Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 14 Sep 2016
Universal Basic Income
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Written Question
Monday 21st March 2016
Asked by:
Geraint Davies (Independent - Swansea West)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to assist the RWE Group and the Health and Safety Executive in developing plans for the next stage of recovery at Didcot Power Station.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
As the Minister with responsibility for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), I have met with representatives of Thames Valley Police (TVP) and HSE to discuss progress with recovery. I have received assurance that the responsible organisation, RWE Group, has presented a plan to HSE and TVP to commence work safely on the debris pile of the collapsed structure in order to recover the missing men.
The Strategic Coordinating Group (‘Gold’ command) is coordinating the multi-agency responders to resume the recovery operation. Progress with the plan over the coming days will be monitored by HSE and TVP as part of the ongoing response to the incident.
Written Question
Thursday 4th February 2016
Asked by:
Geraint Davies (Independent - Swansea West)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will implement the provisions of the Pensions Act 2014 on removal of the cap to the Pension Protection Fund.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
The Government is committed to the implementation of the PPF long service cap. Before the primary legislation can be brought into force, a number of changes need to be made to secondary legislation, so that it will operate as expected in all cases. Therefore we cannot, at this time, commit to a particular implementation date.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Jul 2015
Welfare Reform and Work Bill
"The Secretary of State knows that the number of those earning over £25,000 now is 800,000 fewer than it was in 2010. The real crisis in Britain today is not the number of people not in work, but in-work poverty. Given that child and family tax credits basically subsidise and …..."Geraint Davies - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Jul 2015
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
"Is not one of the reasons for that the fact that the Government are creating lots and lots of low-paid jobs and substituting them for high-paid jobs? In particular, there are 800,000 fewer people earning over £20,000 now than there were in 2010. Is that not a catastrophic record of …..."Geraint Davies - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Jul 2015
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
"Research from Oxford university predicts that the number of people going to food banks, as a result of the Budget’s changes to welfare, will increase by 1 million to 2 million. Does the right hon. Gentleman agree with that assessment? If not, how much does he think it is going …..."Geraint Davies - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Jul 2015
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Jul 2015
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Dec 2014
Housing Benefit (Abolition of Social Sector Size Criteria)
"Given the predictability of this and the absence of small houses to move to, is it not obvious that the objective was simply to tax the poor for being poor? It has nothing to do with moving to smaller houses; it is about punishing people who are poor because of …..."Geraint Davies - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Dec 2014
Housing Benefit (Abolition of Social Sector Size Criteria)
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