Caroline Nokes
MP for Romsey and Southampton North · Conservative · United Kingdom
“I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his point of order. He will be conscious that there are in the region of 15 more Members wishing to speak in this debate, and we have not yet heard from the Minister, so I am not minded to accept a closure motion at this point.”
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“New clause 97— Power of Electoral Commission to require disclosure from financial institutions — “In Schedule 19B of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (investigatory powers of Commission), after paragraph 1 insert— “Power to require disclosure from financial institutions 1A(1) The Commission may give a disclosure n…”
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“(2) The specified elections for the purposes of subsection (1) are— (a) UK parliamentary elections, and (b) local government elections in England and Wales.”
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“New clause 1— Review of the impact of the Act — “The Chancellor of the Exchequer must, within a year of this Act being passed, publish an assessment of the impact of the changes introduced by this Act on— (a) rates of employment, (b) real wages, (c) inflation, and (d) real household disposable income.” New clause 2— Review of effect on SMEs, hospitality, tourism and seasonal workers — “(1) The Chancellor of the Exchequer must, within six months of the passing of this Act, lay before Parliament a review of the impact of the measures contained in this Act.”
“Amendment 25, page 1, line 14, leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert— “(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for “£758” substitute— “(i) where the earner is a veteran within the meaning of section 9AA(3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, £758, and (ii) in all other cases, £417”, and” (b) in sub-paragraph (b), for “£9,100” substitute— “(i) where the earner is a veteran within the meaning of section 9AA(3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, £9,100, and (ii) in all other cases £5,000.”” See Amendment 23. Clause 2 stand part. Clauses 3 and 4 stand part.”
“Amendment 18, page 1, line 14, leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert— “(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for “£758” substitute— “(i) in respect of an earner in a specified sector under section 9(1B) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, £758, and (ii) in all other cases, £417”, and (b) in sub-paragraph (b), for “£9,100” substitute— “(i) in respect of an earner under section 9(1B) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, £9,100, and (ii) in all other cases £5,000.”” This amendment would exempt adult social care, hospice, primary care providers, nurseries and charities in Northern Ireland from changes to the threshold.”
“Amendment 15, page 1, line 14, leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert— “(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for “£758” substitute— “(i) in respect of an earner in a specified sector under section 9(1B) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, £758, and (ii) in all other cases, £417”, and (b) in sub-paragraph (b), for “£9,100” substitute— “(i) in respect of an earner under section 9(1B) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, £9,100, and (ii) in all other cases £5,000.”” This amendment would exempt adult social care, hospice, primary care providers, nurseries and charities from changes to the threshold.”
“Amendment 6, page 1, line 14, leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert— “(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for “£758” substitute— “(i) in respect of an earner listed in section 9AA(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, £758, and (ii) in all other cases, £417”, and (b) in sub-paragraph (b), for “£9,100” substitute— “(i) in respect of an earner listed in section 9AA(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, £9,100, and (ii) in all other cases £5,000.”” Amendment 9, page 1, line 14, leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert— “(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for “£758” substitute— “(i) in respect of an earner to whom the healthcare and small charities secondary percentage under section 9(1B) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 applies, £758, and (ii) in all other cases, £417”, and (b) in sub-paragraph (b), for “£9,100” substitute— “(i) in respect of an earner to whom the healthcare and small charities secondary percentage under section 9(1B) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 applies, £9,100, and (ii) in all other cases £5,000.”” Amendment 12, page 1, line 14, leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert— “(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for “£758” substitute— “(i) for a specified employer under section 9(1B) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, £758, and (ii) in all other cases, £417”, and (b) in sub-paragraph (b), for “£9,100” substitute— “(i) for a specified employer under section 9(1B) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, £9,100, and (ii) in all other cases £5,000.”” This amendment makes provision for the monthly and annual thresholds in line with Amendment 11.”
