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HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)These clauses make changes to strengthen HMRC’s framework for approving aerodromes and excise businesses. Clauses 338 and 339 deal with aircraft carrying passengers or goods into…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)On the last point, I gently redirect the hon. Member’s observation about a piecemeal approach. That is probably more for the Scottish Government to answer because we would very…18 May 2023HANSARDDouble Taxation Convention: San MarinoA double taxation convention with San Marino was signed in London on 17 May. The text of the convention is available on HM Revenue and Customs’ pages of the gov.uk website and…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank you, Mr Stringer, for your superb chairmanship of this Committee and Ms McVey for hers. I thank my ministerial colleague, my hon. Friend the Member for Grantham and…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I am in the situation that I find myself in from time to time, which is that, although I am extremely conscious of the desire for transparency, there is still the principle of…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)We are pleased that LITRG is one of the many groups that we work closely with. We listen to them very carefully. Indeed, I met the head of the group only last week, I think, to…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I hope that clause 332 will be of real interest to hon. Members and their constituents. In recent years, there has been a growth in what are commonly called repayment agents. Hon.…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I will commit to our trying to get an answer to the hon. Lady’s local authority about that. She will appreciate that other bids are run by other Departments. I am not intimately…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)Clauses 330 and 331 will make changes to ensure that tax sites in investment zones can benefit from an optional single five-year offer of tax reliefs, identical to those available…18 May 2023HANSARDPublic Bodies and VATIf I may, I shall develop my argument. I have taken careful note of the issues raised by my right hon. Friend, and I hope to respond to them through the rest of my speech. Let me…17 May 2023HANSARDPublic Bodies and VATIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Camborne and Redruth (George Eustice) for securing today’s debate; I know…17 May 2023HANSARDPublic Bodies and VATWe have to be a little careful about the ONS argument. The ONS has many attributes, but it is the Office for National Statistics; the eligibility for VAT refunds is not related to…17 May 2023HANSARDPublic Bodies and VATI hope my right hon. Friend will forgive me, but I do not have an intimate knowledge of the treatment of the bodies that he describes. I respect the fact that as a former…17 May 2023HANSARDPublic Bodies and VATFor the sake of avoiding any headlines, I do not agree with or accept my right hon. Friend’s description of the ONS. As I said, I appreciate that he has a particular set of…17 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)I am delighted to answer the Opposition’s queries on non-domiciled taxpayers. Their stance is an interesting contrast to the Conservative party’s inclusive nature when it comes to…16 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)On amendment 8, I had read out that it seeks to refine the calculations of carried interest for the purposes of clause 42. It modifies the calculation methodology so that it also…16 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)I will come to that later. The hon. Gentleman should send his questions about the farmer scheme to DEFRA, which is responsible for the Rural Payments Agency, which operates the…16 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Clause 39 makes changes to clarify that payments from the lump sum exit scheme are treated as capital receipts. It aims to set clear and fair rules regarding the taxation of the…16 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)We have to make judgments on how we ensure that the UK economy is not only internationally competitive but attractive to other countries. We are happy to make the point that…16 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)The hon. Gentleman is trying to tempt me away from the scope of the Bill, and I will resist that temptation. I gently ask him to help me—perhaps afterwards—to understand the…16 May 2023