Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Chris Law Excerpts
Wednesday 13th September 2023

(1 year, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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The Prime Minister was asked—
Chris Law Portrait Chris Law (Dundee West)  (SNP)
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Q1.   If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 13 September.

Rishi Sunak Portrait The Prime Minister (Rishi Sunak)
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I start by paying tribute to the Clerk of the House, Sir John Benger, and thank him for his many years of distinguished service. [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear.”]

This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this House, I will have further such meetings later today.

Chris Law Portrait Chris Law
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The wealth of billionaires has skyrocketed over the past decade, while average working households in the UK have the lowest living standards since the 1950s. While hard-working families are struggling to make ends meet, the wealthy are playing by a different set of rules, with reports that even Members of the House of Lords are trying to exploit the non-dom status loophole to avoid paying their fair share. Does the Prime Minister agree that whether it is the wife of the most powerful man in the country or the host of “The Apprentice”, no billionaire should qualify for special tax treatment while my constituents face soaring levels of inequality and poverty?