Asked by: Alison McGovern (Labour - Birkenhead)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what effect he expects the judgement in Edenred (UK Group) v HM Treasury & Ors to have on the timescale for roll-out for the tax free childcare scheme contract.
Answered by Priti Patel - Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) will provide support to hard-working families for childcare costs. The introduction of TFC will give almost two million families the opportunity to receive up to £2,000 per annum of support per child, via a new simple online system.
Asked by: Alison McGovern (Labour - Birkenhead)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the UK voted against UN Resolution A/68/L.57/Rev.1, entitled Towards the establishment of a multilateral legal framework for sovereign debt restructuring processes, on 9 September 2014.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom
The Government is actively engaged in ongoing discussions in a number of international fora, to reform the framework for sovereign debt restructurings. As outlined in the joint-EU Explanation of Vote on this Resolution, as with a number of other Governments, the UK Government was not in a position to support this UN resolution given concerns over the lack of time afforded to members to discuss the complex issues it raised.
Asked by: Alison McGovern (Labour - Birkenhead)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has made to institutions of the EU on the cap on bank bonuses.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom
I refer the hon. Member to the Answer I gave today to the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent (Nick Smith).