That this House has considered the Travellers’ Allowances (Amendment) Order 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 981).
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stringer. The purpose of the order is straightforward: it updates the way alcoholic products are grouped within the duty-free allowances available …..." James Murray - View Speech
"I thank hon. Members for their contributions. I welcome the support of the official Opposition for this measure, and acknowledge the long-standing conversations that the hon. Member for Grantham and Bourne and I have had on different sides of the aisle along Committee corridor. The order delivers a targeted simplification …..." James Murray - View Speech
"The overall volume of alcohol that individual travellers are allowed to bring back remains the same; it is the categories that different alcohol products fall into that is changing. Where people have previously maximised allowances across separate categories, they may be able to bring back less of those products in …..." James Murray - View Speech
"The Government are introducing a carbon border adjustment mechanism from 1 January 2027. It will ensure that highly traded, carbon-intensive goods imported into the UK face a carbon price comparable to the price that would be paid were the goods produced in the UK.
"I thank the shadow Chancellor for delivering a speech for which it was, this time, much clearer when it had ended.
The Opposition motion invites us to speculate on the contents of the Budget. As right hon. and hon. Members will be used to me and my colleagues saying, the …..." James Murray - View Speech
"The impact assessment, or tax information note, is published alongside the publication of the policy at the Budget.
I want to just make the point that to protect family farms and family businesses, the threshold for the 100% relief goes up to £2.5 million per person, and above that there …..." James Murray - View Speech
"Much like his right hon. Friend the Member for North West Hampshire (Kit Malthouse), the right hon. Gentleman refers to a £3 million farm. Again, that makes me confident that the threshold of £2.5 million for the 100% relief would cover a large proportion of those assets. As I said, …..." James Murray - View Speech
"Without commenting on individual tax affairs, even if hypothetical, if a farm were worth £3 million, the £2.5 million allowance for the 100% relief would cover a substantial portion of that. That is in addition to the existing nil rate bands and can be transferred between spouses. If that hypothetical …..." James Murray - View Speech
"As the right hon. Lady will know, I have been in a position in the Treasury previously in this Government, and I have had a large number of conversations with people affected by, and worried about, this tax policy. The tax policy introduced in April this year has a £2.5 …..." James Murray - View Speech
"I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question, but the fact that we have a threshold of £2.5 million of qualifying assets over which the 100% relief applies, and that the 50% relief applies in an uncapped manner above that level, means that we are protecting our small family …..." James Murray - View Speech