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That this House notes that the UK spends 7.31% of GDP, costing £217.5 billion per annum, on tax reliefs, equivalent to about 23% of Government tax revenue, and that the Treasury Select Committee identified in 2023 that 815 of 1,180 tax reliefs have never been publicly costed; further notes the Institute for Government found that the Government introduced 14 major tax policies targeted at and for the benefit of high wealth or high income individuals in 2015-2023, that just three had been substantiated on a significant evidential basis, and that a 2024 National Audit Office report observed a concerning absence of evaluation of tax reliefs; also notes that many tax reliefs have substantially contradicted the declared purpose of Government policy, such as small business rate relief available for holiday lets, and which has seen industrial-level flipping of second homes from Council Tax to the business rate systems where the majority pay no tax at all; notes that along with other reliefs, and covid aid, this has resulted in granting over £500 million of taxpayers’ money to support holiday home owners in Cornwall alone in the last 10 years, while thousands of local families have been evicted to make way for more holiday and second home investors and the local authority now needs to cut essential services to balance the book; and calls on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to consider these factors as he prepares for the Budget and to undertake a Comprehensive Spending Review-style of the entire tax code.
That this House notes that the UK spends 7.31% of GDP, costing £217.5 billion per annum, on tax reliefs, equivalent to about 23% of Government tax revenue, and that the Treasury Select Committee identified in 2023 that 815 of 1,180 tax reliefs have never been publicly costed; further notes the...
That this House notes that the combined annual profits of the four largest UK banks have doubled to £48 billion in the five years to 2025, mostly due to a tax glitch which gifted an unanticipated windfall of £86 billion since 2022; further notes that a fair and pragmatic windfall tax would raise approximately £19 billion per annum, which equates to the estimated costs of the PM’s proposed National Care Service, or could fund both a £90 cut in a typical household’s annual fuel bill, if used to replace the artificial impact of the so-called renewable levy, and a 5% VAT cut for hospitality businesses; also notes that tech giants pay only 2% on their declared UK profits and that an increase to just 10% would raise a further £4 billion per annum; acknowledges the Institute for Public Policy Research study which indicates that doubling the Remote Gaming Duty on online gambling companies could generate an additional £1 billion annually; and calls on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to carefully consider these factors and those contained in EDMs Autumn Budget 2026 and Autumn Budget 2026 (2) as part of a comprehensive and equitable approach to fiscal policy in the forthcoming Budget.
That this House notes that the combined annual profits of the four largest UK banks have doubled to £48 billion in the five years to 2025, mostly due to a tax glitch which gifted an unanticipated windfall of £86 billion since 2022; further notes that a fair and pragmatic windfall...
That this House notes the extent of widening inequality in the UK, that the top 50 richest families now hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population and that there has been nearly 1000% increase in the wealth of UK billionaires since 1990; further notes that a dynamic study commissioned by Patriotic Millionaires and conducted by Dr Ben Tippett on the Sunday Times Rich List reported that £160 billion could have been raised for the UK's public finances over the past 35 years if those on the Rich List were annually taxed 2% on their net wealth, whilst their share of the wealth would still have increased from 1.7% to 2.7%; believes that moderate taxes would not provoke capital flight as lobbyists assert and is repeated by some media and commentators; also notes that an EU Commission study (2026) of 7 countries found negligible migration responses to wealth taxes; highlights considerable evidence that low taxes on wealth can be counterproductive for growth and productivity and that research by tax policy experts at CenTax and the IFS shows that equalising capital gains and income tax rates alongside introducing an investment allowance supports productivity and growth and would raise £19.7bn a year, as does taxing share buybacks and expanding NICs to income from wealth; notes the UK's tax-to-GDP ratio is around 35% according to OECD data (2024), lower than comparable G7 economies France (44%), Italy (43%), Nordic countries (41-43%); and calls on the Chancellor to reflect on these factors.
