James Murray

If the hon. Gentleman wants to have a conversation about the tax gap, I am very happy to pick that up. When we came into office in 2024, one of our first priorities was to close the tax gap before ask

My hon. Friend is absolutely right that businesses want to make sure that the population—their employees or future employees—are healthy, are able to get to work and are able to access the support the

I will make some progress, as I have taken a few interventions. Maybe I will address the hon. Gentleman’s point in a moment. After taking office, we had to take decisions on tax, welfare and spending

While I agree with the right hon. Gentleman drawing attention to the importance of food security as part of our national security, he and I take a different approach to energy security. The reforms th

I will give way one more time, then I will make a bit of progress.

I will come to that later in my remarks. Employers do not pay national insurance contributions for under-21s, because of the relief that already exists, or for apprentices under the age of 25. That go