Speeches by Glen.

“But it has moved around recently.”

“So you have an exit tax?”

“We certainly will.”

“Yes, scored by the Office for Budget Responsibility. This is not an intellectual exercise of academics. It is about having to operationalise it in a way that meets that test that the OBR gives us. Dan, you have set out very clear examples. What analysis have you, or any of you, done on the actual behavioural effects of…”

“But why wouldn’t you have done it properly in one go at the start, rather than doing it iteratively, bringing uncertainty to the market?”

“Before the first Budget of this new Government, there were quite a lot of questions about this happening then. There did not seem to be any plan to put it in, but there was an uptick in some of the rates, and it was discerned that it was just about accommodatable around changes in behaviour. Do you not think that, so s…”

“On capital gains tax equalisation—because my colleagues raised it—in terms of the behavioural effects, we have obviously seen quite a lot of change over the past 15 years. I think that broadly, George Osborne reduced the rates, and now we are talking about equalising again, back to where they were in the ’80s, with all…”

“Very quickly, the continuity on EIS, SEIS and VCT has been welcomed by many people. There is a danger, of course: we have to stand up for things that have provided enduring certainty as stimulants for investment in areas of innovation.”

“With the greatest respect, you are making an assertion with no proof of what the outcome would be. Could you point to other jurisdictions of a comparable nature that we could look at as an example of getting better outcomes from doing it another way?”

“Thank you.”

“You all make clear intellectual arguments about what you could do in theory. Politicians and Government Ministers have to make decisions about what happens in practice. As Ruth will know, having spent 15 years in the Treasury, Ministers have to make those decisions based on what is going to be scored.”

“Business people I know in the real world have used that system. If they are real innovators and are trying to do things at the margins and frontiers of understanding of science and innovation, then the notion that there is a pre-clearance process among a group of officials and well-meaning, well-appointed civil servant…”

“I am grateful to the Minister, and I am also grateful to him for what he said about my constituent. There are so many codes of best practice, and so many guidelines. Can he say a little more about what force the code would have, so that we can have some reassurance that the risks that were so tragic in the case of my c…”

“Will the Minister give way?”

“I rise to support new clauses 29, 28 and 39. First, I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Isle of Wight West (Mr Quigley), who mentioned my constituents and the tragic case of the loss of their daughter, Ruth. My experience of listening to her story has made me support the new clauses. I want to finish my remarks with w…”

“9. What steps he is taking to reduce the court backlog.”

“I wish the right hon. Gentleman the very best in his new appointment, but he is presiding over a complicated system, in which, today, 74 out of 516 Crown courtrooms are empty. Will he comment on that, and on when the second part of the Leveson report will come into effect so that we know when action will be taken on th…”

“I welcome the right hon. Gentleman to his new role. May I echo the hon. Member for Chelmsford (Marie Goldman) in drawing his attention to the reply that his predecessor gave to me on 27 February concerning the Government’s response to the report on valproate? It really is necessary that we get a response. Janet William…”

“On Friday, I had the privilege of meeting Lawrence Bowman, the new chief executive of South Western Railway, who brings with him over 20 years of experience in the industry. We travelled from Salisbury to Tisbury. He says that he has to write a five-year plan. I am keen to ensure that that has the maximum impact and de…”

“At Porton Down in my constituency, there is a hub of life science businesses. I have listened carefully to what the right hon. Gentleman has said, and I recognise the difficult dilemmas that all Governments have in where to focus investment. However, the Minister must surely recognise that the additional cost of employ…”