National Insurance Contributions Holiday Debate
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(5 years, 5 months ago)
Lords ChamberThe noble Baroness will recall that, when we were in coalition Government, we introduced the employment allowance, which effectively said that the first £3,000 of national insurance contributions for small businesses did not apply. We have also abolished national insurance for those on apprenticeships under the age of 25 and abolished national insurance for those under the age of 21. We are doing a significant amount in this area, but I accept that we need to do more.
Americans have a saying that a platform is something to run on and not to stand on. Is that not relevant to this manifesto commitment?
We are running very hard on this agenda. I mentioned the 713,000 more people in work, and I would have thought that that would be welcomed on all sides of this House.