Results 1–20 of 1000 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Nigel Mills

Work and Pensions: Welfare Reforms (18 Mar 2024)

Nigel Mills: What his planned timetable is for the roll-out of welfare reforms.

Work and Pensions: Welfare Reforms (18 Mar 2024)

Nigel Mills: I thank the Secretary of State for listing all those reforms. The data is clear that after 13 weeks out of work, the chances of someone finding work starts to fall off rapidly. Therefore, there is a need for more intensive and tailored support. Could he update the House on the additional jobcentre support roll-out, and when my constituents might get access to those benefits?

Income Tax (Charge) ( 6 Mar 2024)

Nigel Mills: It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Batley and Spen (Kim Leadbeater). The test that I was going to give the Budget before I heard it was: “How does this help my constituents, particularly those who are still struggling the most with the cost of living crisis?” In fact, I think that was the priority for the Chancellor. We have seen inflation start to come back down to where we...

Health and Social Care: Topical Questions ( 5 Mar 2024)

Nigel Mills: The Pharmacy First service has proved popular in Amber Valley, but some pharmacists report confusion because the ear infection service applies only to under 18s and patients are being referred to pharmacies when they should not be. Will the Minister either extend the service to over-18s or ensure that NHS communications are clear that this service is only for children?

Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Local Authority Finance ( 4 Mar 2024)

Nigel Mills: What steps his Department is taking to help ensure the financial sustainability of local authorities.

Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Local Authority Finance ( 4 Mar 2024)

Nigel Mills: Aside from potholes, the issue that has caused the most angst for Derbyshire County Council is the significant rise in the cost of residential placements for looked-after children. The council believes that the market for this is now completely out of control and that prices are excessive. Is there more that the Government can do to help councils financially to pay these bills or to find a...

Child Maintenance Service — [Sir Charles Walker in the Chair] (27 Feb 2024)

Nigel Mills: I congratulate the Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee, the right hon. Member for East Ham (Sir Stephen Timms), on arranging this debate. It is not too naive to say that we would all like parents who separate to reach an amicable arrangement on access and maintenance for their children, so the state does not have to get involved at all. However, I suspect that is somewhat unlikely to...

Child Maintenance Service — [Sir Charles Walker in the Chair] (27 Feb 2024)

Nigel Mills: I agree with the hon. Member that those stories were incredibly concerning. That reinforces the point that if we get this right early, and everyone knows what they should be paying and it is enforced, hopefully some of that stress goes away. The Chair of the Select Committee, the right hon. Member for East Ham, rightly made the point that we should be looking at the thresholds and the...

Justice: Dangerous Offenders: Increased Sentences (20 Feb 2024)

Nigel Mills: What steps he is taking to increase sentences for dangerous offenders.

Justice: Dangerous Offenders: Increased Sentences (20 Feb 2024)

Nigel Mills: I thank the Minister for his answer and welcome those measures. The two worst cases I have had to deal with as an MP was where women were brutally murdered by a partner or ex-partner. What are the Government going to do in response to the Clare Wade review to increase sentences for people who commit those awful, vile offences?

Social Security (31 Jan 2024)

Nigel Mills: I welcome the rises in benefits and the state pension. It would have been unthinkable not to raise benefits by inflation and equally unthinkable not to increase the state pension in line with the triple lock. The Government have done the right thing—these are the right decisions—and I will happily support these orders in the unlikely event of a Division. I agree with the shadow Minister,...

Pharmacy First (31 Jan 2024)

Nigel Mills: Key to the service’s success will be pharmacies actually offering it when patients turn up. Does my right hon. Friend know how many individual pharmacists have been trained to provide the services, and is there a way of gathering and publishing data on when pharmacies will offer the service, so that patients will not have a frustrated journey and we can see where the gaps are?

Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Regional Mayors: Accountability (22 Jan 2024)

Nigel Mills: What steps his Department is taking to ensure effective accountability of regional Mayors.

Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Regional Mayors: Accountability (22 Jan 2024)

Nigel Mills: In Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, we are looking forward to electing our first Mayor in a few weeks’ time, especially with the £1.5 billion of funding for transport improvements. How do we ensure that that money is spent on improving our road links, fixing potholes, improving railway lines and so on, and is not lost in the creation of a costly administrative third tier of local government?

Home Department: Fraud (15 Jan 2024)

Nigel Mills: What steps he is taking to help reduce levels of fraud.

Home Department: Fraud (15 Jan 2024)

Nigel Mills: Would my right hon. Friend agree that the key to reducing levels of fraud is to help people to understand what might be a fraud so that they are not taken in by it? Is there more that we can do to help people to spot the signs and not become a victim in the first place?

Home Department: Topical Questions (15 Jan 2024)

Nigel Mills: I am sure the Home Secretary would agree that anti-extremism training in Departments is extremely important. What more can the Government do to ensure that it is training to tackle extremism, rather than anti-Government and party bias training?

Finance Bill: Clause 21 - Ensuring consistency of Parts 3 and 4 of F(No.2)A 2023 with OECD rules etc (10 Jan 2024)

Nigel Mills: I understand the intent of what the hon. Member says. Could she explain how the review could be done within six months of the Act being passed, given that no business will have filed a tax return with any adjustments in until well after that period? Indeed, half the world probably will not have introduced the measure by that stage. Would that not be a bit of a premature assessment? Would we...

Finance Bill: Clause 1 - Permanent full expensing etc for expenditure on plant or machinery (10 Jan 2024)

Nigel Mills: It is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I want to direct my remarks to clause 1, on permanent full expensing for the purchase of plant and machinery, which I discussed during the autumn statement and on Second Reading. This is actually quite a radical and expensive policy. We have, probably for longer than all our lifetimes, given companies relief for capital expenditure using capital...

Finance Bill: Clause 1 - Permanent full expensing etc for expenditure on plant or machinery (10 Jan 2024)

Nigel Mills: I think the Minister just read out that the assessment is that this measure will create £3 billion additional investment per year. Is that right? If I remember the Green Book correctly from the autumn statement, the annual cost of this measure was £11 billion, which I think equates to £55 billion of extra capital expenditure. Is he saying that £52 billion of that £55 billion is just...


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