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Written Question
Families: Taxation
Wednesday 17th January 2024

Asked by: Dehenna Davison (Conservative - Bishop Auckland)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing taxes for families.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

The Government is committed to keeping taxes low to support individuals and families to keep more of what they earn.

This is why the Government has nearly doubled the income tax Personal Allowance since 2010 (30% higher in real terms), ensuring some of the lowest earners do not pay income tax. Thanks to the Personal Allowance, around 30% of individuals do not pay tax.

Furthermore, at the Autumn Statement, the Government announced a National Insurance contributions cut for 29 million working people by reducing the main NICs rate from 12% to 10%. This came into effect on 6 January and will result in a £450 annual tax cut for the average worker earning £35,400.

The Government keeps all tax policy under review and any decisions on future changes will be taken by the Chancellor in the context of wider public finances.

Written Question
Business Rates
Wednesday 15th November 2023

Asked by: Dehenna Davison (Conservative - Bishop Auckland)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what business rates will be in each of the next five years.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

The Government froze the business rates multiplier for a third consecutive year in 2023-24, a tax cut worth £9.3 billion to business over the next 5 years. Overall, the Government has taken action to hold the tax rate steady, protecting businesses from inflationary pressures over the last three years at a cost of £14.5 billion to the Exchequer.

Decisions on future business rates support will be made in due course.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Sep 2021
Health and Social Care Levy

"I thank my right hon. Friend for raising an important issue, with which I too have been grappling since yesterday’s announcement. Does he agree that it would be wonderful to hear from the Government that they may consider looking at regional disparities in house prices when setting the floor?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Sep 2021
Health and Social Care Levy

"I know there have been partisan words flying across the Chamber today, but one thing that unites everyone across the House is a commitment to try to tackle the issue of social care so that our children are still not having to deal with it in generations to come. I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Sep 2021
Health and Social Care Levy

"Does my hon. Friend agree that we need a wide spread of provision to ensure that we have the best possible outcomes for social care patients?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Dec 2020
UK-EU Future Relationship Negotiations and Transition Period

"A large number of colleagues have already mentioned the importance of parliamentary sovereignty, which we recognise as one of the most important cornerstones of our democracy. With people across the country voting overwhelmingly to get Brexit done, will my right hon. Friend assure Bishop Auckland residents and the House that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 22 Oct 2020
Covid-19: Economy Update

"I am incredibly grateful to my right hon. Friend and the whole Treasury team for their work, and I would especially like to thank my hon. Friend the Member for East Surrey (Claire Coutinho) for her engagement on this matter. I am already receiving messages from my constituents to say …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Oct 2020
Areas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic Support

"We can all agree that the Government’s economic support has been a lifeline for millions of hard-working people but in local lockdown areas, such as those across the north-east, hospitality businesses are really struggling with restrictions such as the 10 pm curfew and households not being able to meet for …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 11 Sep 2020
Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies (Environmentally Sustainable Investment) Bill

"Co-operatives UK produced a report in 2019 which said that the north-east has the highest number of co-operatives per head of population. Does my hon. Friend agree that getting the policy on co-operatives right is even more vital for the north-east and the areas that he and I represent?..."
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