Speeches by Tomlinson.

“I thank my hon. Friend for her question and her continued campaigning on this issue, which I know is important to her constituents. On those who seek to bend the rules, companies like Airbnb now send data to His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs on all their hosts, and where hosts fail to provide the detail that HMRC requi…”

“At the Budget, we came forward with a revision to the policy to support people whose spouses have already passed away, and we made the allowance transferable between the spouses. That change will reduce the number of farms affected by the agricultural property relief changes from about 500—as was estimated at the previ…”

“Members on the Treasury Bench are fully aware of the fact that changes to inheritance tax have an effect on those who are older. In the changes to both agricultural and business property relief that we have put forward, we have ensured that there is a higher allowance, with an extra £1 million, and a tax rate that is h…”

“Let us be clear: nobody’s business rate bills are trebling. If businesses come to talk to us about increases in their rateable values because of the unwinding of the effect of the pandemic, it is important that all of us, on both sides of the House, are clear that the Government have put in support to ensure that pubs …”

“I will stop there, Mr Speaker.”

“The multipliers are a product of the change in the valuation, and they did come down. We brought them down even further for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses. Without intervention this year, the bills paid by pubs would have increased by 45% as a result of the increase in value since the pandemic; because of t…”

“I am sure that many of us do jump on the train to support our hospitality businesses. The consultation that my hon. Friend mentions, which we published on the day of the Budget, is an important piece of work. Chapter 4 of our call for evidence on how we can reform business rates to support investment will be important.…”

“I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the Customs Tariff (Establishment) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I., 2025, No. 1199). This statutory instrument updates the UK’s tariff schedule to correct two errors relating to three tariff lines. These tariff lines apply to imports of specific varieties of…”

“The Opposition spokesman is right that the import of tropical fruit and nut jams is a relatively small import stream. To give him and other interested hon. Members a sense of quantity, we expect the total amount owed in repayments to be lower than £7,000—quite a small amount in the grand scheme of things. The Oppositio…”

“It is a pleasure to serve on this Committee with you as Chair, Mr Swayne. The orders before the Committee give effect to the double taxation conventions, or DTCs, with Andorra, Peru, Portugal and Romania. Like all DTCs, these agreements will provide tax certainty to businesses and investors by removing double taxation …”

“I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Peru) Order 2025.”

“In closing, Sir Chair, the orders before the Committee implement DTCs between the United Kingdom, Andorra, Peru, Portugal and Romania. The conventions will ensure that we have a modern DTC in place with all four of these countries, which will provide a stable foundation for trade and investment to grow, while at the sa…”

“In closing, Mr Chair—”

“I thank the hon. Member for giving me the chance to correct the record that we have a Sir in the Chair today—Sir Desmond Swayne. I am very grateful for your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. On the impact of these different DTCs, trade with Andorra is only £93 million a year, so the impact will be relatively small for some of…”

“I will.”

“I will.”

“It is a pleasure to serve on this Committee with you as Chair, Mr Swayne. The orders before the Committee give effect to the double taxation conventions, or DTCs, with Andorra, Peru, Portugal and Romania. Like all DTCs, these agreements will provide tax certainty to businesses and investors by removing double taxation …”

“I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Peru) Order 2025.”

“I thank the hon. Member for giving me the chance to correct the record that we have a Sir in the Chair today—Sir Desmond Swayne. I am very grateful for your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. On the impact of these different DTCs, trade with Andorra is only £93 million a year, so the impact will be relatively small for some of…”

“In closing, Mr Chair—”