Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Jul 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"Public services define a decent society, but analysis by the Local Government Association has revealed that councils face a £8 billion black hole by 2025; public services are in meltdown. When will the Chancellor stop behaving like a public services vandal and start resourcing the public services that communities desperately …..."Chris Williamson - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Nov 2017
Budget Resolutions
"I am delighted that the Secretary of State says there will be a renaissance in house building. Can we therefore look forward to an announcement of a renaissance in council house building? Does he accept that the cost of building council houses is in large measure covered by the income …..."Chris Williamson - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Nov 2017
Budget Resolutions
"The Secretary of State is being generous in giving way. Can he give us an indication of how many additional council houses will be built as a consequence of the lifting of the debt cap to the proposed level? I do not think it is very many—fewer than 10,000...."Chris Williamson - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Nov 2017
Budget Resolutions
"On the point about the country becoming bankrupt, will the Secretary of State remind the House how much extra this Government have borrowed since they came to power?..."Chris Williamson - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 Nov 2017
Budget Resolutions
"I am very pleased to follow the hon. Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster). Before I start, I just want to pay tribute to a working-class hero whose funeral is taking place today. Derek Robinson once said:
“I can sleep sound at night because I never betrayed the workers”.
It is …..."Chris Williamson - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 7th November 2017
Asked by:
Chris Williamson (Independent - Derby North)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the potential merits of extending the Financial Conduct Authority's Financial Services Compensation Scheme to cover debt management.
Answered by Steve Barclay
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy meet regularly to discuss a range of issues.
The Financial Conduct Authority confirmed that it will extend Financial Services Compensation Scheme protection to cover client money held in debt management firms in its October 2017 consultation on the funding of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
Written Question
Monday 9th October 2017
Asked by:
Chris Williamson (Independent - Derby North)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the average pension payment from the Mineworkers Pension Scheme has been in the last 12 months; and how many such payments amount to less than (a) £10, (b) £20 and (c) £50 per week.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
The Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme is administered by the Scheme’s Trustees. Therefore, the Department does not hold this information. Requests such as this should be directed to the Scheme’s Trustees.
Written Question
Wednesday 20th September 2017
Asked by:
Chris Williamson (Independent - Derby North)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has received from the Mineworkers Pension Scheme and the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme since 1994.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
The Government has received £3,356.3m from the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme and £3,119m from the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme since 1994.
Written Question
Friday 15th September 2017
Asked by:
Chris Williamson (Independent - Derby North)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the additional benefits that have been awarded under surplus sharing arrangements to members of the (a) the Mineworkers Pension Scheme and (b) British Coal Staff Superannuation since 1994.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
Until 2015, surpluses for each scheme were shared equally between scheme members and the Government as Guarantor. That arrangement continues for the MPS but new arrangements were agreed in 2015 for the BCSSS. How the members’ share of the surplus is used is a matter for the Trustees
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 29 Jun 2017
Economy and Jobs
"Is my right hon. Friend aware of research by Professor Danny Dorling stating that Britain is the second most unequal country of the richest 25 nations on earth? [Interruption.] It is not rubbish; it is a fact based on research by an eminent professor. Is my right hon. Friend aware …..."Chris Williamson - View Speech
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