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Public Bill Committee: Finance (No. 2) Bill: Clause 2 - Personal allowance for 2013-14 for those born after 5 April 1948 (23 April 2013)

Sheila Gilmore: ...,000 is very different from losing 10% or even 5% of a much lower income. That is where the cash terms and the impact on spending power matter. There is also an impact on the wider economy. One thing that is driving the ongoing recession and causing the economy to stagnate is the fall in living standards. People have less money in their pockets to spend in the way they previously did. I...

Finance (No. 2) Bill (15 April 2013)

Sheila Gilmore: ...who clearly understood how economics should work. She told me that she and her husband had already lost £85 a month in tax credits; their income had gone down. Her husband is a self-employed taxi driver, and she told me that because people were pulling in their horns, spending less and having fewer nights out, he was getting less business. His earnings were dropping. He was out...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — Amendment of the Law (25 March 2013)

Eric Pickles: In common with the right hon. Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Simon Hughes), I too drive a London taxi, and no reasonable offer will be refused. This is the coalition Government’s fourth Budget—a Budget determined to stay the course and fill the sink-hole of debt left to us by the last Administration. Thanks to our actions, the deficit is down by a third—from 11%...

Prayers: Human Rights Act 1998 (Repeal and Substitution) Bill (1 March 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Charlie Elphicke: ...war criminal, suspected of committing crimes in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, could not be deported because he could not get a fair trial in Rwanda to answer for his crimes. Today, he is to be found driving a taxi around Essex. I do not think that that strikes the right balance, and I think that most people would agree with me. A Honduran man could not be deported to answer charges of murder...

Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Committee (1st Day) (Continued) (25 February 2013)

Baroness Grey-Thompson: ...name is also attached. I declare an interest in that I am in receipt of disability living allowance, but I do not have a Motability car. I have used the scheme in the past when I was first able to drive, because it was the only realistic and economical way that I could have become mobile. At the briefing that was held on the PIP regulations on 22 January 2013 with the Minister, the noble...

Science, Technology and Engineering (Careers Information in Schools): Police (13 February 2013)

David Hanson: ...taxpayers’ money on the elections for police and crime commissioners, which attracted a 13% turnout. They are weakening counter-terror powers, with the result that people such as Ibrahim Magag can drive away in a taxi while under a terrorism prevention and investigation measure—[Interruption.] The Minister accuses me of being right wing. If it is right wing to want to ensure...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Adjournment: Care Homes: South Antrim (12 February 2013)

Edwin Poots: ...across Northern Ireland. Let me say this:  you cannot choose your neighbours.  I suspect that, in these instances, people will find that the learning disabled community are good neighbours.  There is a far greater potential for much more difficult neighbours to be those who hold noisy parties and have cars leaving late at night, taxis calling and all that goes with...

Hazara Community (Pakistan) (4 February 2013)

John Denham: ...violence and to obscure the responsibilities. It allows the incidents to be shrugged off as though that is “just the way things are”. Since 1990, the violence has included ride-by and drive-by shootings, personal attacks, suicide bombings, rocket attacks and car bombs, as well as the ambushing of buses and taxis and the subsequent selection of Hazara passengers for execution....

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members' Business: School Transport (4 February 2013)

Christopher Hazzard: ...in the South Eastern Education and Library Board increased by 14% compared with an increase in the Belfast Education and Library Board (BELB) of 58%.  Of the five modes of transport, Translink has the lowest cost, while transport by taxi has the highest.  If all the ELBs matched the unit cost of the best-performing ELB for each mode of transport, a high-level estimate is that the...

Taxation: Families — Motion to Take Note (17 January 2013)

Lord Alton of Liverpool: ...of 200 people in every constituency. By changing the criteria for the "enhanced mobility rate" from 50 metres to 20 metres, many will lose a vital lifeline. Cars will simply be taken away, while those who are unable to drive, and use their mobility allowance for other means of transport, will be without the wherewithal to fund privately owned cars or taxis. It is sheer Janus-faced...

