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Early Years Childcare (16 Oct 2023)

Jim Shannon: ...a big difference. The first is Sandra, my wife, who I have been married to for 36 years. She brought up our three sons; she looked after them, she reared them and she is the person who can take the credit. Not only that, but she is now a grandmother and looks after our six grandchildren, with a stint at 5 o’clock in the morning and numerous stints in the afternoon. I mention that because...

Scottish Parliament: Two-child Benefit Cap ( 4 Oct 2023)

Shirley-Anne Somerville: ...to the two-child limit since its inception in 2017, and it has repeatedly called on the UK Government to abolish it. The policy purposely targets vulnerable children, and the Department for Work and Pensions’s own analysis estimates that it is currently impacting around 1.5 million children in the UK. The House of Commons library tells us that it has affected 80,000 children in Scotland...

Scottish Parliament: Decision Time ( 4 Oct 2023)

..., is: For 78, Against 29, Abstentions 0. Motion, as amended, agreed to, That the Parliament calls on the UK Government to scrap the punitive two-child limit, which limits the amount of Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit a family can receive and undermines action to reduce child poverty in Scotland; notes that an estimated two thirds of children in poverty live in working households, 10%...

11. Short Debate: Navigating Wales's Brain Drain: Challenges and Solutions (27 Sep 2023)

Luke Fletcher: ...of the extent of graduate loss—something I know he wants to touch on in this debate. We see that illustrated now in the estimated 75 per cent of medical students in Wales crossing the border to work in England, rather than stay in Wales. We see it with the targeted ads at not just Welsh students, but students across the UK, by the Australian and New Zealand Governments promoting the life...

Scottish Parliament: Parliamentary Bureau Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Ross Greer: Scottish Greens oppose the instrument and the tax breaks that it would give to businesses that purchase land or property within the two Scottish freeport areas. When the Scottish Greens were negotiating the Bute house agreement two years ago, our party and the Scottish National Party recognised that freeports were one of the small number of areas for which compromise probably was not...

Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Universal Credit: Deductions (19 Sep 2023)

Viscount Younger of Leckie: HMRC notifies the customer of the amount of debt being transferred and explains that DWP will recover by deduction from Universal Credit. Once transferred to DWP for recovery, any Tax Credit debt is recovered in the same way as overpaid DWP benefits. Where the customer is in receipt of Universal Credit, deductions are taken from the next available assessment period. Customers are advised of...

Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Universal Credit: Deductions (19 Sep 2023)

Viscount Younger of Leckie: Once transferred to DWP for recovery, Tax Credit debt is recovered in the same way as overpaid DWP benefits. Where the customer is in receipt of Universal Credit, deductions are taken from the next available assessment period. Customers are advised of the rate of deduction through a notification posted in their journal. DWP has a well-established process for working with individuals to...

Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Universal Credit (13 Sep 2023)

Navendu Mishra: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing increased support to people asked to migrate from (a) tax credits and (b) other legacy benefits to Universal Credit.

Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Universal Credit (13 Sep 2023)

Guy Opperman: ...for benefits. For those already in receipt of benefits, Parliament made it clear, though its passage of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, that entitlement to those benefits would cease as Universal Credit (UC) was implemented. The Department provides a range of support to individuals, to assist them during migration including a dedicated DWP telephone line and signposting to independent...

Flying Schools — [Sir Robert Syms in the Chair] (12 Sep 2023)

Chris Law: ...that anomaly needs to be fixed. Furthermore, pilot training is uniquely subject to VAT in the UK, whereas it is exempt in other countries. That is astonishing, because it is about education. We are taxing those who often take loans from their parents an extra 20%, on top of fees that could be upwards of £70,000 or £80,000. The Minister will surely agree that we need a level playing...

Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Universal Credit: Overpayments (12 Sep 2023)

Deidre Brock: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how existing overpayments will be handled in the managed migration from Working Tax Credits to Universal Credit.

Written Answers — Treasury: Productivity (12 Sep 2023)

Gareth Davies: ...giving the UK the most generous capital allowances regime in the OECD on a Net Present Value basis to increase business investment and boost labour productivity. We increased the R&D Expenditure Credit relief rate to 20% – the joint highest uncapped headline rate of R&D tax relief in the G7 for large companies. We are supporting our world leading green industries. For example, up to...

Life Skills and Citizenship - Question for Short Debate ( 7 Sep 2023)

Baroness Garden of Frognal: ...music, the arts—indeed, all forms of creativity. Preparation for adult life is given minimal attention. There are some brilliant citizenship programmes where young people learn the key skills of working with others, communication and self-management. They are taught about democracy; the importance of voting; human, moral, legal and political rights and duties; tolerance and diversity;...

Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Universal Credit ( 7 Sep 2023)

Munira Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children of compulsory school age live in households in receipt of Universal Credit with a household income after tax and before benefits of less than (a) £7,400, (b) £9,075 and (c) £9,390 a year in England.

Financial Education in Schools — [Dame Angela Eagle in the Chair] ( 6 Sep 2023)

Marion Fellows: ...parliamentary group on financial education for young people. I sometimes feel a bit of a fraud when I talk about financial education and financial matters. I was married for 47 years to a senior tax manager in a firm of international accountants and we were terrible at handling money. That was very much down to my late husband’s philosophy, which was, “Don’t worry about money. It...

Written Answers — Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Council Tax and Universal Credit ( 6 Sep 2023)

Lee Rowley: The Government is in regular contact with councils about the range of support to households. The Department for Work and Pensions has worked with key organisations and charities on the transition to Universal Credit from other benefits and regularly promotes Universal Credit at relevant events. Council tax support is the responsibility of local authorities who must consult upon and publish...

Energy Bill [Lords]: New Clause 52 - Revenue certainty scheme for sustainable aviation fuel producers: consultation and report ( 5 Sep 2023)

Lindsay Hoyle: ...-scale Electricity Export Guarantee Scheme, with the exception of a local combined heat and power plant that generates electricity ancillary to its purpose of providing heat for local heat networks. (3) “Fossil fuel” has the meaning given in section 104(4). (4) Licensed energy suppliers with fewer than 150,000 customers may also purchase electricity exports from the sites defined above...

Scottish Parliament: Programme for Government 2023-24 ( 5 Sep 2023)

...can make progress towards a minimum income guarantee. Today, I am calling on the UK Government to use reserved powers to establish an essentials guarantee to ensure that the value of the universal credit payment is always sufficient for people to afford essential items such as food, transport and energy. In addition to those actions, we will continue to reduce some of the costs that affect...

Scottish Parliament: Programme for Government 2023-24 ( 5 Sep 2023)

Anas Sarwar: ...misogyny, as well as the proposals that the First Minister has set out to support those who are impacted by miscarriage. We also support the intention to improve partnership with business and to work on an industrial strategy, but that must be more than rhetoric. Businesses will judge the Government on delivery, not on bland promises. The First Minister cannot hide from reality. The SNP...

Treasury: Topical Questions ( 5 Sep 2023)

Priti Patel: Research and development tax credits are vital to help businesses grow and invest, but I have received a large number of complaints from businesses across Essex saying that they are facing complexities and delays in processing claims with HMRC. May I please ask the Minister to meet me and some of these businesses to work through the delays and ensure that these businesses can continue to...


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