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Written Question
Household Support Fund
Tuesday 24th October 2023

Asked by: Lord Palmer of Childs Hill (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the letter from Viscount Younger of Leckie to all members of the House of Lords on 13 October, whether the money allocated in the Household Support Fund is new money or money that has already been spent.

Answered by Baroness Penn

The Government is providing £842m to Local Authorities in England to deliver the Household Support Fund in England over 2023/24. The Devolved Administrations have received additional funding via the Barnett formula.

This is additional funding to Local Authorities, not re-allocated from elsewhere.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 28 Nov 2022
Farmers and Landowners: Tax Consequences

"My Lords, I hear what the Minister says but the government paper of October 2021 said that the Government would

“review guidance on the tax treatment of trees and woodlands, to provide greater clarity to landowners on how new and existing trees on their land affect tax liabilities.”

Nothing has …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 10 Nov 2015
Finance Bill

"My Lords, much has been said and debated in the past few days as to whether your Lordships’ House can amend a statutory instrument that relates to money. As the instrument was not a money Bill, such amendments, fatal or otherwise, were allowable. However there is no doubt that the …..."
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Written Question
Taxation
Monday 15th December 2014

Asked by: Lord Palmer of Childs Hill (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the annual tax summaries sent to taxpayers show income tax as the amount which is 20 per cent of income and does not take account of allowances which reduce income tax to a lower figure.

Answered by Lord Deighton

Individuals’ personal allowance is shown as a tax free amount on their annual tax summary. The income tax calculation shows the taxable income above individuals’ personal allowance, payable at each tax rate.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 11 Nov 2014
Defence: Budget

"My Lords—..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 11 Nov 2014
Defence: Budget

"My Lords, I want to be more specific. The Government’s original plan was to purchase 138 F-35B joint strike fighter aircraft. This was reduced to 48 and it has been further reduced to 19. How will this commitment be affected by budget requirements and how will budget requirements and the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 17 Jun 2014
Personal Service Companies (Select Committee Report)

"My Lords, I, too, was a member of the committee and I thank my noble friend Lady Noakes for her incredibly able chairmanship of it. We received a very complex set of reports, which were often conflicting and incomplete. I shall not repeat her comments on the Government’s response, which …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 17 Jun 2014
Personal Service Companies (Select Committee Report)

"Before the Minister sits down, I wish to take up the point about the £500 million saving, which the Minister said I had little regard for. My regard is that it is mythical—there is no proof of it. If HMRC has proof of this, will it bring it forward? The …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 17 Mar 2011
Financial Crime: Legislation

"My Lords, the difference between tax evasion and tax avoidance was once said to be the thickness of a prison wall: evasion is illegal, whereas avoidance was and is legal, when one sticks to the letter if not the spirit of the law. In recent years the difference between evasion …..."
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