Speeches by Tomlinson.

“(3) The Chancellor of the Exchequer must lay a report of the review before Parliament before 30 June 2027.”—(James Wild.)”

“This new clause would require the Treasury to review the impact of temporary vehicle excise duty rates for goods vehicles and to report to Parliament by 30 June 2027.”

“Brought up, and read the First time.”

“New Clause 5”

“(b) the effects of that rate on electricity prices, including consumer bills;”

“(2) The report must, in particular, assess—”

“(3) The Chancellor of the Exchequer must lay the report containing the findings of the review before Parliament before 31 March 2028.”—(James Wild.)”

“Goods vehicle excise duty (VED) rates: review”

“The Chancellor has committed to doing what she can to support families and businesses to be responsive in a changing world and responsible in the national interest. The measures before the House assist the Government in that objective. The way that the current energy system works means that households and businesses pa…”

“I am not sure. I have been in the Chief Secretary’s office in the Treasury, and there are many pictures on the wall of the countless Chief Secretaries who served under the last Government—especially towards the end, what with all the chopping and changing. However, both the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives had a…”

“As the shadow Minister will know, all tax rates, thresholds and the design of tax policy are considered in the round in the run-up to Budgets. With the key policy intention of the increase in the rate, and by extension the decision to continue the policy in any form, one of the things that the Government have been cons…”

“I beg to move, That provision may be made increasing the rate of the electricity generator levy to 55%.”

“I thank all those who have spoken, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Chesterfield (Mr Perkins) for his warm remarks. I will respond to the points made by the shadow spokespeople. I assume that this change will appear as a line item, although I would not want to prejudge any future decisions by the OBR on how it…”

“The hon. Gentleman says it was for covid, but he forgot to mention Liz Truss. This Government’s record shows that despite that instability, our plan is working. UK GDP growth in the past two years was the second fastest in the G7. Real household disposable income per person has grown by more than 2% so far in this Parl…”

“I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Climate Change Agreements (Administration, Energy-intensive Installations and Eligible Facilities) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026. It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Wishart. The draft regulations expand the eligibility for the cli…”

“I do agree that those who have been affected by the loan charge need to be able to move on with their lives. That is why the Government put forward a generous settlement offer at the last Budget that went further than the proposals set out by the independent reviewer. I would just note that it was a Government that the…”

“I thank the hon. Member for giving me another chance to talk about the great British summer savings scheme, which the Chancellor has just talked us through. It is fantastic that it is coming into place in just a couple of days’ time and will run until the end of the summer holidays. It extends across all four nations o…”

“The Government introduced legislation in the Finance Act 2026 to provide for a new settlement offer for those affected by the loan charge. The Government will write off the first £5,000 of liabilities, and that is in addition to the proposals put forward by the independent reviewer, Ray McCann.”

“I am very busy today, Mr Speaker, as ever. I thank the hon. Member for asking about business rates. She will know that we have already started the work of reforming the business rates system so that we can put in permanently lower multipliers for high street businesses. As part of tax update day, we will be consulting …”

“I understand that the VAT rate in Northern Ireland is different from the rate in Ireland—there are different rates of VAT across Europe. It is important to remember that VAT is a national tax in the UK, at 20% across the country. It is important to have consistency for businesses operating across the UK. Significant cu…”