Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on self-employed women of the increase in Class 4 National Insurance contributions announced in the Spring Budget 2017.
As the Chancellor announced in his statement to the House of Commons on the 15th of March, the Government will no longer be proceeding with the changes announced at Spring Budget 2017 to increase Class 4 National Insurance contributions (NICs) in April 2018 and April 2019. The abolition of Class 2 NICs will continue as announced in April 2018.