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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome my hon. Friend’s strong support for his local economy and the small businesses that play such a vital part in his constituency. The VAT registration threshold, at…20 Dec 2022HANSARDTax System: FairnessI am pleased that the hon. Gentleman is entering into the spirit of pantomime season with his questions. We have been clear that non-doms paid £7.9 billion in UK taxes last year—a…20 Dec 2022HANSARDTax System: FairnessMerry Christmas to you, Mr Speaker, to all the House staff, to the Members in the Chamber, and to our parliamentary staff, who do such a good job for us all year round— […20 Dec 2022HANSARDTax System: FairnessMy hon. Friend has done so much for her constituency through her campaigns, including by securing the investment that her local hospital needs. In relation to her high streets and…20 Dec 2022HANSARDMaking Tax Digital: Income Tax Self-assessmentAcross the globe, digitisation of tax is increasingly the norm. Modernisation of UK businesses and the tax system remains of crucial importance to the UK. Making tax digital (MTD)…19 Dec 2022HANSARDBusiness Rates and Levelling UpGoodness me, I would not pretend to have an intimate knowledge of the economics of Torbay. My hon. Friend knows his constituency extremely well, but the realistic fact is that…13 Dec 2022HANSARDBusiness Rates and Levelling UpI will come back to that point, and particularly the detail on annual revaluations, because I think there is some sympathy with my hon. Friend’s point of view. The retail,…13 Dec 2022HANSARDBusiness Rates and Levelling UpIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous) on securing this important debate. I am…13 Dec 2022HANSARDBusiness Rates and Levelling UpOf course. I am always delighted to hear from the hon. Gentleman. He will appreciate that there are many other factors; for example, click and collect was a stumbling block for…13 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceThe hon. Gentleman raises a serious point. I do not have the answer to hand, but I will ensure that the relevant Health Minister writes to him, because I understand why he raises…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceI have not seen it myself but, from descriptions I have heard, I am not quite sure that is what he was trying to— [ Interruption. ] Members ask why I have not watched it. I was…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceI will not, because I have to finish. Turning to non-doms, I must congratulate the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Ealing North (James Murray), on his florid use of language…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceForgive me. Perhaps the hon. Lady misunderstood me; I was trying to be collegiate in referencing what she had said about covid. We do know, of course, that there have been…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceI will, but then I must make progress.06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceIt is a genuine pleasure to close this debate on behalf of the Government. I start by placing on the record my thanks to the extraordinary staff of the national health service, on…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceI will just make a little progress, if I may. Amanda Pritchard, the chief executive of the NHS, has said that this should “provide sufficient funding for the NHS to fulfil its key…06 Dec 2022HANSARD Finance BillI shall come to that in a moment, but we have been committed since 2020 to supporting the transition to electric vehicles; in fact, we have committed ourselves to £2.5 billion of…30 Nov 2022HANSARD Finance BillWe introduced the expensive car supplement some time ago, and a great many of the cars that the hon. Gentleman has described would fall into that category, particularly if they…30 Nov 2022HANSARD Finance BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. The House has had a great number of opportunities over the last two weeks to debate the autumn statement and the Finance…30 Nov 2022HANSARDUnited Kingdom - Brazil Double Taxation ConventionA double taxation convention with Brazil was signed in Brazil on 29 November. The text of the convention is available on the HM Revenue and Customs pages of the www.gov.uk website…30 Nov 2022