That this House notes the extent of widening inequality in the UK, that the top 50 richest families now hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population and that there has been nearly 1000% increase in the wealth of UK billionaires since 1990; further notes that a dynamic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential long-term impact on the NHS dental workforce of its level of reliance on overseas-trained dentists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential long-term impact on the NHS dental workforce of its level of reliance on overseas-trained dentists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the current dental academic workforce to support existing and planned dental student numbers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the current dental academic workforce to support existing and planned dental student numbers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what exemptions, alternative supply arrangements, and clinical provisions are being put in place to ensure that completely unfortified staple foods remain available and accessible to cancer patients, cancer survivors, and other groups who may be advised to limit their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what exemptions, alternative supply arrangements, and clinical provisions are being put in place to ensure that completely unfortified staple foods remain available and accessible to cancer patients, cancer survivors, and other groups who may be advised to limit their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of new dentists joining the GDC register in each of the last 10 years had trained overseas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of new dentists joining the GDC register in each of the last 10 years had trained overseas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of administrative support reductions on the workload of dental academics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of administrative support reductions on the workload of dental academics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of potential models for financial redress for women affected by maladministration in the communication of changes to the State Pension age, including a rules-based compensation scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of potential models for financial redress for women affected by maladministration in the communication of changes to the State Pension age, including a rules-based compensation scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on potential options for providing redress to women affected by maladministration in the communication of changes to the State Pension age.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on potential options for providing redress to women affected by maladministration in the communication of changes to the State Pension age.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on potential options for providing redress to women affected by maladministration in the communication of changes to the State Pension age.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on potential options for providing redress to women affected by maladministration in the communication of changes to the State Pension age.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to introduce targeted funding streams to support clinical academic careers in dentistry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to introduce targeted funding streams to support clinical academic careers in dentistry.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to ask police forces to publish the standards and criteria they apply when assessing anti-Muslim speech at demonstrations.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to ask police forces to publish the standards and criteria they apply when assessing anti-Muslim speech at demonstrations.
This Government is clear that anti-Muslim hatred is completely unacceptable and has no place in our society.
The Government expects police to enforce the law where appropriate to protect communities and maintain public order and public safety. The Government is committed to upholding freedom of speech, but the freedom to express views does not extend to language, displays of writing or images that incite violence, hatred or criminal behaviour. Whether specific speech, chants, placards or slogans constitute an offence depends on the context surrounding the incident, and decisions on enforcement are a matter for the police.
The College of Policing is responsible for providing guidance to police and is operationally independent from Government. The College produces the Public Order Public Safety authorised professional practice, which covers protests and disorder, and jointly publishes the Protest Operational Advice Document with the National Police Chiefs’ Council. The Crown Prosecution Service has also published guidance on protest-related offences. All of these documents are published online.
Under the replacement system proposed by the College of Policing and National Police Chiefs' Council in their joint review of non-crime hate incidents, non-crime incidents motivated by hostility will be recorded only where there is a clear policing purpose. The new framework is being developed with policing partners and is expected to be implemented in early 2027. Until then, police forces continue to apply existing arrangements for recording and managing non-crime hate incidents.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance the department has issued to police forces in England on the policing of anti-Muslim chants, placards and slogans at demonstrations.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance the department has issued to police forces in England on the policing of anti-Muslim chants, placards and slogans at demonstrations.
This Government is clear that anti-Muslim hatred is completely unacceptable and has no place in our society.
The Government expects police to enforce the law where appropriate to protect communities and maintain public order and public safety. The Government is committed to upholding freedom of speech, but the freedom to express views does not extend to language, displays of writing or images that incite violence, hatred or criminal behaviour. Whether specific speech, chants, placards or slogans constitute an offence depends on the context surrounding the incident, and decisions on enforcement are a matter for the police.
The College of Policing is responsible for providing guidance to police and is operationally independent from Government. The College produces the Public Order Public Safety authorised professional practice, which covers protests and disorder, and jointly publishes the Protest Operational Advice Document with the National Police Chiefs’ Council. The Crown Prosecution Service has also published guidance on protest-related offences. All of these documents are published online.
Under the replacement system proposed by the College of Policing and National Police Chiefs' Council in their joint review of non-crime hate incidents, non-crime incidents motivated by hostility will be recorded only where there is a clear policing purpose. The new framework is being developed with policing partners and is expected to be implemented in early 2027. Until then, police forces continue to apply existing arrangements for recording and managing non-crime hate incidents.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the department has made of how anti-Muslim hostility falling below the criminal threshold is now recognised or recorded by police forces, following the abolition of non-crime hate incidents on 31 March 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the department has made of how anti-Muslim hostility falling below the criminal threshold is now recognised or recorded by police forces, following the abolition of non-crime hate incidents on 31 March 2026.
This Government is clear that anti-Muslim hatred is completely unacceptable and has no place in our society.
The Government expects police to enforce the law where appropriate to protect communities and maintain public order and public safety. The Government is committed to upholding freedom of speech, but the freedom to express views does not extend to language, displays of writing or images that incite violence, hatred or criminal behaviour. Whether specific speech, chants, placards or slogans constitute an offence depends on the context surrounding the incident, and decisions on enforcement are a matter for the police.
The College of Policing is responsible for providing guidance to police and is operationally independent from Government. The College produces the Public Order Public Safety authorised professional practice, which covers protests and disorder, and jointly publishes the Protest Operational Advice Document with the National Police Chiefs’ Council. The Crown Prosecution Service has also published guidance on protest-related offences. All of these documents are published online.
