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🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to take steps to resolve the West Lothian Question in the light of the impending grant of further taxation powers to the National Assembly for Wales and the forthcoming Scottish referendum.
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I thank the Minister for his reply, but surely the SNP cannot be allowed to make a bet that it cannot lose if it fails to win the referendum. Why should Scottish MPs continue to have the right to vote on exclusively English affairs?
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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what sentencing guidelines are issued by the Sentencing Council to advise judges on the choice of the imposition of either consecutive or concurrent sentences on persons guilty of multiple offences.
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I thank the Minister for his reply, but does he not agree that perception is everything? The Sentencing Council admits that: “Concurrent sentences are sometimes thought to mean that an offender is getting away with some offences”. Why, indeed, should an offender convicted of, say, causing death by dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and driving while uninsured not serve separate...
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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to introduce self-financing photo identity card cards on a purely voluntary basis to establish citizenship status.
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I thank the Minister for his reply. I declare an interest in family investment companies which own a few residential properties. Bearing in mind that the forthcoming Immigration Bill will impose major responsibilities on private landlords, the NHS, GPs, banks and even the DVLA to undertake the virtually impossible task of verifying the immigration status of individuals, is it not clear that...
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To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the constitutional convention of Cabinet collective responsibility, as confirmed in the Ministerial Code, remains in force.
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I thank the noble Lord for his very helpful and complete reply. However, as noble Lords are doubtless aware, in the votes that took place last month in both Houses, none of the Liberal Democrats who are members of the Government supported the proposals of the independent Electoral Commission to ensure fair voting by making equal, even-sized constituencies. What are the current sanctions...
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the (1) forecast, and (2) actual, tax yield at the 50% rate band for fiscal year 2011-12, and what is the forecast tax yield at the 50% rate band for 2012-13.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government whether compensation paid out for gross fiscal misconduct is a legitimate deduction from profits for the purpose of calculating corporation tax; and, if so, whether they have any plans to review the appropriateness of that tax provision.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the reduction in corporation tax received for the fiscal year which ended on 5 April 2012 due to deductions from profits for refunds made during that period by banks, building societies, insurance companies, retailers and financial institutions in respect of historically mis-sold personal protection insurance policies.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 12 November (WA 260), whether transfer pricing, base erosion and profit-shifting are scrutinised by HM Revenue and Customs against the criteria of being "wholly, exclusively, and necessarily" incurred before allowing them for tax relief.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have assessed the impact of introducing a turnover tax, offsetable against actual assessed corporation tax, for trans-national companies and groups of companies operating in the United Kingdom and engaging in internal transfer pricing arrangements to limit their corporation tax liabilities.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average daily cost per patient of the food provided in each of the National Health Service Trust and Foundation Trust Hospitals, excluding the cost of preparing and delivering such food and other similar overhead expenses.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance they have given to the police and other appropriate authorities concerning the prosecution of any protesters who are alleged to have caused long-term obstruction of the highway or to have committed similar public order offences.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent allegations of corruption in FIFA.
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