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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Oct 2016
Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill

"Yes, the hon. Lady is exactly right. Members in all parts of the Committee raised many pertinent, practical examples of charities that we would want to be ready beneficiaries of the scheme, but that would be prohibited from taking part in it.

At the time, perhaps because this was a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Sep 2016
Tax Credits: Concentrix

"We can all share the stories of our constituents’ anguish and the frustration for our offices in dealing with this debacle, but we should remember that HMRC is itself not an innocent agent. It designed the contract. It put customer hostility and suspicion into the contract, and into the standards …..."
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Written Question
Concentrix: Telephone Services
Friday 9th September 2016

Asked by: Mark Durkan (Social Democratic & Labour Party - Foyle)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he plans to introduce a MP hotline number for Concentrix.

Answered by David Gauke

I refer the Right Honourable gentleman to the answer I gave on 1 December 2015 (17151).

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Sep 2016
Finance Bill

"I have a couple of questions about Government new clause 9, which relates specifically to Northern Ireland and the tax treatment of supplementary welfare payments that might be made there, but before I come on to that I want to acknowledge some of the other amendments before us.

The hon. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Jul 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"T4. I voice my compliments to the new Front-Bench team and my acknowledgement of the old. The prospect of moving to an ultra-low corporation tax rate has already been aired. That, of course, has huge implications for the revenues of developing countries. Will the Chancellor undertake to carry out and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Apr 2016
HMRC: Building our Future Plan

"Does the hon. Gentleman recognise that some people are receiving redundancy notices by email—not even face to face?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Apr 2016
HMRC: Building our Future Plan

"At Foyle House in my constituency, staff are being made compulsorily redundant while other staff are being moved in from other locations, with it supposedly being used as a stepping-stone office. Those who have been told that they are being made redundant are being told that redundancies will happen on …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Apr 2016
Fixed Odds Betting Terminals

"The hon. Gentleman is talking about the range of gambling options that exist. Problem gamblers are attracted to all of them. Does he recognise that many firms provide all of them? As he seems to be saying, those firms depend on FOBTs; otherwise they would go out of business...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Apr 2016
Iraq Inquiry Report

"The hon. Gentleman and other Members have made very important points. Is it not hugely important that we remove this false parliamentary rubric of having no inquiry while troops are in the field? Otherwise, Governments will have a perverse incentive to keep troops in the field in a possibly disintegrating …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Apr 2016
Iraq Inquiry Report

"Some of us know John Chilcot and have worked with him, because of our backgrounds and roles. When he was appointed to carry out this inquiry, I was accused of being uncharitable in saying that although he had many attributes, I did not think he would be found in the …..."
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