Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Feb 2019
Leaving the EU: Economic Impact of Proposed Deal
"I am sorry that the right hon. Member for Broxtowe (Anna Soubry) is not in her place to ask this question herself. Last week, she withdrew her amendment asking the Government to publish their papers on the impact of no deal. Will the Government still hold to their promise, even …..."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Feb 2019
Transport for Towns
"I am most grateful to my right hon. Friend for securing this debate. I was talking to an old man in Spennymoor in my constituency who told me that when he was young he had taken a train from Spennymoor to Spain. Now there is not even a railway station, …..."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 7th January 2019
Asked by:
Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the accounting officer for his Department has sought a written ministerial direction for any expenditure on contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
I can confirm that HM Treasury’s accounting officer has not requested a written ministerial direction in relation to any expenditure on contingency planning for the United Kingdom leaving the European Union ‘without a deal’.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Dec 2018
ONS Decisions: Student Loans
"The ONS decision gives the Chief Secretary an opportunity to tell the House and students who may be watching how she can justify the current Government’s policy of charging a lower interest rate for people promoting tax avoidance schemes when they pay their tax late to the Inland Revenue than …..."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"T2. Further to the answer that the Chancellor just gave my hon. Friend the Member for Bootle (Peter Dowd), may I point out that the Father of the House, the right hon. and learned Member for Rushcliffe (Mr Clarke), pointed out last week that if we were to be in …..."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Dec 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Act
"I agree with what the Chancellor says about the dire problems caused by no deal. However, he described the transition period as a time in which business could prepare for the new world. The truth is that the Government will be negotiating in parallel with those businesses trying to make …..."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Dec 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Act
"I am slightly puzzled why the right hon. Gentleman is so critical of the backstop arrangement, given that he himself signed off the original draft in December last year...."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 28th November 2018
Asked by:
Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, published in November 2018, what his assessment is of the effect of articles 47-50 of that agreement on UK supply chains.
Answered by Mel Stride
- Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Government has agreed in principle the terms of the UK’s smooth and orderly exit from the EU, as set out in the Withdrawal Agreement. It includes a time-limited Implementation Period that provides a bridge to the future relationship, allowing businesses to continue trading as now until the end of 2020.
Articles 47-50 provide an agreed high level text on how goods and customs procedures will be treated during this period. Goods in transit to or from the UK to the EU will retain their Union status and will be subject to existing declaration principles contained in the Union Customs Code (UCC). Additionally, UCC rules will be applied to non-union goods placed in temporary storage or special procedures in the UK and before separation for up to one year after the end of the Implementation Period, allowing trade time to discharge goods to a final customs procedure.
The draft Political Declaration on the future UK-EU relationship sets out a plan for a free trade area for goods, with no tariffs and no quotas, combining deep regulatory and customs cooperation and underpinned by provisions ensuring open and fair competition.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 20 Nov 2018
Finance (No. 3) Bill
"My hon. Friend is making a fantastically good forensic case this afternoon, but I am still not sure whether I fully grasp the point. Is she saying that the Government have still not set out how they intend to collaborate with the European Union on information sharing for tax purposes, …..."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 20 Nov 2018
Finance (No. 3) Bill
"The hon. Gentleman has just made the absolutely ludicrous and childish suggestion that buying an ISA is engaging in tax avoidance. For the avoidance of doubt, does he believe that HMRC includes ISAs in its calculation of the tax gap?..."Helen Goodman - View Speech
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