesterday, the Prime Minister set out a series of necessary…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyI listened very closely to the hon. Gentleman’s speech, because he is a very informed and knowledgeable commentator on these issues. He rightly pointed to paragraph 36, where we…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyOne of the features of the Dilnot proposals—Dilnot has been very frank about this—is that his costs ramp up over time. That is why the initial funding is £5.4 billion, but…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyI have just given way and addressed my right hon. Friend’s points head on. Let me, in turn, address head on the points raised by the shadow Chancellor, the hon. Member for Leeds…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyI will come to the points on devolution and happily give way at that stage, but let me just deal with the Opposition amendment, which requests a distributional impact assessment.…08 Sept 2021