Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Oral Answers to Questions

Aidan Burley Excerpts
Tuesday 16th November 2010

(13 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Gauke Portrait The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Mr David Gauke)
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The response to the consultation on real-time information—the next stage of it—will be published shortly. We will outline the details in that, but additional sums have been identified as part of the spending review process to pay for the real-time information project.

Aidan Burley Portrait Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase) (Con)
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T6. More than 20% of my constituents in Cannock Chase are employed by manufacturing centred small businesses. Will the Chancellor assure them that the small business tax review will simplify and reduce taxes for small businesses rather than complicate and increase them?

George Osborne Portrait Mr Osborne
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Yes, I can give that assurance. I also note that the actions that the Government have taken have kept the small companies rate down, avoiding the rise in the rate that we inherited.