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Nato: Pensions Bill (17 June 2013) See 4 other results from this debate

Sheila Gilmore: ...any Government have a monopoly in being able to say they have got this right or the changes they have made have been helpful. The much maligned—by certain people, certainly—pension credit system is another relevant measure. A considerable amount of Government expenditure has been laid out on that. The debate at the time and subsequently on pension credit was not for the most...

Economy: Culture and the Arts — Motion to Take Note (13 June 2013)

Lord Puttnam: ...free admission for museums and galleries, and I was delighted to hear the noble Lord, Lord Gardiner, remind the House only yesterday that this remains his Government’s policy. We should also give credit to the party opposite, notably the noble Lord, Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, and Sir John Major, for ensuring that a portion of the proceeds of the National Lottery was made...

Written Answers — Treasury: Welfare Tax Credits (13 June 2013)

Sajid Javid: In 2011-12 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) received 24,001 tax credit appeals, and in 2012-13 received 23,745 appeals. Figures for appeal waiting times, hearings and conclusions are provided by HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS). HMCTS split tax credits into working tax credits and child tax credits and their figures are: Working tax credit appeals       Weeks ...

Children and Families Bill: New Clause 10 — Childcare costs scheme: preparatory expenditure (11 June 2013)

Elizabeth Truss: ...years and we want to encourage more young people into this important profession. In addition to improving the supply of early years educators and teachers into child care, we are reforming child care funding. The tax-free child care scheme will provide 2.5 million families with financial support towards their formal child care costs. That is an expansion on the current system and, in the...

Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Clause 70 - Hire cars for disabled people (11 June 2013)

Sajid Javid: ...to disabled persons continues for recipients of both personal independence payments and armed forces independence payments. The Government are reforming the welfare system by introducing universal credit. As part of those reforms, the Department for Work and Pensions is introducing personal independence payments, and the Ministry of Defence is introducing armed forces independence...

Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Clause 54 - Employee shareholder shares (11 June 2013)

Catherine McKinnell: ...will use the provision.” —[Official Report, House of Lords, 20 March 2013; Vol. 744, c. 611.] Many concerns have been expressed by many business organisations about this risible idea. I give credit to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West for his loyalty in trying to defend the Government’s measure, but few companies or business organisations understand the...

Written Answers — Treasury: Wealth: Distribution (10 June 2013)

Sajid Javid: The Government’s tax policies during this period of consolidation have impacted on different income groups in different ways. The Government has continued to support people on low and middle incomes, rewarding the efforts of those who choose to work by taking real steps to make the first £10,000 of income free from tax. Taken together, the personal allowance increases announced by...

Written Answers — Treasury: Working Tax Credit (10 June 2013)

Nicholas Soames: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the amount in working tax credits paid to (a) all non-UK nationals and (b) non-UK EEA nationals in each of the last three years.

Housing — Motion to Take Note (6 June 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Lord Collins of Highbury: .... As my noble friend Lady Turner has said, and many noble Lords in today’s debate have highlighted, while one government department introduces measures to support housing another exacerbates the problem. The bedroom tax, the levy on housing association and council tenants deemed to have a spare room, penalises those in work as well as those who must find money from their other...

Welfare Benefits (EU Citizens) (5 June 2013)

Christopher Chope: ...this afternoon’s debate is very important to people not only in my constituency, but in many others. Almost all the British public are concerned, because too many British citizens are out of work, and taxpayers resent their money being used to fund welfare for foreigners. That is why my constituents wish to restrict access to out-of-work benefits that are currently being paid to...

East Coast Main Line — [Dr William McCrea in the Chair] (5 June 2013)

Ian Lavery: ...turnover and punctuality. Also, passenger fare revenue has increased by 34% to £820 million. In 2012, turnover was £665.8 million, which was an increase of £20 million, leaving a profit before tax and service payments to the Department for Transport of £195.7 million, which was an increase of £13 million. Passenger journeys with East Coast, which runs trains from...

UK Manufacturing Sector (5 June 2013)

Michael Fallon: ...today, for the very basic reason that I have not yet read it. I hope that the hon. Gentleman will forgive me for that. The first question that my hon. Friend the Member for Gosport asked was about tax credits. Research and development tax credits are providing the single biggest Government financial incentive for business investment in R and D, and take-up has increased steadily during the...

Energy Bill: Clause 1 — Decarbonisation (4 June 2013)

Mark Reckless: Yes, it is robust in that sense, but the reason it is robust is because almost any conceivable change in gas price is completely swamped by the enormous increase in the carbon tax from £16 now—and less than £2 in the ETS—to up to between £200 and £500 per tonne by 2050. Of course the conclusion is robust. If we assume that there will be a massive tax on carbon,...

Science and Research — [Martin Caton in the Chair] (4 June 2013)

Julian Huppert: ...where we all say, “The last Government did this and this Government did that”, and it does not take us any further. I hope that the Minister, the hon. Lady and I, in particular, can work together to support science, because science works across parties. There have been good Ministers for science from various parties: Lord Sainsbury, now the chancellor of Cambridge university,...

Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Clause 35 - Relief for television production and video games development (4 June 2013) See 2 other results from this clause

David Gauke: ...this area. We have certainly been engaged with them. Representatives of the devolved Administrations have been in touch with Treasury and HMRC officials. There was Northern Irish involvement in the working group that has participated in the process. I hope that that provides the hon. Gentleman with some reassurance. We have reflected and responded to representations that we have received....

Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Clause 34 - R&D expenditure credits (4 June 2013) See 7 other results from this clause

David Gauke: As I said a moment ago, the evidence that we have analysed suggests that £1 of tax relief results in an additional £1 of R and D investment, with additional spillover effects to the advantage of the UK economy. It  is also worth pointing out that a lot of R and D investment in the UK may be made where there is no corporation tax liability because the companies can be...

[Mr James Gray in the Chair] — Vocational Education (4 June 2013)

Robert Halfon: ...olds are functionally illiterate and that 22% of them are innumerate. It is essential that apprenticeships place a greater emphasis on these basic skills, so that young people are ready to join the work force. As a country we must create the right climate to encourage businesses to hire apprentices. We have made good progress with this, creating the apprenticeship grant for employers,...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Unemployed People: Internet (4 June 2013)

Mark Hoban: There is currently no evidence which records the number of jobseekers who lack skills to use the internet in Corby. The Department for Work and Pensions conducted research between June and August 2011 which examined current use of the internet and other technologies in everyday life. The survey was conducted with households receiving working age benefits and tax credits. A link to the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Council Tax Benefit (3 June 2013)

Pamela Nash: The changes to council tax benefit and the subsequent cuts have come in at the same time as the freezing of child benefit and working tax credit, the linking of benefits to CPI rather than RPI and, of course, the introduction of the bedroom tax. How can the Government justify this multiple attack on low-income working families on the same day as bringing in a tax cut for millionaires?

Written Ministerial Statements — Treasury: Ecofin (3 June 2013)

George Osborne: ...The presidency updated Ministers on the revised rules for markets in financial instruments directive/regulation (MiFID/MiFIR); the market abuse directive; the transparency directive; the mortgage credit directive; banking supervision; the capital requirements directive IV; and the anti-money laundering directive. Draft Amending Budget No 2 to the General Budget 2013 ECOFIN reached a...