In Parliament - James Murray for Ealing North

I speak regularly in Parliament on a range of issues affecting my constituents. Links to all of my contributions are detailed below and are regularly updated.

Empty Property: Business Rates

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

James Murray received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the monetary value of empty property relief for (a) retail premises (b) industrial premises and (c) all other...

Tunisia: Human Rights

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

James Murray received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the government of Tunisia and (b) other international partners on the...

Wind Power: Planning Permission

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

James Murray received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he will make it his policy to reduce planning restrictions for new onshore wind farms in England.

Mortgage Prisoners - [Mr Laurence Robertson in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I thank the hon. Gentleman for setting out those points, and I add my voice to the call on the Minister to set out the Government’s position. We are pushing for a wider response to help...

Mortgage Prisoners - [Mr Laurence Robertson in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. As we have heard, this debate on mortgage prisoners takes place in the context of wider concerns about mortgages, as mortgage...

Clause 314 - Deposit schemes

Finance (No. 2) Bill

James Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

I take this opportunity to thank the many people who have supported me and my colleagues throughout the consideration of this Bill, not least all my colleagues on the shadow ministerial team, the...

New Clause 4 - Domestic top-up tax to apply from 31 December 2023

Finance (No. 2) Bill

James Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

The hon. Gentleman is right to describe the state of the economy as a doom loop. It is on a managed path of decline, which even the former Chancellor, the right hon. Member for Spelthorne (Kwasi...

New Clause 4 - Domestic top-up tax to apply from 31 December 2023

Finance (No. 2) Bill

James Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

I would welcome a more extended debate about non-dom tax status. That might be slightly outside the remit of today’s debate, but I refer the hon. Gentleman to some very good research...

New Clause 4 - Domestic top-up tax to apply from 31 December 2023

Finance (No. 2) Bill

James Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. At one point I thought he was touching on a point that we might agree on, which is that spending public money is about priorities. It is about...

New Clause 4 - Domestic top-up tax to apply from 31 December 2023

Finance (No. 2) Bill

James Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

I will leave matters for the Welsh Government to the Welsh Government to set out their position. We are trying to challenge the position of the UK Government on air passenger duty. Whatever the...

New Clause 4 - Domestic top-up tax to apply from 31 December 2023

Finance (No. 2) Bill

James Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his comments, but I feel he is misguided in claiming that it is somehow only Labour calling for a doctors-only pension scheme to be investigated. I referred...

New Clause 4 - Domestic top-up tax to apply from 31 December 2023

Finance (No. 2) Bill

James Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the hon. Lady, I think, for that intervention. I am trying to work out exactly what point was being made there, but I think the overall point is clear. There is concern from all sides at...

New Clause 4 - Domestic top-up tax to apply from 31 December 2023

Finance (No. 2) Bill

James Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

It is important, briefly, to first recognise the context in which we consider amendments and new clauses to the Bill. Yesterday we heard the news that the average rate for a two-year fixed-rate...

Financial Sanctions Regime

James Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

As the war in Ukraine continues, we must not let up for a second on efforts to tighten the net on the accomplices and beneficiaries of Putin’s regime. We welcome the direction of the...

Backbench Business

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under you, Mr Sharma, my parliamentary neighbour in Ealing. I start by wholeheartedly congratulating the right hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead (Sir Mike Penning) on...

Sanctions

James Murray received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC has made payments (a) directly or (b) indirectly for the benefit of any individuals who were a designated person for the purposes of financial...

Leasehold Reform

Commons debates

For nearly a decade before I was elected as the MP for Ealing North, I had the honour of serving in local and city-wide government in the capital, working every day to tackle the housing crisis....

Clause 348 - International arrangements for exchanging information

Finance No. 2 Bill

James Murray made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I thank the Minister for giving way. The fact that clause 350(1) is necessary could be seen to imply that payments have in fact been made “to or for the benefit of a person who is, at that...

Clause 348 - International arrangements for exchanging information

Finance No. 2 Bill

James Murray made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

As we have heard, clause 348 consolidates existing automatic exchange of information powers that allow the Treasury to implement the domestic requirements of certain international instruments,...

Clause 347 - Pension benefits and inheritance tax

Finance No. 2 Bill

James Murray made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

As we know, under the UK’s dormant assets scheme, dormant asset funds are transferred to an authorised reclaim fund, Reclaim Fund Ltd. People can reclaim from that fund what they otherwise...