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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Sep 2021
Health and Social Care Levy

"May I congratulate the Government on dealing with unfinished business? Since 1948, we have pooled our risk for the management of the consequences of poor health except for things such as dementia and the general frailty that for some of us attends old age. This could be a historic moment …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Sep 2021
Health and Social Care Levy

"I am grateful for that intervention, because additional rate taxpayers, who I think make up about 2% of taxpayers in this country, will be paying a fifth of the whole receipts for this measure and 14% of taxpayers will be providing half of it. That is progressive, which is presumably …..."
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Written Question
Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Taxation
Monday 25th January 2021

Asked by: Andrew Murrison (Conservative - South West Wiltshire)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to use 2019-20 tax returns to determine eligibility for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.

Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

The Government recognises that taxpayers have faced immense challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic and it has prioritised delivering support to as many people as possible while guarding against the risk of fraud or abuse.

The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) is one of the most generous in the world and has received claims from almost 2.7 million people so far, totalling over £18.5 billion.

The practical issues that prevented the Government from being able to include the newly self-employed in 2019-20 in the SEISS, namely that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) do not have access to the full set of 2019-20 self-assessment returns needed to verify their eligibility, still remain. The latest year for which HMRC have tax returns for all self-employed individuals is 2018-19.

The SEISS continues to be just one element of a substantial package of support for the self-employed which includes Bounce Back loans, tax deferrals, rental support, mortgage holidays, self-isolation support payments and other business support grants.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Jan 2021
Economic Update

"The Treasury has done really well supporting businesses and jobs in this crisis, but directors of small limited companies are many of the people who will ultimately be paying for the Treasury’s support. What can be done, perhaps using a version of the Federation of Small Businesses’ suggestion of a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 May 2020
Covid-19

"May I start by welcoming very much the powerful speech from my right hon. Friend the Minister, the statement from the Prime Minister earlier and the plan published today, which I most certainly support?

I want to highlight the Nightingale hospitals. The construction and operation of them has been extraordinary …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Apr 2020
The Economy

"I very much welcome the statement, particularly the news about the bounce-back loans, which will be very helpful for small businesses in my constituency. Selling milk and meat into the non-domestic market has largely stopped, as have farm diversification schemes that were necessary to cross-subsidise land-based businesses. What more can …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Mar 2020
Self-employed Persons: Financial Support

"May we please have further clarity on how builders, plumbers, electricians and plasterers should be conducting themselves at work or, indeed, whether they should be at work at all? There seems to be some confusion as to whether they should be on site or in premises. A leading builders merchant …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Apr 2019
Privileges

"As Chair of a Select Committee, I am sure that my hon. Friend will have shared my experience that the difficulty in getting witnesses to appear is not necessarily around private citizens, who are usually very willing to appear before a Select Committee; it is around encouraging ministerial colleagues, on …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Feb 2019
Flybmi

"I welcome the Minister’s restated commitment to the PSO in relation to Derry and Stansted. Given this latest news, what further assessment is necessary of the long-term viability of Derry airport and of the welcome improvements to the A6 between Londonderry and Dungiven, which will increase connectivity to Belfast International …..."
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Written Question
Freezing of Assets: Libya
Thursday 20th December 2018

Asked by: Andrew Murrison (Conservative - South West Wiltshire)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the (a) date granted, (b) purpose, (c) recipient and (d) value of the licences issued for the release of funds frozen as result of financial sanctions against Libya.

Answered by John Glen

Where there are derogations set out in the Libya sanctions regimes, HM Treasury may authorise dealing with frozen assets. In some instances, that includes releasing frozen funds for at least one of the following purposes: basic needs, extraordinary expenses, legal fees, prior contract, routine holding and maintenance.

The detailed information requested in relation to parts (a), (b), and (d) could only be made available at disproportionate cost.

In relation to part (c) of the question, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) is unable to release this information as disclosure would contravene data protection principles.