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Written Question

Small Businesses: Government Assistance

Tuesday 4th November 2014

Asked by: Julian Smith (Conservative - Skipton and Ripon)

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent fiscal steps he has taken to support small businesses.

The Government's long-term economic plan is backing small businesses as they set up and grow. As part of this plan we are cutting taxes and reducing red tape to help businesses.

In particular, the employment allowance was introduced in April 2014, and allows businesses and charities throughout the UK to deduct up to £2,000 off their employer national insurance contributions (NICs) bill each year.

In addition, autumn statement 2013 announced the extension of the doubling of small business rate relief until April 2015, taking 350,000 small businesses out of business rates.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 May 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"9. We are grateful for the Government funding for superfast broadband in North Yorkshire, and we are well on the way to getting high penetration across the country. One way in which we can reach our most remote areas is through technology, and BT has a new, smaller fibre box, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Mar 2014
Charter for Budget Responsibility

"Will the right hon. Gentleman confirm his announcement earlier that Labour will be raising taxes on British business?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jan 2014
National Minimum Wage

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jan 2014
National Minimum Wage

"As a fellow Yorkshire Member, I thank the hon. Lady for allowing me to intervene. Will she welcome this week’s announcement on inflation at 2%, and will she accept that this, as well as the Government’s phenomenal job creation results, are a key part of the package of getting people …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Dec 2013
National Insurance (Contributions) Bill

"Does the hon. Lady wish to put on record in this Chamber that she regrets that Labour did not bring an anti-avoidance rule into law during its 13 years in government?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Dec 2013
National Insurance (Contributions) Bill

"New clause 3 was a fantastic Christmas present to members of the Bill Committee and a big boost for youth employment across the UK, particularly in North Yorkshire, where I represent a very rural set of communities and where, although we have very low unemployment figures, young people still want …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Nov 2013
National Insurance Contributions Bill

"One of the concerns that small businesses had about the national insurance holiday—which was an excellent policy, despite the Opposition’s comments—was about the forms that had to be filled in to qualify. Will the Minister clarify how easy it will be for businesses to take advantage of the new proposal?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Nov 2013
National Insurance Contributions Bill

"Will the Minister confirm that he will take no lessons from the Labour party, because during the debates on the national insurance contributions holiday, it advocated more bureaucracy in the form of annual reports and the like?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Nov 2013
National Insurance Contributions Bill

"This is a highly depressing speech. Should we not all be celebrating the fact that the economy is turning a corner and celebrating this policy, which will encourage the risk-takers, who are pushing the recovery on, to go further and faster and take on more people? This is a depressing …..."
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