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HANSARDWar Widow(er)s Recognition Payment: Tax TreatmentThe Government announced in May that payments of £87,500 will be made to those who forfeited their entitlement to a pension for a service attributable death prior to 2015 and have…19 Sept 2023HANSARD Tax-free Shopping for International VisitorsIncluding, of course, the Cotswolds. We must look not just at how to encourage more tourism through tax levers, but at the actual offering to tourists when they are here in Oxford…07 Sept 2023HANSARD Tax-free Shopping for International VisitorsI was anticipating this point and, indeed, quizzed my officials about it. I think the phrase my hon. Friend refers to is a high uncertainty rating. I am told that that rating…07 Sept 2023HANSARD Tax-free Shopping for International VisitorsI hope to ingeniously incorporate VAT RES into my response to my hon. Friend. She is absolutely right that, although the advocates of the scheme place a great deal of emphasis on…07 Sept 2023HANSARD Tax-free Shopping for International VisitorsIn fairness, it may be that people do not know that it is available. I do not know whether shops or brands advertise it to their customers. If a consumer is buying a larger item,…07 Sept 2023HANSARD Tax-free Shopping for International VisitorsMy hon. Friend will know that that group will not necessarily have access—in fact, I would be surprised if it did—to the macroeconomic data that the Treasury, the OBR and others,…07 Sept 2023HANSARD Tax-free Shopping for International VisitorsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. It is the first time I have done so, and I am delighted to be chaired so well. I welcome the hon. Member for Slough (Mr…07 Sept 2023HANSARD Duty on Shopping: UK Entry PointsFirst, I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Crawley (Henry Smith) on securing tonight’s important debate. He brings so much experience and expertise on this issue to the…06 Sept 2023HANSARD Duty on Shopping: UK Entry PointsI am very happy to meet my hon. Friend and representatives, but I must temper expectations. For a change to be made of this nature, the economic case for the entire UK economy…06 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will of course be happy to meet my hon. Friend. I hope he understands that I cannot intervene personally in any case, but I will of course look at the general principle he sets…05 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be delighted to meet my right hon. Friend and those businesses. In fact, the UK is leading world economies with our focus on life sciences and on tech. In that little…05 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman is referring to a company that works with the Government’s Crown Commercial Service and that works on debt across central Government. It has to operate within a…05 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his question, which I take very seriously. Just to put it in context, last year HMRC received 38 million telephone calls; around 3 million of those were…05 Sept 2023HANSARDPubs: Tax SystemI would go further and give as an example the truly transformational programme that the Chancellor set out at the spring Budget to transform childcare policy in this country. We…05 Sept 2023HANSARDPubs: Tax SystemAs you know, Mr Speaker, I regard Lancashire as my home, and it would be a delight to return to South Ribble. My hon. Friend has named just a few of the roughly 37,000 pubs in…05 Sept 2023HANSARDPubs: Tax SystemWe are ensuring that pubs remain a key part of our local communities by providing support through the alcohol duty and business rates systems. That includes a new draught relief…05 Sept 2023HANSARDFinance Bill: Draft Legislation and Tax DocumentsIn line with the tax policy making framework, the Government are publishing draft legislation ahead of potential inclusion in the next Finance Bill. This allows for technical…18 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023I would like to answer the shadow Minister’s questions and then I will happily give way. In terms of HMRC, we are fully confident that we have the staff and resources to meet the…17 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023I am conscious of the interest in the room, so to give others a chance to speak I propose to sum up very quickly by simply saying that the parcels arrangements are a significant…17 Jul 2023HANSARDDraft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023I think my right hon. Friend misheard me. I was referring to the Northern Ireland Minister, the hon. Member for Wycombe (Mr Baker). I would not dream of putting words in the mouth…17 Jul 2023