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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Apr 2016
Fixed Odds Betting Terminals

"I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak today. I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing the debate. I consider myself lucky to represent one of the best race courses in the country—Haydock Park—and I endorse the point made by the hon. Member for Tewkesbury …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Apr 2016
Fixed Odds Betting Terminals

"I am very clear that there should be no carte blanche for any part of the gambling or gaming industry. Regulation is important. Let us look at access to gambling and the amount that people can wager, and let us find ways of protecting those who are susceptible to developing …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 04 Mar 2016
Football Governance (Supporters’ Participation) Bill

"As a Tottenham supporter I hope that we will be entering a golden age of football in the next few months. The hon. Gentleman is making an eloquent case in support of the Bill. When I go to watch other sports, such as rugby league in St Helens or Gaelic …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Feb 2016
Short Money

"In the last Parliament, I was an adviser to the then shadow Secretary of State for Defence, my hon. Friend the Member for Gedling (Vernon Coaker), along with one other part-time member of staff. By contrast, the Government Ministers had four special advisers, a series of private offices and hundreds …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Tue 02 Feb 2016
Electoral Law

"Does the Minister agree that there is a shared concept of European democracy and that that was what defeated fascism in the second world war and totalitarian communism in the cold war? It is important, when we use poetry as a persuader to people here about the value of Europe, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Oct 2015
Welfare Reform and Work Bill

"Does my hon. Friend agree that there is an inherent contradiction in the Government’s policy? The parents of a young family who came to see me in my constituency last week told me that they work hard, pay their way and are trying to do the right thing to set …..."
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Written Question
Welfare Tax Credits: Young People
Friday 16th October 2015

Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people under 25 years old in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) the UK receive tax credits.

Answered by Damian Hinds

The latest information on the number of tax credit recipients under 25 in the UK can be found in table 3.1 of the April 2015 Personal Tax Credits published statistics, found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-provisional-statistics-2013-to-2009

These statistics are published in April and December each year.

Written Question
Welfare Tax Credits: St Helens North
Tuesday 14th July 2015

Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the number of households in St Helens North constituency affected by the changes to tax credits proposed in the Summer Budget 2015; and what his estimate is of the effect on each such household of those changes.

Answered by Damian Hinds

This information is not available.

Information about the number of benefitting families and average entitlement in the St Helens North constituency in the tax year 2013-14 can be found in the publication ‘Personal tax credits: Finalised award statistics – geographical statistics 2013-2014’ here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014

The Government is making changes to Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit which will help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. The Government wants to move from a low wage, high tax, high welfare society to a higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare society. That means more emphasis on support to hardworking families on low incomes by reducing income tax through increases in the personal allowance and increasing wages, than on topping up low wages through tax credits.

Written Question
Revenue and Customs: St Helens North
Wednesday 1st July 2015

Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many telephone calls to HM Revenue and Customs from residents and businesses in St Helens North constituency were unanswered in 2014-15.

Answered by David Gauke

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not hold this data by constituency.

HMRC handles around 50 million telephone calls annually and regularly publishes general performance reports on GOV.UK.