Finance (No. 2) Bill

It is good to know that one has one’s uses.

I am sure that they are many and varied, Mr Speaker.

As a relative newbie to Parliament, I ...

As ever with the Finance Bill, the Public Gallery is packed to the rafters.

Unusually, the ...

What’s wrong with hairdressing?

Nothing is wrong with hairdressing, but it is wrong to have 80,000 apprentices who do not go into...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I will certainly give way for confirmation of the facts from a member of the Treasury Committee.<...

I am grateful to represent Conservative Back Benchers and leap to the defence of the Chancellor. ...

So the losses are not as big as they were but they are still losses. Imagine if I had put that ar...

The last speaker in the debate before the Front Benchers—not that I am hinting at anything in any...

I realise that the hour is late and I will try not to try your patience, Mr Speaker, or indeed th...

Well, the Chancellor has seen a small fraction of the light. The Bill contains some measures to s...

This Government have delivered on growth, record levels of employment and a deficit that is forec...

Will the Minister meet me and colleagues from other parties to talk about the ways in which we ca...

I believe that a meeting has been set up for the right hon. Lady with the Financial Secretary, so...