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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Nov 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"T2. What is the link between the Chancellor’s £7 billion of unfunded tax cuts and his blocking of the OBR from auditing the tax and spend plans of other political parties ahead of the election? I suggest that the clue is in the question...."
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Tuesday 13th May 2014

Asked by: Gavin Shuker (Independent - Luton South)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the potential effect on GDP of the reform to the air passenger duty banding system announced in the 2014 Budget; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Baroness Morgan of Cotes

The economic and fiscal effects of Government policies are routinely assessed by the Office for Budget Responsibility. Information can be found in the OBR's economic and fiscal outlook, at:

http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/economic-fiscal-outlook-march-2014

The Government expects the reform to air passenger duty announced in Budget 2014 to support export trade confidence by strengthening UK links to overseas markets.

The Chancellor keeps the use of dynamic modelling under review.

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Tuesday 13th May 2014

Asked by: Gavin Shuker (Independent - Luton South)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will commission a dynamic modelling study on the economic effects of air passenger duty; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Baroness Morgan of Cotes

The economic and fiscal effects of Government policies are routinely assessed by the Office for Budget Responsibility. Information can be found in the OBR's economic and fiscal outlook, at:

http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/economic-fiscal-outlook-march-2014

The Government expects the reform to air passenger duty announced in Budget 2014 to support export trade confidence by strengthening UK links to overseas markets.

The Chancellor keeps the use of dynamic modelling under review.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Mar 2014
Amendment of the Law

"The Business Secretary is clearly confident that he could have run the economy better than Labour during the 13 years during which it was in power, and I suspect that that enthusiasm and confidence have continued into the present Parliament. Perhaps the right hon. Gentleman could outline some of the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Mar 2014
Amendment of the Law

"It is extremely gracious of you to call me to speak in this debate, Madam Deputy Speaker.

I want to say a few words about a genuine long-term plan—Government Members seem to use the phrase “long-term plan” quite a bit—for work. It is clear that this Budget has ducked the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jan 2014
National Minimum Wage

"Is not a further point that there are many threats to wages in rural communities in particular—where the cost of living is higher—not least as a result of this Government’s shameful decision to abolish the Agricultural Wages Board, which protected the pay of many low-paid people?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jan 2014
National Minimum Wage

"From the tone of the Secretary of State’s remarks, it is clear that, following the banking crisis of 2008, this is a deep issue that confronts us as a nation. He is right in his analysis, and many workers have chosen not to push for pay rises in the light …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Dec 2013
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"18. Does the Chief Secretary share the concerns of Citizens Advice that changes to the threshold are more than swamped by the changes to benefits in other areas?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Sep 2013
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"9. What recent estimate he has made of the effect of fiscal policy on the level of child poverty...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Sep 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"Despite the Minister’s divisive rhetoric about benefits, two thirds of all children living in poverty have one or more parents in work, not out of work. Does he not accept that his inaction on prices and wages is not just hammering those young people but hammering the rest of us …..."
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