Under the replacement system proposed by the College of Policing and National Police Chiefs' Council in their joint review of non-crime hate incidents, non-crime incidents motivated by hostility will be recorded only where there is a clear policing purpose. The new framework is being developed with policing partners and is expected to be implemented in early 2027. Until then, police forces continue to apply existing arrangements for recording and managing non-crime hate incidents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the responsibilities of the Mining Remediation Authority, (a) how many claims relating to abandoned metal mines have been received by the Authority in each year since 2020, broken down by county, (b) how many such claims...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the responsibilities of the Mining Remediation Authority, (a) how many claims relating to abandoned metal mines have been received by the Authority in each year since 2020, broken down by county, (b) how many such claims...
The Mining Remediation Authority exists primarily to manage the legacy of Great Britain's coal mining past, and its statutory responsibilities remain focused on former coal mining activities, and as such the MRA does not hold data on metal mines.
The MRA’ provides technical advice, when requested, on hazards associated with historic metal mining, as part of its role as a 24/7 emergency response organisation and a Category 2 responder under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.
Between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2026, the Mining Remediation Authority responded to 4,802 incidents and claims across Great Britain. Of these, 1,785 cases were determined to be attributable to former coal mining activities.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many religiously aggravated offences under sections 4A and 5 of the Public Order Act 1986, aggravated under section 31 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 by hostility towards Muslims, have been recorded at protests and demonstrations in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many religiously aggravated offences under sections 4A and 5 of the Public Order Act 1986, aggravated under section 31 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 by hostility towards Muslims, have been recorded at protests and demonstrations in each...
The Home Office collects information on hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales. This includes information on religious hate crimes, by targeted religion and offence type; however, we cannot determine which of these offences were recorded at protests or demonstrations, as this information is not centrally collected.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of all Child Maintenance Service paying parents paid (a) 100% of their assessed child maintenance liability, (b) part of their assessed liability and (c) none of their assessed liability in the latest period for which data is available;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of all Child Maintenance Service paying parents paid (a) 100% of their assessed child maintenance liability, (b) part of their assessed liability and (c) none of their assessed liability in the latest period for which data is available;...
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) does not routinely monitor the amount of maintenance paid by Paying Parents using Direct Pay arrangements. Receiving Parents on Direct Pay should contact the CMS if maintenance is not being paid in full, so that the case can be moved to the Collect & Pay service. For this reason, the Department does not publish regular compliance statistics for Direct Pay arrangements.
However, the Department has published Direct Pay Research which includes an assessment of compliance amongst Direct Pay users, based on a survey of service users which was carried out in early 2024.
For Collect & Pay arrangements, statistics are published quarterly. The latest figures can be found in section 6 of the most recent Child Maintenance Service statistics (data to March 2026). Please note that, while the CMS always aims to achieve full compliance, statistics quote the number of Paying Parents who pay 90% or more of their quarterly liability. This is because, for reasons relating to collection scheduling, some fully compliant Paying Parents may register in the statistics as paying slightly below 100%.
I am grateful to the Minister for that response. As he said, he kindly visited my constituency shortly after the significant devastation that was caused to west Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly following Storm Goretti in early January this year. In his letter to me shortly thereafter, he committed to a comprehensive review of the response to the storm, to ensure that lessons are learned and that preparedness and response plans are improved. In what way have those plans improved? Given that communities are now preparing themselves to improve their own resilience—we are bringing them together this autumn—would he be prepared to visit west Cornwall again and meet my communities?
I am grateful to the Minister for that response. As he said, he kindly visited my constituency shortly after the significant devastation that was caused to west Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly following Storm Goretti in early January this year. In his letter to me shortly thereafter, he committed to a comprehensive review of the response to the storm, to ensure that lessons are learned and that preparedness and response plans are improved. In what way have those plans improved? Given that communities are now preparing themselves to improve their own resilience—we are bringing them together this autumn—would he be prepared to visit west Cornwall again and meet my communities?
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for consistently and constructively raising those points. Having visited his constituency and seen the devastation at first hand, I am personally extremely keen to ensure that we learn the lessons from what happened during Storm Goretti. As the hon. Gentleman will know, Cobra officials have worked closely with Cornwall council on resilience planning. We are going to launch a public awareness campaign that will support people in Cornwall and beyond during future emergencies. I am also pleased to say that the hon. Gentleman’s constituency is receiving over £2 million this financial year to tackle flooding. He kindly invites me to visit his constituency, so I say to him: time spent in Cornwall is time well spent.
What plans she has to help ensure community resilience to severe weather incidents.
What plans she has to help ensure community resilience to severe weather incidents.
Climate change brings an increased risk of severe weather. We are learning from the summer droughts and planning for what will likely be a challenging winter. As I saw when I visited the hon. Member’s St Ives constituency back in January, extreme weather can cause disruption to the essential services that we all rely on. We are working to make public infrastructure, such as telecoms, more resilient. We will also launch a public awareness campaign this year, so that people know the small but important steps they can take to be ready for emergencies such as severe weather.