Support for rural businesses
A debate on support for rural businesses will take place in Westminster Hall on 18 June 2025 at 2:30pm. The Library will publish briefing materials ahead of the debate.

The main purpose of the National Insurance Contributions Bill 2013-14 is to implement the new Employment Allowance - which allows businesses to claim up to £2,000 from their annual payment of NICs. The Bill also contains a number of miscellaneous measures announced in Budget 2013 relating to the scope of NICs. This note gives an overview of the Bill’s scrutiny to date. It is complemented by a Library Research paper prepared for its Second Reading debate (RP13/60, 20 November 2013).
National Insurance Contributions Bill 2013-14 : Parliamentary scrutiny (152 KB , PDF)
The main purpose of the National Insurance Contributions Bill 2013-14 is to implement the new Employment Allowance – which allows businesses to claim up to £2,000 from their annual payment of NICs. The Bill also contains a number of miscellaneous measures announced in Budget 2013 relating to the scope of NICs. The Bill received a Second Reading in the Commons on 4 November 2013 and was considered in Public Bill Committee in 4 sittings over two days: 19 & 21 November 2013. Oral evidence was taken at the first two sittings. The Bill was agreed unamended. The Opposition did not move any amendments, and there were no divisions. In the Autumn Statement on 5 December the Chancellor announced that from April 2015 employers will not be required to pay employer Class 1 NICs in respect of the wages they pay to employees under the age of 21 up to the equivalent of the upper earnings limit. Provision for this new relief was added to the Bill at its Report stage.
National Insurance Contributions Bill 2013-14 : Parliamentary scrutiny (152 KB , PDF)
A debate on support for rural businesses will take place in Westminster Hall on 18 June 2025 at 2:30pm. The Library will publish briefing materials ahead of the debate.
Answers to frequently asked questions relating to banking services, mortgages, general investments and credit scores.
This Commons Library research briefing provides a summary description of the structure of inheritance tax (IHT) and the main reliefs which are available.