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Departmental
Minister for Customs and Excise;
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Environmental
issues, including tax and other economic instruments, urban
regeneration and transport taxes, including climate change
levy, aggregates levy, landfill tax, road fuel (and other
mineral oil) duties, taxation of company cars, vehicle excise
duty, air passenger duty;
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VAT;
alcohol and tobacco duties; betting and gaming taxation;
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Support
to the Paymaster General on the Finance Bill;
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Productivity
and enterprise (working with PMG on tax issues);
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Competition
and deregulation policy;
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Science,
research and development;
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Export
credit;
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Welfare
to Work and social exclusion issues;
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Charities
and charity taxation;
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Support
to the Chancellor on international issues; and
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Support
to the Chief Secretary on public spending issues (including
Parliamentary financial business, Public Accounts Committee,
National Audit Office and general accountancy issues).
