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Written Answers — Treasury: Construction Industry Scheme (12 Nov 2009)

Sally Keeble: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who are registered with the construction industry scheme for tax purposes.

Written Answers — Home Department: Police: East Midlands (12 Nov 2009)

Sally Keeble: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were per head of population in each police force area in the East Midlands in (a) 1997 and (b) the most recent year for which figures are available.

Residential Roads (Adoption) (11 Nov 2009)

Sally Keeble: I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who is one of my parliamentary neighbours. The issue that he is highlighting is of great concern to my constituents too, in the new development at Bridleways. In various other streets, particularly Gorse close and Kingsthorpe, we have seen the results of a road not being brought up to adoptable standard. Thirty years or so down the line, people are living...

Residential Roads (Adoption) (11 Nov 2009)

Sally Keeble: It is a bit more complicated than that. The borough council is also involved because it does not want dustcarts to go down the roads. The upshot of all this is that several social housing tenants have been left homeless. One of them has been homeless for 18 months and living on a caravan site because she cannot get into her home as the roads have not been adopted.

Residential Roads (Adoption) (11 Nov 2009)

Sally Keeble: In the case of Bridleways, it is not just the roads that cause the complication. There are also problems to do with the gradient, the layout and planning permission. A major issue is the need for proper partnership working between the different local authorities to ensure that arrangements are in place for the roads to be adopted and that there are the right enforcement powers so that people...

Written Answers — Treasury: Construction Industry Scheme (11 Nov 2009)

Sally Keeble: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of the number of people registered with the construction industry scheme who are unemployed.

Written Answers — Justice: Female Imprisonment (10 Nov 2009)

Sally Keeble: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the effect of the imprisonment of women on their children.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Local Housing Allowance (10 Nov 2009)

Sally Keeble: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people in receipt of housing allowance are in rent arrears; (2) what percentage of people in receipt of (a) rent allowance and (b) housing benefit are in rent arrears.

Olympics: Energy National Policy Statements (9 Nov 2009) has video

Sally Keeble: Does my right hon. Friend agree that a lot of people want to know not only that the lights will stay on, but that they can also afford the bills? What assurances can he provide to people that the energy mix he set out will provide secure and affordable energy supply?

Business of the House (5 Nov 2009) has video

Sally Keeble: My right hon. and learned Friend shares my concerns about the position of women in the financial services industry, but does she share my concern that the Government mandate for the Walker review on banking governance does not refer specifically to the position of women in banking? Will she organise a debate on that important subject, so that we can ensure justice for women in the financial...

Public Bill Committee: Child Poverty Bill: New Clause 2 (3 Nov 2009)

Sally Keeble: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Public Bill Committee: Child Poverty Bill: New Clause 2 (3 Nov 2009)

Sally Keeble: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Public Bill Committee: Child Poverty Bill: New Clause 2 (3 Nov 2009)

Sally Keeble: Given that the Conservative party did not support the minimum wage, which was the basic underpinning—[Interruption.] There is no point Conservative Members groaning about it. The minimum wage represented the basic underpinning of the whole tax credits system—there has to be a minimum wage to be able to have the tax credits. I do not think that that party even supported the minimum...

Public Bill Committee: Child Poverty Bill: New Clause 2 (3 Nov 2009)

Sally Keeble: I asked the Library to produce similar figures—though not for the same purpose—at the time of the 10p tax issue or disaster, whatever one wants to call it. It was particularly marked that in two-parent households with children, income and poverty levels were entirely dependent on quite small changes to the number of hours worked. If both parents worked a few hours or one of them...

Public Bill Committee: Child Poverty Bill: New Clause 2 (3 Nov 2009)

Sally Keeble: The hon. Gentleman spoke about the number of two-adult households that live in poverty, which is very striking. Does he agree—he hinted at this point—that often in those families, at least one adult is not capable of working? Often, someone is not able to work because of a disability or a long-term illness. Sometimes, they have been involved in crime and are in and out of prison, or...

Public Bill Committee: Child Poverty Bill: New Clause 2 (3 Nov 2009)

Sally Keeble: I remember reading those figures as well, although I might have been looking those for a different year. However, I think that the group that is most likely to be in poverty is families on housing benefit. Being on that benefit is one of the prime indicators of poverty. A measure that allows families on housing benefit to retain more of their child benefit is an effective way of tackling of...

Public Bill Committee: Child Poverty Bill: New Clause 1 (3 Nov 2009)

Sally Keeble: I thank the hon. Gentleman. I recall that, at the time, we could have said, “Instead of tacking it on, we can increase the tax credits and that will, at a stroke, deal with the whole problem of child poverty.”  However, there was not a great mass of people jumping up and down saying, “That’s a really clever idea.” We need to recognise that, although we all agree...

Public Bill Committee: Child Poverty Bill: New Clause 1 (3 Nov 2009)

Sally Keeble: No, I do not think that at all. That was some time ago, when circumstances were different and we were looking at different options. To make the first aim of the Bill, which is effectively being passed in the new year, the production of a report in three months’ time is not quite the point. The Bill is supposed to end child poverty. However, I understand and share Committee members’...

Public Bill Committee: Child Poverty Bill: New Clause 1 (3 Nov 2009)

Sally Keeble: It is actually a new clause, not an amendment. We have had reports on what has happened with the 2010 targets. We have had reports on what works and on what is projected to happen. I hope that we will have some more measures in the autumn statement, which we will get soon, that will help to deal with some of the problems that we face tackling child poverty as we come out of the recession. It...

Public Bill Committee: Child Poverty Bill: New Clause 1 (3 Nov 2009)

Sally Keeble: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on the new clause because it gets to the heart of some of what the Bill is about. I understand that there is some cynicism among Opposition Members, but I am surprised at what the hon. Member for South-West Hertfordshire has been saying. It seems to go something like this: “The Government, in order to distract attention from what they’re...