Written Question
Tuesday 27th September 2022
Asked by:
Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member from Kilmarnock and Loudoun of 25 June 2022 on help to buy ISAs, reference ZA15894.
Answered by Andrew Griffith
- Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Treasury officials contacted the Honourable Member's office requesting a copy by email. This was received on 21 September and I replied on the same day apologising for any delay.
Written Question
Tuesday 20th September 2022
Asked by:
Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total VAT receipts contained in the (a) March 2021, (b) November 2021 and (c) March 2022 budgets for each financial year for the remaining parliamentary term.
Answered by Richard Fuller
- Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is the Government’s official forecaster, with responsibility for providing independent analysis of the public finances.
The forecast for VAT receipts for each financial year in the remaining parliamentary term are from the OBR’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO) in March 2021, October 2021, and March 2022. These forecasts are as follows:
Forecast for VAT Receipts (£Bn) | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
March 2021 EFO | 145.6 | 149.7 | 155.1 |
October 2021 EFO | 155.0 | 159.1 | 163.1 |
March 2022 EFO | 154.2 | 160.0 | 164.7 |
Forecast for VAT Receipts (% of GDP) | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
March 2021 EFO | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
October 2021 EFO | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.1 |
March 2022 EFO | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.0 |
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Jul 2022
Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Bill
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Jul 2022
Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Bill
"The hon. Gentleman is making the point that Labour has campaigned on this for seven months. At the same time, the SNP has been calling for a much wider profits levy to address excess profits of other companies. Why is Labour not looking at that? I will give an example: …..."Alan Brown - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Jul 2022
Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Bill
"It is good that the hon. Gentleman mentioned Tax Justice UK. It is probably worth speaking to it about pandemic profits and a wider profits levy, because that it is what it advocated. Hopefully when he is discussing the oil and gas stuff with it, he will discuss a wider …..."Alan Brown - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Jul 2022
Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Bill
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Jul 2022
Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Bill
"On carbon capture infrastructure, the Minister is well aware that the Scottish cluster has been made a reserve and been let down yet again. Can she define what “reserve” means, because nobody seems to know? Does she expect one of the two selected projects to fail, at which point the …..."Alan Brown - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Jul 2022
Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Bill
"The right hon. and learned Lady sent a letter to MPs saying that electrification will be covered in the offsetting, but does she agree that it should really be in the Bill? Ministers and Prime Ministers come and go, as we have seen, so the only way the industry can …..."Alan Brown - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Jul 2022
Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Bill
"Is the hon. Member seriously saying that the companies that currently work in the North sea—companies that are environmentally responsible, take workers’ rights very seriously and look after their workers—might just move somewhere else in the world and give up on workers’ rights and the environment? That does not sound …..."Alan Brown - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 13th June 2022
Asked by:
Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures his Department has in place to help ensure unregulated financial advisors cannot provide financial advice on pensions.
Answered by John Glen
The Government is committed to ensuring that consumers can access high-quality, affordable and suitable financial advice, as well as free-to-access financial guidance, when they need it.
HM Treasury works closely with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who are the independent regulator of the financial advice market, to ensure that this market works well, competitively and fairly for both firms and consumers, and that the advice being provided is of high quality.
Individuals who provide advice on pensions need to be authorised by the FCA and have the appropriate qualifications, including an additional qualification if the advice involves a transfer from a defined benefit pension.
The FCA can take action through the courts against firms or individuals who carry out regulated activity without authorisation. Consumers may also report any concerns through the FCA’s ScamSmart website (https://www.fca.org.uk/scamsmart).