Finance (No. 2) Bill

Before I say something about this group, I wish to comment on the maiden speech and on the retire...

People have told me that no matter what information they have put in, they have always been told ...

Given where we are in this Parliament, the best thing the hon. Lady can do is to send details on ...

I wish to discuss the issues raised in this group, including by my new clause 1. The Minister has...

Some of them do not, though.

I hope everybody present is supportive of the NHS, but I get why my hon. Friend has the impressio...

Does the hon. Lady agree that the focus should be on maximising the tax take? A reduction in tax ...

I agree that the focus should be on maximising the tax take, but I would go about it in a slightl...

Will the hon. Lady give way on that point?

I was just about to finish.

We have hours.

That’s not a challenge.

Well, we have plenty of time. I am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way. Does she not agree t...

I do not believe that there is a huge amount of evidence for that. When companies are looking at ...

It will be someday.

Mr Hoyle, that is the end of my comments on this group.

Question put and agreed to.

C...

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

That schedule 19 be the Nineteent...

No VAT is charged for the buying of an adapted vehicle by or on behalf of a disabled wheelchair u...

rose—

Let me just complete the exposition of why these bodies do not qualify.

Both of those new b...

Just on that, can the Financial Secretary tell us how London Legacy and Highways England are fund...

Again, those are matters that have been covered before. I refer the hon. Lady to comments that I ...

If the Minister changes the VAT treatment of the Scottish police and the fire and rescue service,...

The other option open to the Government is to devolve power over VAT to the Scottish Parliament, ...

I agree with my colleague. We have a portion of VAT devolved to the Scottish Parliament, which do...

This VAT charge is costing Scotland’s emergency services tens of millions of pounds a year. Does ...

I absolutely agree with my colleague.

In June 2016, it was reported that, since it was form...

With this it will be convenient to consider clause 59 stand part.

Clause 58 legislates for the increase in the standard rate of insurance premium tax from 10% to 1...

I am so sorry to interrupt the hon. Lady, but I speak on behalf of the 4th Perivale scout group, ...

I am delighted that the hon. Gentleman has had the opportunity to put his local scout group on th...

Essentially, this is one of the taxes that the Government are keeping in. It is the third insuran...

I am coming to that, but the Chancellor was admirably clear when he laid the change out for the H...

It is really interesting to hear the Minister say that the change will only cost an average of 35...

The hon. Lady, like me, may have a rural constituency, where there are lots of young drivers expe...

I do not actually have a rural constituency, but I do live near one, so I recognise the issues th...

I have two points. First, I reiterate to the Minister, who artfully shifted to saying that there ...

With this it will be convenient to consider the following:

Clauses 61 to 64 stand part.

I plan to focus my comments in this part of the debate on alcohol duties, which I anticipate will...

I will start by talking about alcohol and whisky, and then I will move on to talk about oil and g...

With this it will be convenient to discuss clauses 72 to 75 stand part.

Amendment 2, in cla...

Clauses 71 to 107 contain provisions for a new tax called the soft drinks industry levy to be int...

The Minister is absolutely correct about the huge amount of cross-party support for the general t...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the problem with omitting high-sugar milk-based drinks from the pr...

My hon. and learned Friend is absolutely right. It is true, as the Minister has said, that milk-b...

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Clauses 109 to 123 and 130 to 133...

These are consequential amendments and I want to move them formally.

I appreciate the Government withdrawing the making tax digital provisions. I understand their com...

With your indulgence, Sir David, I thought that this might be an appropriate moment to pay tribut...

That is certainly news to me, but the hon. Gentleman’s tribute is most appropriate and I thank hi...

On a point of clarity, may I make it clear that the Government do not support clause 108? I apolo...

Order. Under the Order of the House of yesterday, we shall now move to the remaining stages, with...

I can now inform the House of my decision about certification. For the purposes of Standing Order...

indicated assent.

The House forthwith resolved itself into the Legislative Grand Committee ...

The consent motion for England, Wales and Northern Ireland will now be considered. I remind hon. ...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

Before I say a few words and brief...

Before I call the Opposition spokesman, may I echo on behalf of the whole House the Minister’s ki...

I absolutely concur with the comments that you have just made, Madam Deputy Speaker, and that the...

Like this one, the debates today have tended to be fairly quiet, with not many of us speaking.