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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Mar 2016
Enterprise Bill [Lords]

"I will give way a couple of times, but then I must make progress as others want to speak...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Mar 2016
Enterprise Bill [Lords]

"I agree...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Mar 2016
Enterprise Bill [Lords]

"I will try to explain, but first I give way to the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty), who has been very persistent...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Mar 2016
Enterprise Bill [Lords]

"Absolutely. It would be good if there were more transparency.

The Prime Minister has led the way, quite properly, in saying that the Government need to publish family impact statements whenever new policy is proposed. We need to look carefully at such statements, so the family impact of the proposed …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Mar 2016
Enterprise Bill [Lords]

"My hon. Friend makes a good point. It is often low-paid workers, in many cases women, who are affected by Sunday trading, and such trading has a knock-on effect on ancillary services in the supply chain to large stores. That, too, needs careful consideration.

On my substantive objections to the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Mar 2016
Enterprise Bill [Lords]

"I am sorry, but I am going to make some progress so that other hon. Members have a chance to contribute to this important debate.

I am no great expert on businesses—I am taking the evidence that I have seen—but I do listen to the representatives of business organisations. When …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Mar 2016
Enterprise Bill [Lords]

"I must make some progress.

My concern is that the proposal has not been properly thought through or evidenced. We are in danger of being seen to be responding to the voice of bigger business, rather than the small businesses on our high streets. Indeed, when the nearly unanimous opposition …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Mar 2016
Enterprise Bill [Lords]

"The Government have tried to deal with that concern by putting forward additional religious protections in the Bill, and my amendment would not delete those. Whether the pressures are explicit or implied, they are a factor.

The Government did have a pilot in one sense, because such a measure was …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Mar 2016
Enterprise Bill [Lords]

"The hon. Gentleman makes a good point. We should also consider the potential domino effect of the Government’s proposals. Another shop worker told me, “The idea that Sunday working is optional, and that this is enshrined in law, is laughable. They make you pay one way or another for objecting …..."
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Written Question
Married People: Tax Allowances
Thursday 3rd March 2016

Asked by: David Burrowes (Conservative - Enfield, Southgate)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the uptake of the marriage tax allowance is; what steps he is taking to increase uptake of that allowance; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by David Gauke

400,000 couples have successfully claimed Marriage Allowance. HM Revenue and Customers is continuing to extensively market Marriage Allowance, including through print, radio and billboard advertising. Eligible couples who haven’t already claimed for the tax year 2015/16 will not lose out as they have until 5 April 2020 to do so.