"The Liberal Democrats have been clear throughout the Bill’s stages that we think the Government would be misguided to make this change. While it may raise some tax revenue in the medium term, in the longer term it discourages pension saving. It also puts an extra cost and admin burden …..." Charlie Maynard - View Speech
"I completely agree. It sends the wrong message and puts in place the wrong incentives, and that is a real problem.
Ministers will have seen the analysis produced by the Office for Budget Responsibility in response to the former Lib Dem Pensions Minister, Steve Webb, highlighting the flaws in the …..." Charlie Maynard - View Speech
"I have been here for 17 months. We could rehash things from 14 or 17 years ago. I believe that in 2009 the Labour Government sought to take a 30% stake out of the Royal Mail, but I am not interested in going back through that because we are where …..." Charlie Maynard - View Speech
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg, and I thank the hon. Member for Exmouth and Exeter East (David Reed) for securing this important debate.
I also thank my hon. Friends the Members for Sutton and Cheam (Luke Taylor), for Eastbourne (Josh Babarinde) and for Yeovil …..." Charlie Maynard - View Speech
"2. What steps his Department is taking through the criminal justice system to help tackle violence against women and girls. ..." Charlie Maynard - View Speech
"I welcome the new legal adviser service as a first step towards levelling the horribly unequal access to legal services available to victims as compared with suspects. However, only £3 million has been provided a year for the next two years to fund that service. Given the record highs of …..." Charlie Maynard - View Speech
"I speak on behalf of the Liberal Democrats, and the shadow Minister’s audacity in talking about a “high-tax, low-growth doom loop” is pretty high.
With regard to this Bill, I ask the Government to look again at four things. I will go through them quickly, and then I will sit …..." Charlie Maynard - View Speech
"I completely agree. The stress of that is horrific, so the more it can function effectively would be appreciated.
The Government have said that people whose only source of income is the state pension will not pay any income tax over this Parliament, but no details have been provided on …..." Charlie Maynard - View Speech
"I thank my hon. Friend for speaking up on this matter. I know that my hon. Friend the Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) feels very strongly about it as well.
We do not really understand why the Government have decided to go with those fixed static thresholds. Everybody …..." Charlie Maynard - View Speech
"The Bill, and the Budget it derives from, demonstrates clearly that the Chancellor has implemented stealth tax grabs that will hit some of the lowest paid the hardest, through extending a freeze on income tax thresholds and the national insurance contributions increases which suppress employment and wages. It is full …..." Charlie Maynard - View Speech