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Written Question
Energy: VAT
Wednesday 7th September 2016

Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's policy is on VAT on household energy bills.

Answered by Jane Ellison

Supplies of fuel and power for domestic use are eligible for the five per cent reduced rate of VAT.

Written Question
Minimum Wage
Friday 27th February 2015

Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many successful prosecutions for breaches of national minimum wage legislation there have been since 2010.

Answered by David Gauke

The Government takes the enforcement of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) very seriously and has increased the financial penalty percentage from 50% to 100% of the unpaid wages owed to workers, and the maximum penalty from £5,000 to £20,000. These new limits are now in force where arrears are identified in pay reference periods on or after 7 March 2014. The Government will also bring in primary legislation as soon as possible so that the maximum £20,000 penalty can apply to each underpaid worker.

I refer the honourable member to the response provided by the Solicitor General on 16 October 2014 to UIN 209683

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Apr 2014
Transparency and Public Trust in Business

"Six years after the peak of the global financial crisis there should surely no longer be disagreement among any of us that businesses are bound by the same ethical and social responsibilities that bind us all. As the financial crash showed, business transparency is absolutely essential to society. The lack …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Apr 2014
Transparency and Public Trust in Business

"That is absolutely right. This goes to the heart of public trust in business, which is about transparency and a commitment to tackling such issues.

The business and human rights action plan was published jointly last September by the Foreign Office and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Apr 2014
Transparency and Public Trust in Business

"As the hon. Member for Cheltenham (Martin Horwood) said, the problem is that although some companies are leading the way, there are also companies that, frankly, are not paying this the blindest bit of notice. Will the Department commit to monitoring the impact of those tougher regulations to see whether …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Apr 2014
Transparency and Public Trust in Business

"Before the Minister finishes, will she commit to look at export credits? If she cannot answer now, I will be more than happy if she writes to me later...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Dec 2013
Sixth-Form Colleges (VAT)

"My constituency is home to two excellent sixth-form colleges, St John Rigby college and Winstanley college. Like so many of the 94 sixth-form colleges in the country, they do an excellent job, not only for their students but for the wider community. It is deeply unfair that they must pay …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Dec 2013
Sixth-Form Colleges (VAT)

"Absolutely. Issues of a level playing field are at the heart of this debate and I hope that the Minister will respond to that in his closing remarks.

Taken together, in the worst cases, the funding cuts have left some sixth-form colleges reeling from a staggering 30% overall budget cut. …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Dec 2013
Sixth-Form Colleges (VAT)

"Absolutely. The issue of the level playing field has come up time and time again. The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right about courses and the staff that sixth-form colleges can use. I am concerned that that loss of staff has also meant a loss of expertise. If the sector is …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Dec 2013
Sixth-Form Colleges (VAT)

"Absolutely. I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that point. There is also a wider point: sixth-form colleges benefit not only their students but the wider community. I know from my constituency that they are institutions rooted in the wider community, and they play a much more beneficial …..."
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