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Rishi Sunak
Chancellor of the Exchequer
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Written Statements are made when a current event is not sufficiently significant to require an Oral Statement, but the House is required to be informed.
| Date | Type | Title |
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| Jan. 26 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Dec. 10 | Urgent Questions | Future Relationship with the EU |
| Jan. 19 | Written Statements | Counter-Terrorist Asset Freezing Regime: 1 July to 30 September 2020 |
| Dec. 14 | Westminster Hall | Financial Reward for Government Workers and Key Workers |
| Jan. 25 | Adjournment Debate | Covid-19: Limited Company Directors |
A Bill to authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2020 and 31 March 2021; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for those years; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the year ending with 31 March 2020.
This Bill received Royal Assent on Monday 16th March 2020 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the national debt and the public revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance.
This Bill received Royal Assent on Wednesday 22nd July 2020 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to make provision increasing the maximum capital of the Contingencies Fund for a temporary period.
This Bill received Royal Assent on Wednesday 25th March 2020 and was enacted into law.
This Bill received Royal Assent on Wednesday 22nd July 2020 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to make provision to reduce for a temporary period the amount of stamp duty land tax chargeable on the acquisition of residential property.
This Bill received Royal Assent on Wednesday 22nd July 2020 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to make provision (including the imposition and regulation of new duties of customs) in connection with goods in Northern Ireland and their movement into or out of Northern Ireland; to make provision amending certain enactments relating to value added tax, excise duty or insurance premium tax; to make provision in connection with the recovery of unlawful state aid in relation to controlled foreign companies; and for connected purposes.
This Bill received Royal Assent on Thursday 17th December 2020 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to make provision about financial services and markets; to make provision about debt respite schemes; to make provision about Help-to-Save accounts; and for connected purposes.
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Published 18 Jan 2021, 2:13 p.m. |
HM Treasury | The Tax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2021 | |
| These Regulations amend the Working Tax Credit (Entitlement and Maximum Rate) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2005); the Child Tax Credit Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2007); the Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2008); the Child Benefit (Rates) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/965); the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4); and the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7). | |||
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Published 14 Oct 2019, 4:09 p.m. |
HM Treasury | The Public Bodies (Abolition of Public Works Loan Commissioners) Order 2019 | |
| This Order abolishes the office of the Public Works Loan Commissioners (the “Commissioners”) who together were known as the Public Works Loans Board. | |||
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Laid 21 Jan 2021 In Force 22 Jan 2021 |
HM Treasury |
Customs Tariff (Establishment and Suspension of Import Duty) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation |
Made affirmative procedure |
| These Regulations are made by the Treasury further to Part 1 of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22) (the “Act”) and amend the Customs Tariff (Establishment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1430) (the “Establishment Regulations”) and the Customs Tariff (Suspension of Import Duty Rates) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1435) (the “Suspension Regulations”). | |||
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Laid 18 Jan 2021 In Force 6 Apr 2021 |
HM Treasury |
Social Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2021 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation |
Draft affirmative procedure |
| These Regulations amend the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) and corresponding provisions in the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7) (“the Acts”), and the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1004) (“the Contributions Regulations”). The amendments have effect from 6th April 2021. | |||
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149,138 Petition Closed |
Pay Up Now! – Scrap the pay cap and give public servants a meaningful pay rise Gov Responded - 9 Oct 2017 Debated on - 4 Dec 2017 |
12 Mar 2018 closed 2 years, 10 months ago |
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Every single person who works in public services needs and deserve a pay rise. It’s time for the pay cap to be scrapped, for the government to provide additional funding for public sector pay and for employers to put public sector workers pay up now. |
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146,351 Petition Closed |
Give all key workers a 100% tax and Nat. Ins. holiday through COVID-19 crisis Gov Responded - 27 Apr 2020 Debated on - 14 Dec 2020 |
1 Oct 2020 closed 3 months, 4 weeks ago |
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The government is helping private firms to protect jobs by paying up to 80% of staff wages through this crisis. If it can do this why can it not help key workers who will be putting themselves/their families at risk and working extra hard under extremely challenging and unprecedented circumstances. |
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119,587 Petition Closed |
Keep Childcare Vouchers open beyond April 2018 Gov Responded - 12 Oct 2017 Debated on - 15 Jan 2018 |
18 Mar 2018 closed 2 years, 10 months ago |
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Hundreds of thousands of parents will lose out under the new tax-free childcare. The voucher schemes should be kept open alongside tax-free childcare to give parents a genuine choice for the support that best suits their family. |
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HM Treasury Select Committee Home Page
Select Committees are a formally established cross-party group of backbench MPs tasked with holding a Government department to account.
At any time there will be number of ongoing investigations into the work of the Department, or issues which fall within the oversight of the Department. Witnesses can be summoned from within the Government and outside to assist in these inquiries, and the Select Committee will occasionally publish formal reports of their findings.
| Date | Title | Type |
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| Jan. 27 | UK and Switzerland to deepen cooperation on financial services | News and Communications |
| Jan. 27 | Chancellor's call with US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen | News and Communications |
| Jan. 26 | Country and regional spending data | Transparency |
Written Questions are submitted by Members of Parliament and the House of Lords to receive information or updates from a Department.
Departments are required to respond in a timely fashion and provide a response or requested information. Written Questions can compel detailed and specific information to be produced, and are frequently used as the source of news stories about the work of a Department.
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| 27 Jan 2021, 4:54 p.m. | Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley) | Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley) |
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Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to ensure that businesses in the hospitality, leisure and retail supply chain are able to survive the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown. Answered by Kemi Badenoch - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) The Government recognises that businesses in the hospitality, leisure and retail supply chain have been severely impacted by recent necessary restrictions to these sectors.
The Chancellor has announced that £594 million is being made available for Local Authorities and the Devolved Administrations to support businesses ineligible for grants for closed businesses, but who might be impacted by COVID-19 restrictions. This funding comes in addition to the £1.1 billion discretionary grant for Local Authorities previously announced. Local Authorities have discretion to determine how much funding to provide to businesses and have the flexibility to target local businesses that are important to their local economies.
Businesses in the hospitality, leisure and retail supply chain will also be able to benefit from: the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), extended until the end of April 2021; a ‘New Payment Scheme’ for spreading out repayments of deferred VAT; access to affordable, Government backed loan schemes, extended until the end of March; and ‘Pay as You Grow’ providing businesses repayment flexibility on loans secured through BBLS or CBILS. |
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