House of Commons debates
Tuesday, 24 January 2012

• Business Before Questions (0 speeches)
  • London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill [Lords] (By Order ) — Transport for London (Supplemental Toll Provisions) Bill [Lords] (By Order ) (0 speeches)
    Second Readings opposed and deferred until Tuesday 31 January ( Standing Order No. 20).
• Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury
  The Chancellor of the Exchequer was asked—
  • Economic Growth (14 speeches)
    What fiscal steps he plans to take to promote economic growth.
  • Taxation Changes (Families with Children) (12 speeches)
    What assessment he has made of the effects on families with children of taxation changes coming into force in 2012-13.
  • COP26 Process (4 speeches)
    What recent discussions he has had with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs on the operation of the COP26 process.
  • National Infrastructure Plan (6 speeches)
    What progress he has made on implementation of the national infrastructure plan 2011.
  • Unemployment (10 speeches)
    What assessment he has made of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s most recent forecast of levels of unemployment in 2012.
  • Child Poverty (11 speeches)
    What estimate he has made of the likely effect on the level of child poverty of the fiscal measures in his autumn statement.
  • Bank Lending (10 speeches)
    What steps he is taking to encourage banks to charge competitive rates for loans to small and medium-sized businesses.
  • Distribution of Tax Burden (6 speeches)
    What steps he plans to take to ensure that the burden of taxation is fairly distributed.
  • Executive Pay (18 speeches)
    What steps he is taking to tackle excessive executive pay.
  • Budget Deficit (8 speeches)
    What assessment he has made of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s most recent estimate of the size of the deficit in 2015.
  • UK Current Account Balance (6 speeches, 1 annotation)
    What recent estimate he has made of the level of the UK’s current account balance with the EU.
  • Economic Growth (6 speeches)
    What assessment he has made of the likely level of economic growth in 2012.
  • Credit Card Surcharges (4 speeches)
    On what basis HM Revenue and Customs calculates surcharges levied for handling payments made by credit cards.
  • UK’s Credit Rating (6 speeches)
    What steps he is taking to maintain the UK’s triple A credit rating.
  • Topical Questions (37 speeches)
    If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
  • EU Sanctions (Iran) (62 speeches)
    (Urgent Question): To ask the Foreign Secretary if he will make a statement on EU sanctions relating to Iran and the threat from Iran to close the strait of Hormuz.
• Points of Order (8 speeches)
  On a point of order, Mr Speaker. The International Monetary Fund has today revised its growth forecast for 2012 downwards, from 1.6% to 0.6%, and asked the Government to reconsider the pace of...
• Housing (Amendment) (1 speech)
  Motion for leave to bring in a Bill ( Standing Order No. 23)
  • Local Government Finance Bill (0 speeches)
    (Clause 1, Schedule 1, Clause 2, Schedule 2, Clauses 3 to 5, Schedule 3, Clauses 6 and 7, new Clauses relating to non-domestic rates and new Schedules relating to non-domestic rates) [2nd...
  • [Mr Lindsay Hoyle in the Chair] (0 speeches)
  • Schedule 1 — Local retention of non-domestic rates (172 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 3, page 16, line 29, at end insert— ‘(6A) Where the original calculations did not show that a relevant authority was to make a payment to the Secretary of...
  • Schedule 2 — Amendment of provisions about revenue support grant (48 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 65, page 36, line 42, at end insert— ‘(2A) In determining whether or not to pay a grant to any authority named above the Secretary of State must satisfy him or...
  • Schedule 3 — local retention of non-domestic rates: further amendments (0 speeches)
    Amendments made: 9, in page 44, line 14, leave out ‘12(8)’ and insert ‘12(8) or (8A)’. Amendment 10, in page 44, line 16, leave out...
  • New Clause 2 — Major redevelopment schemes: non-domestic rate income (9 speeches)
    ‘(1) In any case where a relevant authority proposes a major redevelopment scheme resulting in a substantial loss of non-domestic rate income for a period exceeding one year, the authority...
  • New Clause 5 — Re-set of the system (33 speeches)
    ‘The Secretary of State shall establish a mechanism to allow local authorities to make representations on whether they believe a re-set of the system is required. The Secretary of State...
  • New Clause 7 — Resets of the non-domestic rates retention system (0 speeches)
    ‘(1) The Secretary of State shall be required to make arrangements for a “reset” of the non-domestic rates retention system every three years. (2) Any such reset must include...
  • Business without Debate — Delegated Legislation (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 118(6)),
  • Local Government (0 speeches)
    That the draft City of Bradford (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012, which was laid before this House on 5 December, be approved.—(Bill Wiggin.) The Deputy Speaker’s opinion as to the...
• Petition — Bus Services in Sedgefield (1 speech)
  This is a petition on behalf of 1,000 residents of Bishop Middleham and Fishburn. It states: The Petition of residents of Bishop Middleham and Fishburn, Declares that the Petitioners believe that...
• Children's Subjective Well-Being (11 speeches)
  Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Stephen Crabb.)