Finance Bill

Amendments 18 and 19 would require the Treasury to conduct a review of the digital services tax w...

Does the hon. Member accept that not only is it right that the Government intervene to ensure tha...

The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, and I sincerely hope that the Minister will respond...

Can I say how much I support the argument the hon. Lady is making? Does she agree with me that th...

Yes, I support the point the right hon. Gentleman makes, and I will come on to say more in my con...

I agree with many of the points the hon. Member makes, and certainly about making sure that we ha...

We welcome all measures and will support any proposals to tackle tax avoidance, whether it is in ...

I draw the House’s attention to interests, which are set out clearly in the Register of Members’ ...

The right hon. Gentleman may remember that during the coalition Government, we put measures throu...

Yes, the extractive industry transparency initiative, which has been led by a former Member of th...

I agree with all the points that the right hon. Gentleman has been making. Does he accept that un...

There is an important principle: while commercial confidentiality should not be compromised, we s...

We support a fit-for-purpose digital services tax. Our new clause 5 seeks a review of how effecti...

I rise to support amendment 18 on the digital services tax, and I will focus my comments on the p...

One of the features of the lockdown economy has been the march of online retail, as evidenced by ...

I note that the hon. Member said that digital was the future. Would it not be fair to suggest tha...

It has been the past, the present and the future. My point is about scale. I am not suggesting th...

I am listening carefully to what my hon. Friend is saying. The more we debate this, the more time...

My hon. Friend makes a valuable point, and I agree with him entirely. It is an analogue tax in an...

My hon. Friend is raising some important points about the level playing field. Does he accept tha...

My hon. Friend makes a really interesting point. It is hard to create new taxes and the reform of...

I rise to echo some of the points that the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Mitchell) o...

The hon. Lady has said that the Government are being timid. Does she accept that it is not timid ...

The hon. Gentleman is on the all-party parliamentary group and I know that he secretly agrees. Pe...

Does the hon. Lady not think it would be right for the Minister to say from the Dispatch Box that...

Yes, I think we should be working closely with the EU, but we can even beat them to it. Already o...

May I say how much I am enjoying the thoroughly Conservative nature of much of what the hon. Lady...

I think that is the point. The Minister should recognise that this has cross-party support. I sta...

I just want to get that image of “The Simpsons” out of my head.

As a new MP, I was very gra...

The hon. Lady is making a fantastic speech; she is a lot more confident than I was when I entered...

I did not enjoy the Committee that much; I want to put that on record. The hon. Gentleman makes a...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge (Miriam Cates...

My hon. Friend raises an interesting point. Does he share my view—I think it is also the view of ...

I absolutely agree. Any businessperson starts off on the premise that they have responsibilities ...

I thank my good and hon. Friend for allowing me to speak. This confuses me. I would have thought ...

My hon. Friend makes a very good point. We have some very good people here in our tax authorities...

It is good to rise to speak in support of new clause 33. In doing so, I want to begin by thanking...

The hon. Member is absolutely right. I think two very good examples are Pakistan, where British t...

I know some people think that tax is boring, but how could we listen to that example, talking abo...

It is a pleasure to be called to speak in this debate and make a few short comments. None of us c...

I thought it was Napoleon who said we were a nation of shopkeepers—or perhaps it was Hitler. It w...

I think I said it was Margaret Thatcher—as far as I am aware, it was neither of the other two. It...

It has been a fascinating and lively debate, and I am grateful to all Members who have taken part...

Hear, hear! Well said!

The hon. Gentleman is congratulating himself heartily from a sedentary position. I wish I had his...

I am surprised that my right hon. Friend says that this is not a method to try to bring companies...

I think one could put it a slightly different way, which is to say, “You do not have to take a po...

The Minister is getting to the meat of the matter in what he is saying now, but while he rightly ...

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. My point was a slightly different one. I have not yet c...

The Minister talks about the voluntary nature of compliance, but it is my understanding that EU r...

The answer is that what I am talking about is a voluntary disclosure by those companies. I am not...

I have sat quietly listening to this whole debate and I understand what the Minister is saying. I...

If I have given that impression, I have been misunderstood. We are pushing for a multilateral app...

Would the Minister be so kind as to give a rough deadline for the multilateral approach?

It is in the nature of these beasts that I cannot give a deadline, and I am not sure anyone can. ...

Clearly, I meant to say “multilateral” in my last question. I know from having attended G7 and G2...

My hon. Friend will be aware that the different organisations have different ways of working—the ...

I am most grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way; he is being very generous. This is an ...

If my right hon. Friend wants to raise some specific questions, I would be delighted to respond t...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

I am sorry, but I have been really generous in giving way. I have to allow the hon. Member for Ho...

indicated assent.

In that case, I will indulge the hon. Lady.

The information is already collected—this is just about making it transparent, open and public. A...

