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Written Question
Fuels: Excise Duties
Monday 14th March 2022

Asked by: Rob Roberts (Independent - Delyn)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of a temporary reduction in fuel duty.

Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

In recognition of high prices at the pump and the fact that fuel represents a major cost for households and businesses, including the haulage sector, the Chancellor announced at the Autumn Budget 2021 that fuel duty would remain frozen for a twelfth consecutive year.

A freeze already represents a cut in real terms, providing savings for consumers worth almost £8 billion over the next five years.

All taxes, including fuel duty, remain under review.

Written Question
Energy: VAT
Monday 20th September 2021

Asked by: Rob Roberts (Independent - Delyn)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much VAT was collected from domestic (a) electricity and (b) gas bills in each of the last five years.

Answered by Lucy Frazer

HMRC does not hold information on VAT revenue from specific products or services because businesses are not required to provide figures at a product level on their VAT returns, as this would impose an excessive administrative burden.

Written Question
Off-payroll Working
Tuesday 16th March 2021

Asked by: Rob Roberts (Independent - Delyn)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of establishing an exemption process for freelance workers who will be subject to forthcoming IR35 legislation.

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

The changes to the off-payroll working rules come into effect on 6 April 2021. The changes do not introduce a new tax liability. They ensure that the current rules, which have been in place since 2000, are applied correctly and complied with as originally intended.

The rules only apply to individuals who are working like employees under the current employment status tests, and do not apply to the self-employed. It is fair that two individuals working in a similar way pay broadly the same tax and NICs, even if one of them works through their own company.

Establishing exemptions for a certain group of taxpayers, regardless of whether they are working like employees under existing employment status law, would undermine the key principle of the rules that individuals working in a similar way should pay a similar amount of tax.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Oct 2020
Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic Support

"Stevie the Sweet—not everyone’s pet name for the Chief Secretary, but Stevie who has the sweet stall on Mold market in my constituency—yelled at me as I walked past on Saturday. “Oi,” he said, “that Boris and Rishi and all the Treasury team are all right by me.” That is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Sep 2020
Protection of Jobs and Businesses

"I wonder, having listed all the countries that my hon. Friend did just now, whether she would take issue with the Opposition’s mention of France, which has a youth unemployment rate of nearly 19.5%. Should we therefore not really take any lessons from the French on how to run a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Sep 2020
Protection of Jobs and Businesses

"How long for?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Sep 2020
Protection of Jobs and Businesses

"I completely echo my hon. Friend’s sentiment about Eat Out to Help Out, which has provided over 30,000 meals in my Delyn constituency. I know that he has a background in furniture manufacturing, and I have some furniture manufacturers in my constituency. Does he have some ideas for things that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Sep 2020
Protection of Jobs and Businesses

"Will my hon. Friend give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Sep 2020
Protection of Jobs and Businesses

"I thought I would give him a moment to catch his breath after listing all the interventions that we have provided. Does he agree that the Opposition are a bit rich to lecture us on not providing enough support, given all the things that he has just listed?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Jul 2020
Stamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) Bill

"I am confused as to how the hon. Gentleman draws the conclusion that somebody will be worse off from paying exactly the same as they otherwise would have done. The hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton (Dan Carden) said exactly the same thing—that first-time buyers will lose out. They will not …..."
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