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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Nov 2022
Finance Bill

"Will the Minister define “extraordinary”—not necessarily now, but during the debate?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Nov 2022
Finance Bill

"My hon. Friend is no doubt aware that, because some higher rate taxpayers lose their personal allowance, the marginal rate between about £100,000 and £120,000 can be as high as 60%. Has any thought been given to whether we should smooth that out, particularly if we are lowering the rate …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Nov 2022
Finance Bill

"I rise, as I did on the autumn statement resolutions, broadly to support what the Government are trying to do. I am pleased that the Minister is in listening mode, which is good because not everything is perfect in these debates. Even if things are not quite right in the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Nov 2022
Finance Bill

"I am glad the hon. Lady is irritated by my comments, because I think I am right. We want a very successful oil and gas industry. My constituency is on top of the Wytch Farm oilfield, which has been going for 40 years. Most of my constituents do not know …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Nov 2022
Autumn Statement Resolutions

"I draw hon. Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Having been in this House for a while, I remember Gordon Brown saying that he would abolish boom and bust, but economics is always about cycles. I have been through a number of OBR assessments: …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Jul 2022
Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits

"As the motion relates to a Treasury matter, may I pay tribute to the former Chancellor, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Rishi Sunak)? He had to get the country through a difficult period in the pandemic. He produced a number of interesting schemes, such as the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Jul 2022
Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits

"I am not sure that the £5 billion raised from the oil companies will find its way into the pockets of people who are worried about their energy bills. As far as I know, it is going into the Treasury.

I return to my original simple point. The Government have …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Oct 2021
Budget Resolutions

"Like my right hon. Friend the Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford (Sir David Evennett), I was pleased with the Chancellor’s optimistic Budget for our country today. We faced a major difficulty with the pandemic and have had to intervene in the economy more than any Government since the second world …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Sep 2021
Health and Social Care Levy

"Political parties in this country set out with manifestos at general elections with a general intent to try to implement them. There is usually a number of rules. If a party thinks it will win, it has the shortest manifesto possible, and if a party is in opposition, it will …..."
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Written Question
Migrant Workers: Income Tax
Friday 15th January 2021

Asked by: Robert Syms (Conservative - Poole)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income tax revenue was generated from people holding a work visa in the category of skilled work visa in the 2018-19 financial year; and if he will make a statement.

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

HMRC do not hold information on the visa status of workers paying income tax.