Speeches by Ryan.

“It is not necessarily done on wealth; it is done on the basis of risk. For example, when you allocate customer compliance managers, there is a reason why only half of them over a certain figure have these, because of the risk as opposed to the wealth.”

“I will move on. This is probably also to Philippa. You talk about the work that you do with wealthy individuals. There is the £2 million of assets or people earning £200,000 a year or more, but the headroom above that can be quite varied and huge. You do not segment your work in a way that corresponds with those wealth…”

“Is it a constant endeavour, as opposed to something that you can set a timescale to? I am cautious that, as I say, we have these strategic ambitions, which are all very noble and I agree with, but what is the deadline for achieving those?”

“Thank you for that answer. This is probably a question for Philippa. There is mention of your strategic ambitions for the wealthy customer group and how you will tackle some of the issues around connected entities, companies and trusts, and so on. John-Paul has just mentioned the global world, crypto and this ever more…”

“Good morning. There are 850,000 people in this country earning more than £200,000 a year or with assets of more than £2 million—a figure that has grown considerably, but so has non-compliance. The net tax take from non-compliance has gone up 21% between 2021 and 2023, as well as the tax gap of £1.9 billion. What are yo…”

“This is probably to John-Paul, but there is a reference to that 2015 report. I realise the world has changed quite significantly; a data year is about two months, so it can feel like decades since 2015. I accept that, but is there a piece of work going on for a bigger consultation on this? Is there a timescale for that…”

“I completely agree with you. This might be a question for you or for Penny, but where are your biggest gaps in terms of information collection at the moment? For example, the NAO Report mentions HMRC receiving data on UK accounts’ savings interest, but it is quite limited, and something like one in five of those data i…”

“In 2015, HMRC had a plan to enhance reporting from wealthy individuals and trustees. From what I understand, it never passed the draft consultation stage at that point. Should that decision not to consult about enhanced reporting from wealthy individuals be revisited in light of all the changes that have been made sinc…”

“When are you getting crypto-asset reporting?”

“In 2017, this Committee looked at this issue of collecting the right amount tax from high net-worth individuals. It looked at specific examples in Australia and Japan, where high net worth individuals needed to provide information about their assets in their tax returns, which made it easier for them to assess, through…”

“Would you have done the non-dom tax status step-down?”

“There is a saying that the art of taxation is trying to pluck the goose for the greatest amount of feathers and the least amount of hissing. I am slightly worried about the non-dom policy risk. I know that this is probably also a question for the Ministers, and maybe for a later date, but, as tax bods, if you like, wou…”

“I thank the Minister for his commitment to peace, and for his unrelenting and tireless work towards it. A two-state solution must be protected. We cannot let that light—that hope—be extinguished. He is quite right in his comments. Today’s strong action is right, and it is welcomed by many of my constituents, but will h…”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”

“I thank the hon. Member. Speaking of voluntary removals and laughable schemes, does he accept that the four people his Government sent to Rwanda were in fact volunteers, and that the whole scheme was laughable and hideously expensive?”

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“The Opposition motion, which I will not be supporting, uses the word “regret” an awful lot, but it omits any regret on their part for their complete failure to properly secure our borders during 14 years in government. The Conservatives ran an experiment in this country, and they will never be forgiven for it—especiall…”

“Will the right hon. Member give way?”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West (Chi Onwurah) on securing this important debate to talk about the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the people of Palestine. Much like my hon. Friend the Members for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West and for Hammersmith and Chiswick…”

“This question is for David. Have you done an assessment of the extent to which our capability is reliant on co-operation with allies? In an uncertain world, how exposed might we be to changes in political will or to support being curtailed or withdrawn at a later date for various operations, like Ukraine or even some o…”