National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) Bill

I rise to speak to amendment 1, tabled in my name and that of my hon. Friend the Member for North...

Just to correct the hon. Lady slightly, I believe the threshold will still rise by £300 in April,...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for those comments, but there is still a gap and the amendment seeks t...

Before I call Sarah Atherton, while I am sitting here I am acting as Chair of the Committee, rath...

Thank you, Chair. I wish to speak against amendment 1, in the name of the hon. Member for North E...

I want to speak to new clause 2. Yesterday, I was shocked by the Chancellor’s response to people’...

I tabled new clause 1 because, from now on, I do not think that the House should discuss any legi...

I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this important debate this afternoon. I would also ...

The SNP is generally supportive of all the amendments that have been tabled, and I echo the comme...

As I said on Second Reading, we will support the Bill, but I thank my right hon. Friend the Membe...

I wish first to address amendment 1, which was tabled by the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse)...

I do not want the Minister to miss the point of new clause 1. I understand why she is setting out...

I was going to come to the distributional analysis of the spring statement. The analysis in the d...

I do not want to labour the point. I have read the analysis of the impact on households; it is al...

I recognise the point made by the right hon. Member and I will of course consider it for the futu...

Will the Minister give way?

I will just finish this point; I will come back to the hon. Gentleman. We are introducing a tax c...

Will the Minister give way?

I am going to give way to the hon. Member for Eltham (Clive Efford) first. He is probably going t...

I am wondering whether the Minister missed new clause 2, because she did not address the problem....

I do not know whether the hon. Member was in the Chamber when the right hon. Member for East Ham ...

I accept that the Government might have done all sorts of other things to put restrictions on lan...

As the hon. Member knows, the threshold increase will largely affect those who are working, becau...

I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause ...