House of Commons debates
Tuesday, 29 January 2013

• Business Before Questions (0 speeches)
  • London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill [Lords] (By Order) (1 speech)
    Motion made, That the Bill, as amended, be now considered.
  • City of London (Various Powers) Bill [Lords] (By Order) (0 speeches)
    Second Reading opposed and deferred until Tuesday 5 February ( Standing Order No. 20).
• Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury
  The Chancellor of the Exchequer was asked—
  • Private Sector Job Creation (15 speeches)
    What fiscal steps he is taking to encourage private sector job creation.
  • Child Benefit (10 speeches)
    How many households no longer eligible for child benefit have opted not to receive it.
  • Long-term Youth Unemployment (14 speeches)
    What recent assessment he has made of the effect of the Government’s fiscal policies on the level of long-term youth unemployment.
  • Cost of Living (11 speeches)
    What steps he is taking to help people with the cost of living.
  • Tax System (15 speeches)
    What progress HM Revenue and Customs has made in closing loopholes in the tax system.
  • VAT (Colleges) (6 speeches)
    How much VAT was paid by (a) sixth-form colleges and (b) further education colleges in 2012.
  • Underemployment (10 speeches)
    What recent assessment he has made of the extent of underemployment in the work force.
  • Infrastructure Investment (14 speeches)
    What recent steps he has taken to increase the level of infrastructure investment.
  • Working Households (Payments) (12 speeches, 1 annotation)
    How many working households will be affected by the changes to the uprating of tax credits and other payments announced in the autumn statement.
  • Beer Duty Escalator (6 speeches)
    How much revenue will accrue to the Exchequer from the beer duty escalator in each of the next three years.
  • Tax Simplification (11 speeches)
    What plans he has to simplify the tax system.
  • Equitable Life (4 speeches)
    What progress has been made in making compensation payments under the Equitable Life payment scheme.
  • Topical Questions (48 speeches)
    If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
  • Deployment to Mali (82 speeches)
    (Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on deployment to Mali.
• Point of Order (2 speeches)
  On a point of order, Mr Speaker. As chairman of the British-Brazil all-party parliamentary group, I tabled early-day motion 981 on the nightclub fire in Santa Maria, in which sadly at least 230...
• Equality (Marriage) (Amendment) (4 speeches)
  Motion for leave to bring in a Bill ( Standing Order No. 23)
  • Electoral Registration and Administration Bill (Programme) (No. 2) (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question proposed, That the following provisions shall apply to the Electoral Registration and Administration Bill for the purpose of supplementing the Order of 23 May 2012...
  • Electoral Registration and Administration Bill (1 speech)
    Consideration of Lords amendments
  • Amendment of Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 (216 speeches)
    I beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 5.
  • Voters waiting at polling station at close of poll (27 speeches)
    I beg to move, That this House agrees with Lords amendment 7.
  • HGV Road User Levy Bill (Programme) (No. 2) (1 speech)
    I beg to move, That the Order of 20 November 2012 (HGV Road User Levy Bill (Programme)) be varied as follows: 1. Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order shall be omitted. 2. Proceedings on Consideration...
  • HGV Road User Levy Bill (0 speeches)
    Consideration of Bill, not amended in the Public Bill Committee
  • Clause 7 — rebate of levy (19 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 1, page 5, line 4, leave out subsection (3). I had the opportunity to have an informal chat with the Minister earlier today about the amendment....
  • Business without Debate — Delegated Legislation (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 118(6)),
  • Terms and Conditions of Employment (0 speeches)
    That the draft Parental Leave (EU Directive) Regulations 2013, which were laid before this House on 18 December 2012, be approved.—(Greg Hands.) Question agreed to. Motion made, and...
  • Rating and Valuation (0 speeches)
    That the draft Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention) Regulations 2013, which were laid before this House on 8 January, be approved.—(Greg Hands.) Question agreed to. Motion made, and...
  • Dangerous Drugs (0 speeches)
    That the draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 8 January, be approved.—(Greg Hands.) Question agreed to.
  • European Union Documents (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 119(11)),
  • Defence Procurement (0 speeches)
    That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 14596/12, a Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on transposition of Directive 2009/81/EC on Defence and...
• Petition — Home to School transport (1 speech)
  First, may I congratulate two of my constituents, Michelle Bainbridge and Stephen Guy, on running such an excellent campaign in Sherburn village against the home to school transport arrangements,...
• Epilepsy (24 speeches)
  Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Greg Hands.)