Results 1-20 of 47 for climate change speaker:Dawn Primarolo

Written Answers — Health: Climate Change (11 Dec 2008)

Dawn Primarolo: The cross-Government Adapting to Climate Change Programme increases Government's capacity to adapt by ensuring a co-ordinated approach across all Departments and the public sector. This includes implementation of the adaptation aspects of the Climate Change Act, such as development of the national climate risk assessment. Information about the programme can be found at...

Written Answers — Health: Health: Climate Change (26 Feb 2008)

Dawn Primarolo: holding answer 25 February 2008 At the request of the Department, an expert panel on climate change and health in the United Kingdom was formed, which included experts from a range of relevant fields, to advise and report from a wide range of available evidence, on the likely impact of climate change on health, and implications for the national health service. Their resulting report Health...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: National Insurance Fund (7 Feb 2007)

Dawn Primarolo: I have been asked to reply. The landfill tax, climate change levy and aggregates levy were introduced with offsetting cuts in employers' national insurance contributions (NICs). The information requested is shown in the following tables. Landfill tax (LFT) revenue and value of 0.2 percentage point cut in main rate of employers' NICs £ million LFT revenue( 1) Approximate...

Deferred Divisions: Schedule 26 — Repeals (5 Jul 2006)

Dawn Primarolo: No. It is also important that our tax regime remains relevant in a changing world. The Bill changes the tax regime for the North sea oil companies to reflect the world as it is today, while continuing to promote investment in the North sea and to ensure fairness for taxpayers. The North sea is a national resource and it is important that the United Kingdom receives an appropriate share of the...

Tax Credit Overpayments (Edinburgh) (2 May 2006)

Dawn Primarolo: ...of people in work by 2.3 million. Like the US earned income tax credit, tax credits help people off benefits and into work. When people move into work the flexible tax credit system corresponds to their changes in circumstance. More and more research is coming out that demonstrates that the flexible system of tax credits is infinitely better than a fixed system that is unfair, limited and...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (23 Mar 2006)

Dawn Primarolo: ..., because I could not do it justice in this short time. This has been a wide-ranging debate to which the contributions made by Conservative Members can be summed up thus: "We want to discuss climate change but we've got nothing to add, we want to discuss pension policy but we've got nothing to add, we want to discuss the national health service but we've got nothing to add, and we want to...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (23 Mar 2006)

Dawn Primarolo: ...and detailed the reforms that will effect it and make the UK the location of choice for business, with more investment in skills and education. Those reforms will help us to meet the challenge of climate change. I shall deal with the points that hon. Members made about that shortly. The reforms will be embedded in our public services for long-term efficiency. Let us be clear about the...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (23 Mar 2006)

Dawn Primarolo: ...characterised by the words, "We wish the environment were better, but we don't know how to do that." The Budget has set out the next stages in the Government's strategy to tackle the global challenge of climate change, and that includes measures to encourage energy efficiency in the business sector and an increase in the climate change levy in line with inflation as from April 2004.

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (23 Mar 2006)

Dawn Primarolo: My hon. Friend makes a very interesting point, which I may need a little longer to reflect on than I have this evening. The climate change levy package has made a significant impact on energy consumption if not the travel arrangements of the councillor whom my hon. Friend mentions. The levy is encouraging businesses to improve their energy efficiency and, as a country, we are reaching our...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (23 Mar 2006)

Dawn Primarolo: Perhaps my hon. Friend can reflect in his eloquent speech on the importance of the climate change levy and the contribution that it makes to reducing our carbon emissions. He will recall that, when the Government introduced the levy, the Conservative party not only opposed it but had no alternative suggestions for dealing with climate change.

Written Answers — Treasury: Tax Overpayments (21 Jun 2005)

Dawn Primarolo: ...and Excise figures are broken down into repayments of value added tax, alcohol duties, hydrocarbon oils, tobacco, betting and gaming, insurance premium tax, air passenger duty, landfill tax, climate change levy, aggregates levy, customs duties and agricultural duties. The Inland Revenue figures are broken down into repayments of income tax, capital gains tax, corporation tax, inheritance...

Written Answers — Treasury: Climate Change Levy (21 Feb 2005)

Ms Dawn Primarolo: It is not possible to determine the revenue the Exchequer received in 2003–04 from those companies paying the climate change levy at 20 per cent. of the full rate.

Written Answers — Treasury: Insulation Material (21 Feb 2005)

Ms Dawn Primarolo: ...of VAT for the purchase of energy-saving materials for DIY installation. Evaluation of policy initiatives to protect the environment, including tax measures, is being carried out as part of the climate change programme review. This review is due to report its findings in the summer.

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Income Tax (14 Oct 2004)

Ms Dawn Primarolo: I thank my hon. Friend for his support for the climate change levy, which was implicit in his question. Just in case the Chancellor did not hear his early Budget representation, I shall certainly make sure that those views are brought to my right hon. Friend's attention.

Written Answers — Treasury: National Insurance (1 Apr 2004)

Ms Dawn Primarolo: In 2003–04 the climate change levy is expected to raise £0.8 billion. The deduction in contributions to the National Insurance Fund for 2003–04 to Compensate for the Climate Change levy is around £1.2 billion. In 2003–04 the aggregates levy is expected to raise £0.3 billion. The deduction in contributions to the National Insurance Fund for 2003–04 to...

Written Answers — Treasury: National Insurance (6 Oct 2003)

Ms Dawn Primarolo: The reduction in contributions to the National Insurance Fund to compensate for the climate change levy is £1.1 billion for each of the years 2001–02 and 2002–03 and it is estimated to be £1.2 billion for 2003–04. These figures are rounded to the nearest £0.1 billion.

Written Answers — Treasury: Deregulation (19 May 2003)

Ms Dawn Primarolo: ...'s departments' since February 2002 include: Optional flat rate VAT scheme for small business, enabling more than 650,000 to save up to £1,000 in annual compliance costs; annual accounting for Climate Change Levy; modernisation and simplification of existing regimes governing the taxation of debt and derivative contracts, repealing over 100 pages of legislation; simplification of...

Finance Bill: Clause 138 — Approved Share Plans and Schemes (14 May 2003)

Ms Dawn Primarolo: Perhaps we should not have listened in the first place. I shall table amendments in Standing Committee to withdraw the new proposals, in line with the industry's request. The package also includes changes to modernise the older approved schemes—save-as-you-earn and the company share option plan—that were developed in a more regulated climate. The provisions align the company share...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Dividend Tax Credit (8 May 2003)

Ms Dawn Primarolo: Payable tax credits were withdrawn on dividends paid to pension funds as part of a package of reforms that included cuts in corporation tax and the abolition of advance corporation tax. These changes were designed to improve the climate for long-term investment in the United Kingdom. In the long run, this should benefit all investors, including pension funds and those saving for retirement.

Written Answers — Treasury: ECOFIN Council (26 Mar 2003)

Ms Dawn Primarolo: ...and other solid fuels. The directive meets all of the UK's main interests. In particular, the directive preserves the UK's right to exempt domestic and charity non-business use of energy from the climate change levy. The Council heard a request from the Italian delegation concerning the application of article 88 (2) to measures to compensate farmers for milk quotas fines in Italy. No votes...