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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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| Jul. 15 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Jul. 15 | Topical Questions | Topical Questions |
| Jul. 24 | Urgent Questions | British Steel |
| Jul. 24 | Written Statements | Justice and Home Affairs Council |
| Jul. 09 | Westminster Hall | Devolved Administrations: Borrowing Powers |
| Jul. 08 | Adjournment Debate | Precious Metal Markets |
| Title | Last Event | Next Event Date | Last Updated | |
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| Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) (No.3) Bill 2017-19 | Committee negatived (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 16 July, 2019 |
2nd reading: House of Lords 16 Jul 2019 |
22 Jul 2019, 3:59 p.m. | |
| A Bil to Authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2020; to authorise both the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund and the application of income for that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised for that year by this Act and by the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2019. | ||||
| Finance (No.2) Act 2017 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 16 November, 2017 | 1 Dec 2017, 10:52 a.m. | ||
| 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. | ||||
| Finance Act 2018 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 15 March, 2018 | 16 Mar 2018, 3:35 p.m. | ||
| 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. | ||||
| Finance Act 2019 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceddings) 12 February, 2019 | 13 Feb 2019, 9 a.m. | ||
| 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. | ||||
| Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2018 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 15 March, 2018 | 20 Feb 2019, 10:56 a.m. | ||
| To authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2017, 31 March 2018 and 31 March 2019; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for the years ending 31 March 2018 and 31 March 2019; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the years ending with 31 March 2017 and 31 March 2018. | ||||
| Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2019 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 15 March, 2019 | 18 Mar 2019, 10:53 a.m. | ||
| To authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2018, 31 March 2019 and 31 March 2020; 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 years ending with 31 March 2018 and 31 March 2019. | ||||
| Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2017 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 19 July, 2017 | 24 Jul 2017, 4:07 p.m. | ||
| Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2018 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 19 July, 2018 | 20 Jul 2018, 10:55 a.m. | ||
| To authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2019; to authorise both the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund and the application of income for that year; and to appropriate the supply authorised for that year by this Act and by the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2018. | ||||
| Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 13 September, 2018 | 14 Sep 2018, 1:28 p.m. | ||
| A Bill to impose and regulate a duty of customs by reference to the importation of goods into the United Kingdom; to confer a power to impose and regulate a duty of customs by reference to the export of goods from the United Kingdom; to make other provision in relation to any duty of customs in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU; to amend the law relating to value added tax, and the law relating to any excise duty on goods, in connection with that withdrawal; and for connected purposes. | ||||
| National Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Act 2019 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 24 July, 2019 |
3rd reading: House of Lords 23 Jul 2019 |
25 Jul 2019, 6:51 p.m. | |
| A Bill to provide for Class 1A national insurance contributions on certain termination awards; and to provide for the controller of a sporting testimonial to be the person liable to pay Class 1A national insurance contributions on payments from money raised by the testimonial. | ||||
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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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| Aug. 17 | £600 million boost for housing | News and Communications |
| Aug. 15 | Treasury renews support for Northern Powerhouse | News and Communications |
| Aug. 14 | Banking, insurance and other financial services if there’s no Brexit deal | Guidance and Regulation |
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.
| Date | Title | Questioner |
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| 6 Aug 2019, 2:08 p.m. | Taxation: Electronic Government | Baroness Altmann |
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Question To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to continue with the rollout of their Simple Assessment and dynamic coding projects, which were paused in May 2018. Answer (Lord Young of Cookham) HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) delivered Simple Assessment to a small number of customers in 2017. Due to the need to prioritise EU exit, HMRC temporarily suspended further work to extend the service to a larger number of customers. The service remains active for the original user base, and further enhancements are being made this financial year. HMRC are reviewing whether to make further investments into the service in the context of the Spending Review.
HMRC have long had a delivery plan for the dynamic coding-out of debt project. The service was successfully introduced for a number of taxation scenarios that cause an over- or under-payment of PAYE.
After the closure of the Making Tax Digital for Individuals Programme, which included a wider dynamic coding option, and resource reallocation to EU exit, a new IT solution was required for this Budget 2017 project. HMRC remain committed to delivering this project. Further work on the wider dynamic coding activities will be considered as part of wider Spending Review planning. |
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