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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Nov 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"My constituency is officially one of the most economically deprived constituencies in the country. If the rhetoric of levelling up is going to be a reality, the bid from Leeds City Council to upgrade and redevelop Fearnville sports centre to turn it into Fearnville wellbeing centre is exactly the kind …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Sep 2021
Health and Social Care Levy Bill

"I am speaking in support of new clause 3, which would require the Chancellor to look at different taxes to raise income. There are many other ways to raise this money and, in particular, I believe that we need to look at ways to tax wealth rather than taxing working …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Sep 2021
Health and Social Care Levy Bill

"I had actually finished my remarks, but I would be happy to take this up with the hon. Gentleman on another occasion if he so wishes...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Sep 2021
Health and Social Care Levy Bill

"It is useful that Members on both sides of the Committee are coming clean with all sorts of ideas. I would assert the principle of universalism—universalism of the welfare state and universalism of the NHS...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Apr 2021
Finance (No. 2) Bill

"I wish to speak to my new clause 7, which would require the Government to publish an assessment of the effect on tax revenues of introducing a 55% income tax rate on income over £200,000.

The coronavirus crisis has not only shone a spotlight on the deep inequalities in our …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Apr 2021
Finance (No. 2) Bill

"The coronavirus crisis has not just been a public health emergency; it has been a social emergency as well—a social emergency worsened by the Government’s catastrophic handling of the crisis, which, as the Office for Budget Responsibility says, led to one of the worst economic downturns of any major economy.

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Apr 2021
Finance (No. 2) Bill

"Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The example I have just given is one of how our system works, and I would argue that that is entirely relevant to the Finance Bill, because while the super-rich have been able to profit from the crisis, the Government have washed their hands of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Nov 2020
Spending Review 2020 and OBR Forecast

"A few months ago, the Conservative party was clapping public sector workers. Now it is cutting the pay of millions. This crisis should not be paid for on the backs of the working class, but it is. Over 2 million people are now paid less than the minimum wage—up fivefold. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 22 Oct 2020
Covid-19: Economy Update

"When I previously asked the Chancellor about furloughed workers having to survive on less than the minimum wage, his callous response was that they would be “able to work elsewhere”, yet minimum wage workers in very high virus areas whose workplaces have been forced to shut will now have to …..."
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Written Question
Minimum Wage: Coronavirus
Wednesday 20th May 2020

Asked by: Richard Burgon (Labour - Leeds East)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are receiving less than the minimum wage while on furlough due to the covid-19 outbreak in (a) Leeds, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) the UK.

Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

Applications for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) opened on Monday 20 April. By midnight 17 May 2020, 986,000 employers had submitted claims to HMRC representing 8m furloughed employments and £11.1bn.

This is a new scheme and HMRC are currently working through the analysis they will be able to provide based on the data available. HMRC will make the timescales for publication and the types of data available in due course.