“Amendment 3, page 1, line 14, leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert— “(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for “£758” substitute— “(i) for a specified employer under section 9(1B) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, £758, and (ii) in all other cases, £417”, and (b) in sub-paragraph (b), for “£9,100” substitute— “(i) for a specified employer under section 9(1B) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or section 9(1B) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, £9,100, and (ii) in all other cases £5,000.”” This amendment is linked to Amendments 1 and 2.”
“Amendment 24, page 1, line 12, leave out “£96” and insert— “(i) where the earner is a veteran within the meaning of section 9AA(3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, £175, and (ii) in all other cases, £96.” See Amendment 23.”
“Amendment 14, page 1, line 12, leave out “£96” and insert— “(i) in respect of an earner in a specified sector under section 9(1B) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, £175, and (ii) in all other cases, £96.” This amendment would exempt adult social care, hospice, primary care providers, nurseries and charities from changes to the threshold. Amendment 17, page 1, line 12, leave out “£96” and insert— “(i) in respect of an earner in a specified sector under section 9(1B) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, £175, and (ii) in all other cases, £96.” This amendment would exempt adult social care, hospice, primary care providers, nurseries and charities in Northern Ireland from changes to the threshold.”
“Amendment 5, page 1, line 12, leave out “£96” and insert— “(i) in respect of an earner listed in section 9AA(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, £175, and (ii) in all other cases, £96.” Amendment 8, page 1, line 12, leave out “£96” and insert— “(i) in respect of an earner to whom the healthcare and small charities secondary percentage under section 9(1B) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 applies, £175, and (ii) in all other cases, £96.” Amendment 11, page 1, line 12, leave out “£96” and insert— “(i) for a specified employer under section 9(1B) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, £175, and (ii) in all other cases, £96.” This amendment provides that the employers listed in Amendment 10 would be subject to the existing secondary threshold for secondary Class 1 contributions, not the lower threshold proposed in the Bill.”
“(1C) For the purposes of this Act above, the specified sector secondary percentage is 13.8%.”” This amendment would provide that adult social care, hospice, primary care, nurseries and charities in Northern Ireland would continue to pay contributions at current rates. Clause stand part. Amendment 2, in clause 2, page 1, line 12, leave out “£96” and insert— “(i) for a specified employer under section 9(1B) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, £175, and (ii) in all other cases, £96.” This amendment, and Amendment 3, exempts care providers, NHS GP practices, NHS commissioned dentists, NHS commissioned pharmacists, charitable providers of health and care, and those providing hospice care from the changes to the threshold.”
“(1B) In section 9(1A) before paragraph (a) insert— “(za) if sub section (1B) below applies to the earnings, the specified sector secondary percentage;” (1C) After section 9(1A) insert— “(1B) Where a secondary Class 1 contribution is payable as mentioned in section 6(1)(b) above, this subsection applies to the earnings paid in the tax week, in respect of the employment in question, where the earner is employed in any of the following specified sectors— (a) adult social care, (b) hospices, (c) primary care, (d) nurseries registered with Family Support NI, or (e) a registered charity in Northern Ireland.”
“(1C) For the purposes of this Act, the specified employer secondary percentage is 13.8%.” (1D) After subsection (3) insert— “(4) The Secretary of State must by regulations define a voluntary or community organisation for the purposes of subsection (1B)(g).”” This amendment aims to provide that in Northern Ireland care homes, domiciliary care providers, GP and dental surgeries, pharmacists, health and care charities, hospice care providers, voluntary or community organisations and childcare providers would remain subject to the current secondary Class 1 contribution rate, not the increased rate proposed in the Bill. Amendment 16, in clause 1, page 1, line 3, at end insert— “(1A) The Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 is amended as follows.”
