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Written Question
Social Services: Children
Wednesday 13th March 2019

Asked by: Giles Watling (Conservative - Clacton)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.16 of Budget 2018, what proportion of the £410 million for adult and children's social care will be allocated to children’s social care.

Answered by Elizabeth Truss

Autumn Budget 2018 provided a further £410 million in 2019-20 for adults and children’s social care. Where necessary, local councils should use this funding to ensure that adult social care pressures do not create additional demand on the NHS. Local councils can also use it to improve their social care offer for older people, people with disabilities and children.

Written Question
Film: Finance
Wednesday 27th February 2019

Asked by: Giles Watling (Conservative - Clacton)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to support domestic film production companies to raise funding.

Answered by Mel Stride - Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

The UK film industry is a great success story, contributing an estimated £4 billion a year to the economy and supporting nearly 70,000 jobs. Last year the government provided £469 million worth of support through the film tax relief and almost £70 million in grant in aid and national lottery funding through the British Film Institute.

The film tax relief supports the production of culturally British films. 2,420 films have benefitted from the film tax relief since it was introduced in 2007.

The British Film Institute supports UK film production companies through the BFI Film Fund, investing in the production of films from adventurous storytellers, the BFI Locked Box initiative, enabling production companies to benefit from the success of their films, and the BFI Vision Awards, supporting new film producers to build their companies.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Feb 2019
Animal Rescue Homes

"I am delighted that this debate is taking place. I visited Battersea Dogs and Cats Home only yesterday and came away with a very positive impression. I have been supporting the idea of reintroducing dog licensing, so that we know where dogs are, which would help to deal with any …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Feb 2019
Animal Rescue Homes

"The Minister mentioned unscrupulous rescue homes; are not many rescue homes set up by well-meaning people who want to do the very best, but who suddenly become overwhelmed by the number of animals they take on board? It is more to do with outreach—getting in touch with these people to …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 21 Feb 2019
Dog Meat in the UK

"It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bailey. I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing this important debate. Without any shame at all, I hope to reinforce a lot of what he has said about this important issue. Some of those watching these …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Dec 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

"It is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent North (Ruth Smeeth).

Like my right hon. Friend the Member for Mid Sussex (Sir Nicholas Soames), I was a remainer, but I am a democrat and 72% of my constituents voted to leave. Oddly enough, 10 months later, some …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Dec 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

"Does my hon. Friend agree that yet another referendum would cause greater degrees of pain, uncertainty and delay, when what we need to do is move on?..."
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Written Question
Infrastructure: Clacton
Monday 12th November 2018

Asked by: Giles Watling (Conservative - Clacton)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taking to invest in infrastructure in the Clacton region.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

We are committed to making sure every area of the country has modern and efficient infrastructure. By the end of the parliament, public capital investment will reach levels not sustained in 40 years.

Essex will receive £19 million for local roads maintenance in 2018/19, and DfT has provided £4 million to Essex County Council for development funding for improvements to the A120. In the last 5 years access to Superfast Broadband in Clacton has risen from 77% to 98%.

The Budget announced new programmes delivered at the local level to address barriers to productivity and increased funding for existing programmes, including an additional £420 million in 2018/19 to tackle potholes, repair damaged roads, and invest in keeping bridges open and safe. The £675 million Future High Streets Fund will support and fund local areas’ plans to make their high streets and town centres fit for the future, and the Budget also announced £150 million funding pot for a new competition for small improvements projects such as roundabouts.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jun 2018
A120 Dualling

"It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. The A120 has long been in my heart as something needing improvement since well before I became involved in local or national politics.

Driving from my constituency—where we have wonderful beaches; it is a great tourist venue—and going westbound, …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jun 2018
A120 Dualling

"My hon. Friend is right. I am delighted to hear that the Government can say something about that section, because it is still holding us up. Cars can still bowl along it at about 55 mph most of the time, but it is still a single lane on either side. …..."
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