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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Wednesday 17th September 2025

Asked by: Edward Argar (Conservative - Melton and Syston)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of correspondence from hon. Members to her Department was responded to within the required period in each month between July 2024 and August 2025.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

Since July 2024, Treasury ministers have received over 13,000 pieces of correspondence from Members.

Officials and Private Offices are working hard to clear outstanding cases as quickly as possible.

Correspondence performance data is published within HM Treasury’s Annual Report and Accounts.

Written Question
Treasury: Written Questions
Tuesday 9th September 2025

Asked by: Edward Argar (Conservative - Melton and Syston)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) named day (b) ordinary written questions were answered by her Department within the required timescale in (i) January, (ii) February, (iii) March, (iv) April, (v) May, (vi) June, (vii) July and (viii) August 2025.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

Data on response times to written questions is held by the House and published by the Procedure Committee at the end of each session.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Oct 2022
Economic Responsibility and a Plan for Growth

"I think I last stood at this Dispatch Box about three months ago, so it is a privilege to close this debate on behalf of the Government. I welcome the kind words from the shadow Chief Secretary, the right hon. Member for Wolverhampton South East (Mr McFadden). I suspect, knowing …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Oct 2022
Economic Responsibility and a Plan for Growth

"I have just set out where we are and what the Prime Minister and the Chancellor have said about the approach we are adopting. It is my firm belief, and the Chancellor’s firm belief, that we wish to be a tax-cutting Government, but that must be done from a basis …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Oct 2022
Economic Responsibility and a Plan for Growth

"I will make some progress on the contributions made by hon. and right hon. Members. I will address the right hon. Gentleman’s contribution, and he may then want to come back to me.

The concerns expressed by the SNP spokesman, the hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (Drew …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Oct 2022
Economic Responsibility and a Plan for Growth

"I am very conscious that I have only about two minutes left and I would like to address the points made by a few other colleagues, including some on the right hon. Gentleman’s side of the House.

The hon. Member for Weaver Vale (Mike Amesbury) knows that I am fond …..."
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Written Question
Financial Services
Friday 15th September 2017

Asked by: Edward Argar (Conservative - Melton and Syston)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he or Ministers of his Department have had with representatives of the (a) insurance, (b) mortgage and (c) banking industry on updating their standard terms and conditions to reflect increased life expectancy and later retirement and pension ages.

Answered by Steve Barclay

Treasury Ministers meet regularly with representatives from the insurance, mortgage and banking industries on a variety of issues. However, there have been no discussions of the effect that increased longevity might have on the terms and conditions for financial products. The terms and conditions of products are a commercial matter for firms. If firms’ terms and conditions are incorrect or could be misleading to consumers, this is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Sep 2017
Telecommunications Infrastructure (Relief from Non-Domestic Rates) Bill

"In that context, could the Minister clarify something for me? The Bill says the relief will apply to hereditaments used “wholly or mainly” for the purpose of telecommunications. Is a standardised definition of “mainly” extant in legislation, or could he enlarge on what it would be defined as?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Oct 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"9. What steps he is taking to support economic growth in the midlands. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Oct 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Earlier this year, a Grant Thornton report suggested that the east midlands could contribute £53 billion to the UK economy by 2025, reflecting the central role that Leicestershire and the east midlands continue to play in driving the country’s growth. Does my hon. Friend agree, however, that if we are …..."
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