We know that the incentive exists for all the reasons why we get voluntary compliance in a whole ...

Having listened to the debate, we are keen to see greater scrutiny and transparency in this area,...

I ask all hon. Members, other than Front Benchers and Tellers, to leave the Chamber by the doors ...

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

New clause 13—Review of impact of...

The new clause stands in my name and those of my hon. Friend the shadow Chancellor and other righ...

The issue of electric car targets illustrates my hon. Friend’s point about complacency. The Gover...

I strongly agree with my hon. Friend. We will not have to wait for the Minister to respond to hea...

The hon. Gentleman is making a really strong case. Does he agree that the problem with the Govern...

I am grateful to the parliamentary leader of the Green party for that intervention. There is a re...

My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. One of the most important things that could propel us...

I am grateful for that intervention because we have seen what the right policy framework can do i...

I honestly believe that global climate change is the existential threat of our time, but, unlike ...

The right hon. Lady mentioned low-carbon heating. Heating homes and businesses accounts for about...

As a matter of fact, it is not the single biggest emissions sector in our country, but the Govern...

The right hon. Lady talks about the renewables sector being led by business and entrepreneurs, ye...

The hon. Lady has got her point on the record. In fact I did not block the scheme. The issue with...

With your indulgence, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will speak to new clause 13 before moving on to new...

The hon. Member is making a very strong speech about the sustainable development goals. Is he awa...

I thank the hon. Member for that intervention. Surprisingly enough, I was not aware of that, but ...

As another Member of Parliament who is very proud to represent a part of the great city of Aberde...

I thank my hon. Friend, who shares representation of the wonderful city of Aberdeen through his G...

A lot of people wish to speak on this group of amendments, and time taken will squeeze future deb...

I come to the debate more with sadness than with pleasure, having read the progress report from t...

Yesterday, like a number of Members across the House, I was lobbied—by 15 residents, in my case. ...

Yesterday, the Prime Minister announced that we will “build back greener”. He said that that was ...

Today’s debate on the environment and climate change is crucial because, in addition to the coron...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Leicester East (Claudia Webbe). I wish h...

Order. We have just under 30 minutes before I want to bring in the Minister and we have four more...

This debate could not be more important. The Arctic is on fire; 2020 is on course to be the hotte...

The hon. Lady is making an excellent speech about the wellbeing of future generations and the Act...

I thank the hon. Lady for that intervention, not least because it gives me the opportunity to pay...

The need to rebuild from this crisis, and to rebuild better and greener, could hardly be more imp...

There has been much talk of Roosevelt and the new deal but, as the hon. Member for Cardiff North ...

I am thankful for the opportunity to speak on this important topic. I declare an interest as a la...

It is a great pleasure to be able to speak to the very interesting conversation debate that we ha...

Will the Minister give way?

If I may, I will speak to the clauses and then take up the points made by Members in the debate.<...

Will the Minister give way?

I am afraid I just do not have any time. I will come back to the hon. Gentleman at the end if I d...

Absolute nonsense.

I spent a lot of time looking at it when I was a Minister at the Department for Business, Energy ...

We have had an excellent debate, particularly Opposition Members’ contributions. May I congratula...

The challenge for the hon. Gentleman is to explain how the money saved might not be better deploy...

The Minister would be far more persuasive if the Government made any announcements about how they...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I probably do not have time, I am afraid.

Those are the sorts of initiatives that we expect...

Order. I ask all hon. Members other than Front Benchers and Tellers to leave the Chamber by the d...

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

New clause 1—Loan charge: report ...

It is a pleasure to be facing my old sparring partner from the Treasury Committee of some years a...

I agree with what the right hon. Gentleman has been saying. Would he support the option of the Ho...

The matter of what is voted on is of course, a consideration for the Speaker. I do not always get...

I agree with the right hon. Gentleman about the importance of jobs. Is he worried that the reform...

I am not sure about the part of the right hon. Gentleman’s intervention that referred to foreign ...

Something that concerns me—and I know that it also concerns the right hon. Gentleman and many oth...

There is no MP from the west midlands who does not care about our manufacturing base. It is a vit...

Like the right hon. Gentleman, I have read books about F. D. R. I have studied F. D. R. The Prime...

Quite.

Infrastructure expenditure is, of course, welcome, and we support it. It makes sense...

There are people in our constituencies whose lives are being destroyed every day because the loan...

On the loan charge, as I said, we have always supported cracking down on tax avoidance and we sup...

I rise to speak to the amendments and new clauses tabled in my name and the names of other Member...

As the right hon. Gentleman knows, I am the second name on new clause 31, and he will note from t...

The right hon. Gentleman makes a good point, but he should make it to the Speaker rather than me,...

On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Forgive me; I might have missed the reason why are we are...

I thank the hon. Member for his point of order, but I think we have to wait until the end of the ...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I shall move on to the other issue that I want to discuss today.