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HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillAbsolute nonsense. Members of the House should be reminding everybody in this country that they have a strong incentive to save for their pension, not misleading them by implying…23 Mar 2026HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillHere we have it again: when the Conservatives are faced with any difficult choice, the answer is higher child poverty. It is the answer to every question they are ever faced with.…23 Mar 2026HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillI am grateful to the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Wyre Forest (Mark Garnier), and the Liberal Democrat spokesperson, the hon. Member for Witney (Charlie Maynard), for…23 Mar 2026HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillThat is a question the hon. Gentleman should put to his Front Benchers, who opened the negotiations with Mauritius in the first place. Opposition Members come to the House making…23 Mar 2026HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillAs always, I thank my hon. Friend for his remarks. He was pretending that the competition is about who is the better MP, but we know it is really about the volume of speaking in…23 Mar 2026HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillNo, that is not what is going on. What will happen is that everybody will still have a strong tax relief incentive to save for their pension, and by taking a sensible approach to…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPre-1997 Pensions: Discretionary IncreasesI think there is a slightly harder case, which is examples where schemes had an established practice of paying discretionary increases—my hon. Friend the Member for North Durham…19 Mar 2026HANSARDPre-1997 Pensions: Discretionary IncreasesI am pleased that my hon. Friend the Member for North Durham (Luke Akehurst) has secured the debate on this important matter and thank him for the thoughtful way in which he…19 Mar 2026HANSARDPre-1997 Pensions: Discretionary IncreasesI will come in a second to the point that the right hon. Gentleman is making, which is about where power lies in the system.19 Mar 2026HANSARDPre-1997 Pensions: Discretionary IncreasesMy hon. Friend has been a powerful campaigner on this issue. I recognise her point about situations where there was a habit of paying discretionary increases in the past. On the…19 Mar 2026HANSARDPre-1997 Pensions: Discretionary IncreasesI hear the right hon. Member’s point. I am not going to comment on individual legal cases, obviously, but the basis of the distinction at 1997 reflects the decisions taken in 1995…19 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyThe hon. Gentleman is right, at least within England: yes, the funding will be delivered via local authorities, through the mechanism that was the household support fund, which…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyI absolutely understand why the shadow Minister is looking so worked up; fuel prices matter for everyone, especially those travelling long distances. After all, it is around 270…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyI thank my hon. Friend for making that point. I regularly discuss exactly the kind of industries he raises today, because he is such a powerful champion on their behalf. Most…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyWait for it; I am going to come to come to those 14 years. The hon. Gentleman is going to regret saying that. Through the Conservatives’ entire 14 years in office, fuel duty was…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyI will make a bit of progress; I have already given way to the right hon. Gentleman. To reflect the highly uneven geographical spread of heating oil reliance, as highlighted by…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyThis Government are showing that we care about the living standards of households up and down the country, and that is exactly what we should be doing. Encouraging all retailers…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyThat was not the best; there is much more to come. I am enjoying the enthusiasm. Sector-specific support continues for the likes of agriculture and horticulture, which retain…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyI beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “House” to the end of the Question and add: “recognises that, at the Autumn Budget 2025, the Government extended the five pence per…18 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel DutyI thank the hon. Member for his question and his invitation to discuss some hypotheticals. I would just point out that it is only next week that the policy of extending the 5p…18 Mar 2026