Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Oral Answers to Questions

Anne Begg Excerpts
Tuesday 4th November 2014

(9 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Priti Patel Portrait Priti Patel
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. When it comes to tackling the country’s economic problems, we can improve living standards only by getting more people back into work. This Government have been reducing child poverty and ensuring that work pays.

Anne Begg Portrait Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South) (Lab)
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Tax credits are meant to be moving into universal credit. What timetable is the Treasury working to for phasing out tax credits?

Priti Patel Portrait Priti Patel
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That matter will be subject to the next Parliament.