Finance (No. 2) Bill

I will very happily take interventions, but let me first set out to right hon. and hon. Members t...

In the context of the European side of the global question to which the Minister has referred, is...

My hon. Friend takes me away from the Bill, but let me say in response that I do not accept his a...

We still have one of the most complex tax systems in the world. I do not know if my hon. Friend w...

Simplification does matter. One of the measures announced in the Budget—it is not in the Bill, fo...

Would my hon. Friend welcome the OTS looking at some more fundamental tax simplification measures...

My hon. Friend makes an important point. There is considerable value in the OTS looking at specif...

I thank the Minister for being so accommodating in giving way. Looking at part 10 of the Bill and...

I will discuss avoidance and evasion shortly, but on that specific proposal, we have strengthened...

I am most grateful for that clarification from the Government. It is important in terms of social...

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for the courteous way in which he dealt with me, too. He ac...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on the progress he has made. Why does clause 115 say that the measu...

It is customary, with changes in VAT rates, to give retailers notice. It is not usual for VAT cha...

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I will certainly give way to the hon. Lady, who also deserves recognition for her efforts campaig...

Will the Minister tell the House exactly what he is going to do to ensure that that price reducti...

Pricing is essentially a matter for the producers, retailers and customers. We would certainly ex...

I thank the Minister for being accommodating. I have written to leading retailers and manufacture...

I very much support the hon. Lady’s cause, and she supports my cause that manufacturers and retai...

I have heard all of this on skills before from the Government. Will the Minister explain the prod...

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. It is a long-standing issue for the United Kingdom e...

On investment in transport infrastructure, the Budget surely says that between 2018-19 and 2019-2...

The Budget brings forward the expenditure on transport infrastructure in this Parliament so that ...

The Minister is generous in giving way. Are the agreements with the six Caribbean overseas territ...

The move is towards reciprocal agreements, but for the first time our law enforcement agencies an...

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I want to make a little more progress.

It is vital that we support businesses through low t...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way, and grateful for the Prime Minister’s and the Minis...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for those suggestions. We are not persuaded by the move towards w...

We have just had a speech from the Financial Secretary which puts a very positive spin on the Fin...

While the hon. Lady is in a positive frame of mind, would she like to welcome the significant inc...

The hon. Gentleman says that I am in a positive frame of mind. I normally am, but I am just very ...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I will just continue on steel, because it is important also to talk about what is missing from th...

On that subject, the hon. Lady will be aware that the Residential Landlords Association put forwa...

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point, and there are many measures we should explore, parti...

The response from the Federation of Small Businesses contradicts what the hon. Lady has said. It ...

The hon. Gentleman certainly does not seem to have the same sort of direct conversations as I do ...

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I will make a little progress and then I will take another intervention.

Is the hon. Lady aware that there is ample evidence in the United States and the UK that large am...

The hon. Gentleman makes a very important point. That is one of the concerns. It is assumed that ...

The Residential Landlords Association was keen to see the extension of the capital gains tax reli...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments, but I think he will agree that the key issue in addr...

Far be it from me to make any proposals to Labour Front Benchers, but will my hon. Friend conside...

I thank my hon. Friend for his extremely well made comment. He is absolutely right that we should...

I am grateful to be called so early in the debate. I strongly support the Bill, which will encour...

Will the hon. Gentleman explain why the present Chancellor raised capital gains tax to 28%?

That was a peril of coalition and a Lib Dem insistence that I am sure we regret strongly, as it a...

This Bill follows in the wake of yet another Budget that began to fall apart within a few short h...

A rounding error.

Indeed. Failing to meet targets is of course one of the great characteristics of the Chancellor, ...

Bassetlaw.

Correct! I am delighted that the hon. Gentleman remembered. He referred to the importance of skil...

This Finance Bill will go a long way to ensuring that there is no thumb on the scales that balanc...

In 2010, the Chancellor promised us a new growth model based on higher savings, investment and ex...

I wonder whether the hon. Lady would like to comment on the percentage tax gap.

If the Minister is so concerned about the tax gap, why did his Tory MEPs block measures in the Eu...

I am grateful for the chance to follow the characteristically thoughtful and hard-hitting speech ...

The hon. Gentleman highlights the importance of skills and apprenticeships. Does he share my conc...

The right hon. Lady makes an important point. We want to tackle such segregation. In Macclesfield...

I have no doubt that the support of the hon. Member for Macclesfield (David Rutley) for greater p...

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

I will give way to my right hon. Friend—sorry, my hon. Friend.

Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is not only taxpayers who lose out when multinationals do...

My hon. Friend, who should be right honourable, is absolutely right. This proposal is a pro-busin...