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: London Taxis International (30 November 2012)

Michael Fallon: London Taxi International Ltd (LTI) (as well as Manganese Bronze Holdings plc, Manganese Bronze Services Ltd and Manganese Bronze Property Services Ltd) is currently in administration. This is a commercial matter for the administrators and the Government cannot intervene directly in this process. BIS (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) officials are being kept abreast of...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statements: North/South Ministerial Council: Road Safety (16 October 2012)

Alex Attwood: ...life of the Department, you see that, although some of these things are difficult because in the short term there may be some expense to be incurred, we are trying to roll out regulation, be it in respect of taxis, heavy goods vehicles, party buses and so on.  If you have good regulation, good business prospers, the customer is protected and the illegal, if not the criminal, has more...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions: Regional Development (9 October 2012)

Danny Kennedy: ..., which aims to provide increased priority for public transport, pedestrians and cyclists.  The new bus lanes accommodate public transport, emergency vehicles, cycles, motorcycles and permitted taxis, and they are operational from 7.00 am until 7.00 pm.  Let me make it clear that there is no war on motorists.  It is regrettable that some people have suffered disruption to...

Public Bill Committee: Scrap Metal Dealers Bill: Clause 2 - Form and effect of licence (11 September 2012)

Graham Jones: ...also be aware that the law has been broken, but they would be complicit and therefore unlikely to complain. There is huge scope for extending the policing of the Bill by way of badging, as we do with taxis and other licensing regimes, so that the general public would be more aware that mobile collectors, at whom the amendment is aimed, are licensed by the local authority and that...

Finance Bill (Ways and Means): New Clause 1 — Fuel duties: rates of duty and rebates from 1 August 2012 to 31 December 2012 (2 July 2012)

Simon Hughes: ...on only until 7 o’clock—and I want to allow other colleagues to speak. I want to make a specific plea on biodiesel. I should declare my interest: as some colleagues know, I sometimes drive a London taxi, which has often been powered by biodiesel bought from Uptown Oil, a firm in my constituency that collects used cooking oil from local firms—a chain of good environmental...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Environment: Driver and Vehicle Agency: Taxis (18 June 2012)

Alex Attwood: ...development. However, I believe, as I have said before in the Chamber, that we should judge ourselves by proper regulation, followed by proportionate enforcement, whether it relates to hauliers, taxis, bus operators or, dare I say it, tour operators in Belfast. That is the twin-track strategy that should be used to achieve the protection of the consumer and serve the best interests of...

Written Answers — Defence: Travel (30 April 2012)

Andrew Robathan: ...are made. Coach travel by officials is not recorded separately, but is included in an expenses category that also covers some other road, rail and sea travel, such as by bus, underground or taxi. Officials do not use the Government Car and Despatch Agency's car service but may use an MOD-provided car, whether with a driver or self drive, where this is justified by the work they are...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Low Emission Zones: Greater London (16 April 2012)

Richard Benyon: ...made compliance requirements more rigorous as part of broader strategy to improve air quality in London. Other measures include investment in hybrid buses, retiring the oldest most polluting taxis, delivering record investment in cycling and provision of charging points for electric vehicles via Source London. With financial support from the Government, the Mayor has also trialled a range...

Written Answers — Transport: Taxis (16 April 2012)

Norman Baker: The Department for Transport does not record taxi expenses for Ministers and civil servants separately. Total figures for the central Department and five of its agencies are included in the following table. The Department's remaining two agencies (Maritime and Coastguard Agency and Vehicle and Operator Services Agency) do not record taxi fares separately from other travel costs, and the...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Taxis (16 April 2012)

Chris Grayling: The Department has taken robust action to reduce business travel expenditure which has resulted in an overall reduction of circa 60% since 2009-10 and the Department continues to seek to drive down costs on travel to deliver value for money for the taxpayer. In line with the Government's austerity agenda, the Department for Work and Pensions has taken vigorous action to enhance business...