“Amendment 10, page 1, line 3, at end insert— “(1A) The Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 is amended as follows. (1B) In section 9(1A) after paragraph (aa) insert— “(ab) where the employer is a specified employer under subsection (1B), the specified employer secondary percentage;” (1C) After section 9(1A) insert— “(1B) A “specified employer” means— (a) a person providing a care home service or domiciliary support service regulated under the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003, or (b) a person providing primary medical services through contractual arrangements with a Health and Social Services Board, (c) a person providing general dental services under Part 2 of the General Dental Services (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1993, (d) a person providing pharmaceutical services under Part 2 of the Pharmaceutical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, (e) a provider of health and care registered as a charity by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, (f) a person providing hospice care whether in a hospice or elsewhere, (g) a voluntary or community organisation, and (h) a provider of childcare registered in the Family Support NI Register.”
“Amendment 23, page 1, line 2, at beginning insert— “(A1) The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is amended as follows. (A2) In section 9(1A) after paragraph (aa) insert— “(ab) if section 9AA below applies to the earnings, the veterans secondary percentage;” (A3) After section 9A insert— “ 9AA Veterans secondary percentage (1) Where a secondary Class 1 contribution is payable as mentioned in section 6(1)(b) above, this section applies to the earnings paid in the tax week, in respect of the employment in question, where the earner is a veteran. (2) For the purposes of section 9(1A)(a) above, the veterans secondary percentage is 13.8%. (3) For the purposes of this section, a “veteran” means a former member of any of His Majesty’s forces.”” This amendment would exempt veterans' salaries from NICs changes.”
“(1C) For the purposes of this Act, the specified employer secondary percentage is 13.8%.”” This amendment provides that Early Years Settings and Universities would continue to pay contributions at current rates. Amendment 20, page 1, line 2, at beginning insert— “(A1) In section 9(1A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, after paragraph (aa) insert— “(ab) if the employer is a specified employer under subsection (1B), the specified employer secondary percentage;” (A2) After section 9(1A) of that Act insert— “(1B) A “specified employer” means— (a) a registered charity, or (b) a housing association. (1C) For the purposes of this Act, the specified employer secondary percentage is 13.8%.”” This amendment provides that charities and housing associations would continue to pay contributions at current rates.”
“Amendment 19, page 1, line 2, at beginning insert— “(A1) In section 9(1A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, before paragraph (a) insert— “(za) if the employer is a specified employer under subsection (1B), the specified employer secondary percentage;” (A2) After section 9(1A) of that Act insert— “(1B) A “specified employer” means— (a) a provider of education or childcare to children under five years of age— (i) registered in England in the early years register maintained by the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills, (ii) registered in Wales with Care Inspectorate Wales, or (iii) registered in Scotland with the Scottish Care Inspectorate; or (b) a university.”
“(1C) For the purposes of this Act above, the specified sector secondary percentage is 13.8%.’” This amendment would provide that adult social care, hospice, primary care, nurseries and charities would continue to pay contributions at current rates.”
“(A2) In section 9(1A) before paragraph (a) insert— ‘(za) if sub section (1B) below applies to the earnings, the specified sector secondary percentage;’ (A3) After section 9(1A) insert— ‘(1B) Where a secondary Class 1 contribution is payable as mentioned in section 6(1)(b) above, this subsection applies to the earnings paid in the tax week, in respect of the employment in question, where the earner is employed in any of the following specified sectors— (a) adult social care, (b) hospices, (c) primary care, (d) nurseries registered in the Early Years Register maintained by the Office of Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills, or (e) a charity registered in the charity register or the Scottish charity register.”
“(1C) For the purposes of subsection (1A)(za) the healthcare and small charities secondary percentage is 13.8%.”” Amendment 13, page 1, line 2, at beginning insert— “(A1) The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is amended as follows.”
“(2) For the purposes of section 9(1A)(ab) above, the reduced secondary percentage is 13.8%.”” Amendment 7, page 1, line 2, at beginning insert— “(A1) The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is amended as follows. (A2) In section 9(1A) before paragraph (a) insert— “(za) if subsection (1B) below applies, the healthcare and small charities secondary percentage;” (A3) After section 9(1A) insert— “(1B) This section applies where the earner is employed to work— (a) in any of the following settings— (i) a GP surgery, (ii) an optometry or dispensing optician practice, (iii) a dental surgery, (iv) a pharmacy, (v) a residential care setting, or (b) for a registered charity employing 50 people or fewer.”
“With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Amendment 4, page 1, line 2, at beginning insert— “(A1) The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is amended as follows. (A2) In section 9(1A) after paragraph (aa) insert— “(ab) if section 9AA below applies to the earnings, the reduced secondary percentage;” (A3) After section 9A insert— “ 9AA Qualification for reduced secondary percentage (1) Where a secondary Class 1 contribution is payable as mentioned in section 6(1)(b) above, this section applies to the earnings paid in the tax week, in respect of the employment in question, where the earner is employed— (a) by a charity registered in the charity register or the Scottish charity register, (b) by a voluntary organisation within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, (c) to work in a GP practice, (d) by a university, or (e) by a college of further education.”
“Order. The hon. Lady has every opportunity to contribute to this debate if she so wishes. Interventions are getting longer and longer; they must be shorter.”
“I thank the hon. Member for his point of order. He will be aware that it is important that Members stay in order. The hon. Member for Milton Keynes North (Chris Curtis) has given some context in his speech, but he might be reminded of the need to stick to national insurance contributions.”
“Order. If the hon. Lady wants to contribute to the debate she always has the opportunity to ask the Member in charge and the Minister, but interventions must be shorter than that.”
“Order. As Members can see, a large number of speakers wish to contribute to a very important debate. I have no plans as yet to impose a time limit, but perhaps Members might be respectful about the number of interventions they take.”
“Before I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson, I will just make the point that it is imperative that Members be present for the opening statements of any debate if they wish to be called—perhaps particularly so for those on the Front Benches.”
“Order. As a Front-Bench spokesperson, the hon. Lady, first, should be on the Bench when I am on my feet. Secondly, we must not refer to colleagues by name in the House but by their constituency.”
“Order. It might be helpful if I provide a small business update to hon. and right hon. Members. The second debate that was scheduled for this afternoon will now not go ahead. That gives this very important debate the full time up until 5 o’clock, which will certainly enable me to get all Members in.”
“Order. I made the point earlier that we do not in this House refer to serving Members of the House by name. He remains the right hon. Member for Richmond and Northallerton.”
“The hon. Gentleman will be aware that that is not a matter for the Chair, and therefore I cannot provide advice as to how he can put that on the record. He will know as well as other hon. Members do that it is entirely at the discretion of the individual contributing at that time whether or not they take an intervention, but he has done good work in putting his point on the record via the mechanism of a point of order.”
“Order. I quickly remind Members that I am going to run this statement to the end. I think the hon. Member for Leeds Central and Headingley referred to Minister Falconer by name, which of course he should not have done.”
“I thank the Foreign Secretary for the statement. Bill Presented Domestic Abuse (Aggravated Offences) Bill Presentation and First Reading (Standing Order No. 57) Josh Babarinde, supported by Caroline Voaden, Alex Brewer, Lisa Smart, Liz Jarvis, Anna Sabine, Calum Miller, Ben Maguire, Alison Bennett, Charlotte Cane, Helen Maguire and Dr Danny Chambers, presented a Bill to create certain domestic abuse aggravated offences; and for connected purposes. Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 24 January 2025, and to be printed (Bill 145).”
“Amendment 25, in clause 32, page 22, line 35, leave out “100” and insert “200”. This amendment sets the floor for standard duty at 200 individuals. Amendment 26, page 22, line 38, leave out “500” and insert “799”. This amendment sets the floor for enhanced duty premises and qualifying events at 799 individuals. Amendment 28, in clause 37, page 25, line 31, leave out from “force” to end of line 36 and insert “on the day after the Secretary of State has laid before Parliament a report on developing and implementing training on public protection procedures contained within this Act.” This amendment is consequential on NC2. Government amendments 5 to 24.”
“(2) Functions of the Secretary of State under this section may be exercised by any organisation or persons authorised to do so by the Secretary of State. (3) The Secretary of State must lay before both Houses of Parliament a report setting out the steps they have taken in relation to subsection (1).” This new clause, together with Amendment 28, would require the Secretary of State to develop and implement a training plan in respect of qualifying premises and events before Parts 1 and 2 of the Act are commenced. Government amendments 1 and 2. Amendment 27, in clause 19, page 15, line 5, leave out “different” and insert “lower”. This amendment restricts the Secretary of State to lowering the daily penalties rate for non-compliance by regulation. Government amendments 3 and 4.”
“With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: New clause 2— Developing and implementing training on public protection procedures — “(1) The Secretary of State must take steps as the Secretary of State considers appropriate to ensure that— (a) adequate training provision is made available for persons responsible for qualifying premises or qualifying events in respect of public protection procedures that includes— (i) the monitoring of premises or events and the immediate vicinity of premises or events; (ii) evacuation procedures and the movement of individuals into, out of and within a premises or event; (iii) physical safety and security of occupants in a premises; (iv) provision of security information to individuals on a premises or at an event; and (v) other measures related to terrorism protection training; (b) a training implementation plan is put in place to ensure all organisations and persons to which the provisions of this Act apply are encouraged to undertake training related to public protection procedures.”
“Order. Supplementary questions should be short and not a speech. Perhaps the hon. Member would like to come to the conclusion of his question.”
“Order— [Interruption.] Order. Just a quick reminder that when I am on my feet, Members should not be. That is third time the hon. Gentleman has said “you”; perhaps he will be a bit more careful in the rest of his speech.”
“Order. The Minister has done it three times now. If I can tell off new Members, I can certainly tell off long-standing ones. No “yous” in the Chamber!”
“Order. The right hon. Gentleman just referred to the right hon. Member for Richmond and Northallerton by name. He really should know better than to do that.”
“Order. The Chief Secretary might like to reflect that when he says, “What are yours?”, it means, “What are mine?” They are not my choices. Can he please be careful not to use “you” and “yours”?”
“Order. There will be a five-minute time limit from the outset—obviously not including the Liberal Democrat spokesperson. I call Daisy Cooper.”
“Order. We simply cannot have interventions of that length. Only nine Members are going to get to speak this evening and the hon. Lady is on the list, but those who choose to make long interventions might find themselves removed from it.”
“Order. There will now be a four-minute time limit. A reminder about interventions: Members are using up the time that others could have had.”
“Before calling the Secretary of State to make his statement, I remind the House that on 19 November Mr Speaker granted a waiver from the House’s sub judice resolution in respect of the case of Dillon and others v. the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. As such, reference may be made to that case during the statement and the questions that follow.”
“I thank the Secretary of State both for coming to the House to give his statement and, indeed, for the timing of it; it is hugely appreciated.”
“Order. Members will be able to see that a significant number of people wish to contribute to this debate. A time limit of six minutes will be imposed after we hear from the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”
“The right hon. Gentleman will be aware that that was not really a point of order. I am sure the hon. Member for Rochdale (Paul Waugh) is getting to the point on the Second Reading of the National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill.”
“Order. If the hon. Lady wishes to speak later in the debate, she is very welcome to do so, but interventions have to be short, and we have a lot of people to get in.”
“Order. I am not going to admonish the hon. Member for using the word “you”, but, Sir Bernard, you have now spoken for longer than both Front Benchers put together, and many other Members wish to get in.”
“With the reminder that there is no formal time limit, and if we wish to get in as many Members as possible, could Members please constrain themselves to about eight minutes?”