Finance (No. 2) Bill

Can the Minister tell the House just exactly how much of that national insurance increase is goin...

The hon. Member will know that this has been set out. First, the money will go to the NHS, and th...

Will the Minister give way again?

I will just carry on to my next point, which is that there will be an increase in the social care...

I am pleased to hear about the Government’s commitment to taking on those who make money by promo...

I am grateful to the hon. Member for that question because I appreciate, since being in this role...

The Minister mentioned fairness a few times, and also the challenges facing the country. Why have...

I am grateful for the opportunity to answer that question, because the hon. Lady talked about a r...

But the reality is that there has been a UC cut, and the taper rate reduction, which is welcome, ...

The UC taper sends out a message that it is important to get into work and that work pays. We on ...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way again; she is being very generous. It is important t...

I find it disappointing when people talk about cuts when actually there is significant investment...

One concern many have about the national insurance increase is that there is an understanding abo...

The Government have been very clear that the money will first go to the NHS; there is a significa...

I beg to move the amendment in my name and those of hon. and right hon. Friends including the Lea...

Does my hon. Friend agree that it is scandalous that the Government have only just agreed to rest...

As my hon. Friend rightly points out, investing in education is critical to the future of our cou...

Does the shadow Minister agree that, as part of the drive to deal with money laundering, there is...

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. Alongside funding, of course, there are also changes...

In this place we often focus on things that can be measured. We talk about money and how it can c...

It is a pleasure to speak on Second Reading of the second Finance Bill of the year. I welcome the...

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s work on campaigning for a fair wage for all, regardless of age....

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to point that out. I do not know how the Government think that...

The Bill and the Budget that it follows do little to respond to the scale of the challenges facin...

My hon. Friend makes an important point. Does she agree that the lack of stimulus from the Govern...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The US has already returned to pre-pandemic levels of growth,...

It is my great pleasure to contribute to this debate. Today, 16 November, we mark the feast of St...

I call John McDonnell.

3.46 pm

You surprise me, Madam Deputy Speaker, as I am usually last.

I came to this debate solely t...

I wonder whether I can encourage my right hon. Friend to discuss the fact that the levelling-up a...

I raised in my Budget speech the lack of confidence in the Government’s commitment to levelling u...

Almost as good as they get!

That’s about as much as Geoffrey Cox gets!

Don’t tempt me.

Those are the only figures that we have, but I thought that we should be ge...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell). I ris...

Oh, go on, go on.

Not this time. On that point, I cannot agree, because there have been Governments in this place t...

I have a lot of sympathy for the last comments by the hon. Member for Edinburgh West (Christine J...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Ruth Cadbury), whose spee...

It is a pleasure to respond to this debate for the official Opposition. It is noticeable that the...

It is a pleasure to close this debate on behalf of the Government. In a moment I will address man...

Will the Minister give way?

I should be delighted to give way to the hon. Member.

As the Minister is so good at maths, can she tell us what the tax rate would be if the surcharge ...

The answer to that question is 33%, but the fact is that the rate is going up, from 27% to 28%. T...

Will the Minister explain when the register of overseas entities owning UK property will be in pl...

I am happy to write to the hon. Member on that question.

Finally, I turn to the administrat...