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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Oct 2019
Unregulated Accommodation: 16 to 17-year-olds

"The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, and I will go on to call for exactly what he has just highlighted to the House.

Many of these homes also have adults up to the age of 25 in them, and we know that drug taking is prevalent in many of them. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Oct 2019
Unregulated Accommodation: 16 to 17-year-olds

"More data is always good. I will come on to suggestions about what local authorities need to do.

In 2018, the top six locations for episodes of missing persons accounted for one quarter of the overall number of missing episodes in Bedfordshire. Of those 1,049 episodes, 779—three-quarters of the total—came …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Oct 2019
Unregulated Accommodation: 16 to 17-year-olds

"My hon. Friend is absolutely right; like him, I am a huge admirer of Dr Krish Kandiah, and I will say a little bit about that charity and what it can do later in my remarks.

In three of the unregulated homes that I visited in September with the police, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Oct 2019
Unregulated Accommodation: 16 to 17-year-olds

"I completely agree; that is another reason for more regulatory oversight, which I will call for. Perhaps this issue needs to come up in planning policy as well.

Central Bedfordshire sends very few of its own children out of the area. As a Bedfordshire Member of Parliament, I am simply …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Oct 2019
Unregulated Accommodation: 16 to 17-year-olds

"The hon. Lady is absolutely right. Why should the duty of care fall only on the police and not on the sending local authority or on the home itself? She makes a pertinent point.

It is also completely unacceptable how little information is shared between sending and receiving local authorities, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Oct 2019
Unregulated Accommodation: 16 to 17-year-olds

"I look forward to working with Members of good will on both sides of the House to get this right. This is not a party political issue, and we just have to get it right for children, for police forces and, frankly, for the taxpayer.

Sending police forces do not …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Jul 2019
NHS Pensions: Taxation

"To ask the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to make a statement on the implications for patients of the taxation of NHS pensions...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Jul 2019
NHS Pensions: Taxation

"The unforeseen consequences of recent pensions legislation, initially supported in all parts of the House, are now resulting in very worrying consequences for the NHS as hospital doctors who have regularly worked weekend overtime to get waiting lists down are understandably refusing to continue to do so because they are …..."
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Written Question
Married People: Tax Allowances
Wednesday 12th June 2019

Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help couples claim the marriage allowance.

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

Marriage Allowance was introduced in April 2015 to recognise the importance of marriage and civil partnerships in the tax system, and support those on low incomes by helping them keep more of the money they earn.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) ran a number of advertising campaigns to encourage eligible couples to apply for Marriage Allowance. HMRC continues to raise awareness through ongoing communication on social media and on GOV.UK.

Marriage Allowance can be claimed through the Personal Tax Account on gov.uk or by phone to HMRC. Once the claim for the current year is processed, there is no need to reapply every year because it remains in individuals’ tax code until they tell HMRC that their circumstances have changed or they become a higher rate taxpayer.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Jan 2019
Equitable Life

"We know that many of the victims were retired nurses, teachers and factory or shop workers, and therefore not people of huge means, but one particular group is affected: small business owners who had no choice but to set up a pension. Does my hon. Friend agree that we owe …..."
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