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Oral Answers to Questions is a regularly scheduled appearance where the Secretary of State and junior minister will answer at the Dispatch Box questions from backbench MPs
Other Commons Chamber appearances can be:Westminster Hall debates are performed in response to backbench MPs or e-petitions asking for a Minister to address a detailed issue
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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| May. 18 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Mar. 24 | Topical Questions | Topical Questions |
| Jun. 16 | Urgent Questions | Economic Outlook and Furlough Scheme Changes |
| Jun. 30 | Written Statements | The European Communities (Designation) Order 2020 |
| Mar. 18 | Westminster Hall | Bank Branch Closures |
| Mar. 18 | Adjournment Debate | Future of Farming: Somerset |
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| Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2020 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 16 March, 2020 | 2 Apr 2020, 5:46 p.m. | ||
| 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. | ||||
| Contingencies Fund Act 2020 | Committee negatived (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 25 March, 2020 | 26 Mar 2020, 9:43 a.m. | ||
| A Bill to make provision increasing the maximum capital of the Contingencies Fund for a temporary period. | ||||
| Finance Bill 2019-21 | 1st reading (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 2 July, 2020 | 3 Jul 2020, 12:43 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. | ||||
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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 2 Jul 2020 In Force 24 Jul 2020 |
HM Treasury | Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit (Persons of Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 Parliamentary Status - Legislation | Made negative procedure |
| These Regulations amend the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/223) (“the Child Benefit Regulations”) and the Tax Credits (Residence) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/654) (“the Residence Regulations”). | |||
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Laid 1 Jul 2020 In Force Not stated |
HM Treasury | International Monetary Fund (Limit on Lending) Order 2020 Parliamentary Status - Legislation | Draft affirmative procedure |
| This Order increases the total amount that the United Kingdom can loan to the International Monetary Fund (“IMF”) from 18,657.38 million to 22,912.32 million special drawing rights (“SDRs”). | |||
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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, 3 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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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, 3 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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25,965 c. 240 added daily |
48,889 (Estimated) |
Extend grants immediately to small businesses outside of SBRR Sign this petition Gov Responded - 29 May 2020 Debated on - 25 Jun 2020 |
8 Oct 2020 closes in 3 months |
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The cash grants proposed by Government are only for businesses in receipt of the Small Business Rates Relief or Rural Relief, or for particular sectors. Many small businesses fall outside these reliefs desperately need cash grants and support now. |
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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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| Jul. 04 | Chancellor welcomes staff back as hospitality prepares to reopen | News and Communications |
| Jul. 03 | HM Treasury extends tax cut to PPE costs | News and Communications |
| Jul. 03 | Robin Budenberg, CBE re-appointed as Chair of The Crown Estate Board | News and Communications |
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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| 3 Jul 2020, 12:24 p.m. | Free Zones: East Midlands | Ben Bradley |
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Question To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the Local Enterprise Partnership for Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire on the potential for an East Midlands Freeport based around East Midlands Airport. Answer (Steve Barclay) As part of the consultation process, the Government has been engaging widely with ports, businesses and local communities – including events attended by the LEP for Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire - to hear stakeholders’ views on our Freeports proposals. The Freeport consultation is currently open, and I would encourage anyone with an interest in Freeports to submit a response through the gov.uk portal before it closes on 13 July. |
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