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HANSARDFinance Bill (Tenth sitting)Based on how the pattern of voting is going this afternoon, we can guess how the discussion of this proposal will turn out, unless the Government Members have a Damascene…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (Tenth sitting)I am grateful for that intervention because, having had our knockabout between the Labour party and the SNP, we can now unite in common cause against this terrible Tory Government…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (Tenth sitting)New clause 5 requires the Chancellor of the Exchequer to review the impact of the Bill on individuals or groups with protected characteristics defined under the Equality Act 2010.…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (Ninth sitting)Clause 103 gives me an opportunity to speak to some of the challenges facing local authorities and the role that the Public Works Loan Board can play. I also want to knock on the…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (Ninth sitting)The Government have brought forward clause 100 for obvious reasons. As we have heard from the Minister, it is patently absurd that we would be in position where HMRC was dragged…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (Ninth sitting)Limited liability partnerships are a legitimate way of structuring business activity that is used successfully by the vast majority of LLPs that operate for profit. There is no…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (Ninth sitting)For very obvious reasons, it is quite right to move ahead and use the tax system to incentivise good behaviour, to reduce our reliance on plastics, particularly products using new…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (Ninth sitting)Our position on IR35 has been well rehearsed in previous and recent debates on the Floor of the House, but let me revisit some of those points, because this debate is closely…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.18 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (Tenth sitting)It is a pleasure to move new clause 3, in my name and those of my hon. Friends, and to speak to new clauses 18 and 21, which will be put forward by the hon. Member for Glasgow…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (Tenth sitting)I am grateful for that intervention. I was very encouraged by the recent policy position published by the leader of the Scottish Labour party and excitedly relayed to the rest of…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (Tenth sitting)I rise to speak to new clause 23 that I tabled with my hon. Friends and to support new clause 16. I do not want to disrupt the cross-party consensus among Opposition parties on…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (Tenth sitting)Children in my constituency suffer under a Conservative Government—the hon. Lady will get no disagreement from me on that. Of course, where the Scottish Government take steps to…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (Tenth sitting)The Minister asks a very good question; I do not have instant recall of that— [ Laughter. ] I will hold my hands up and say that he has got me there. However, I will tell him that…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (Tenth sitting)Perhaps when the hon. Lady returns to her constituency, she might reassure her constituents who worry about policy making at a UK Government level that, hopefully, we will have a…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.18 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (Tenth sitting)Yes, Mr Rosindell. Question put, That the clause be read a Second time.18 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (Tenth sitting)I think that the economic benefits of the Union are so obvious and well rehearsed from the debate on Scottish independence and the referendum campaign, but for me this is not just…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (Ninth sitting)The hon. Member for Glasgow Central makes a reasonable case—that will be a running theme throughout a number of new clauses, not least when we turn to new clause 3 in the…18 Jun 2020HANSARDFinance Bill (Ninth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. The Government have to look very carefully at the liabilities facing local authorities and how they are having to balance…18 Jun 2020