Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Apr 2018
Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [Lords]
"The hon. Gentleman keeps saying that this is about releasing equity. What people are actually doing is borrowing against the perceived wealth of the property...."Mark Tami - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Apr 2018
Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [Lords]
"On the British Steel pension scheme, does the hon. Gentleman agree that the FCA has been very slow to react, when it was clear in certain locations that there were many problems with the way some people were advising people to get out of the scheme?..."Mark Tami - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 2nd November 2017
Asked by:
Mark Tami (Labour - Alyn and Deeside)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many inspections HM Revenue and Customs has carried out in the learning disability providers sector in the last two years; and on what basis those inspections were carried out.
Answered by Mel Stride
- Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum and Living Wage (NMW) receives it. Anyone who feels they have been underpaid NMW should contact the Acas helpline on 0300 123 1100. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) review all complaints that are referred to them.
HM Treasury does not provide guidance on the rules relating to NMW. HMRC enforces NMW in line with the law and policy set out by the department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) which can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/calculating-the-minimum-wage
This includes guidance on when time spent asleep can be working time for NMW purposes.
HMRC closed 7 investigations in 2015/16 and closed a further 9 investigations in 2016/17 in relation to employers who have been recorded as providing learning disability services. HMRC opens investigations for a wide range of reasons, including in response to worker complaints, third party information and as a result of targeted enforcement.
Written Question
Thursday 2nd November 2017
Asked by:
Mark Tami (Labour - Alyn and Deeside)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department has issued to HM Revenue and Customs inspectors on the rules relating to the national minimum wage on overnight sleep-in care in the learning disability sector.
Answered by Mel Stride
- Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum and Living Wage (NMW) receives it. Anyone who feels they have been underpaid NMW should contact the Acas helpline on 0300 123 1100. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) review all complaints that are referred to them.
HM Treasury does not provide guidance on the rules relating to NMW. HMRC enforces NMW in line with the law and policy set out by the department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) which can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/calculating-the-minimum-wage
This includes guidance on when time spent asleep can be working time for NMW purposes.
HMRC closed 7 investigations in 2015/16 and closed a further 9 investigations in 2016/17 in relation to employers who have been recorded as providing learning disability services. HMRC opens investigations for a wide range of reasons, including in response to worker complaints, third party information and as a result of targeted enforcement.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Jan 2017
Palace of Westminster: Restoration and Renewal
"I am very pleased that my hon. Friend secured this debate. Does he agree that anyone who has any doubts about the problems that we face would do well to go on a tour of the basement and see the wiring, the plumbing and the risers that are key to …..."Mark Tami - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Jan 2017
Palace of Westminster: Restoration and Renewal
"Will my hon. Friend give way?..."Mark Tami - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Jan 2017
Palace of Westminster: Restoration and Renewal
"Not actually on the Tea Room itself, however vital that is. Some Members who may think that proposal a good idea do not realise that there is one system for the plumbing and all the electrics. The House of Lords is a separate House, but it does not have a …..."Mark Tami - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Jan 2017
Palace of Westminster: Restoration and Renewal
"Does my hon. Friend agree that the amount that we spend on just patching things up grows every year, and it will continue to grow if we do not bite the bullet now?..."Mark Tami - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Jan 2017
Palace of Westminster: Restoration and Renewal
"The right hon. Gentleman has reminded me of a previous employer of mine: when we got legal advice that he did not like he would always say, “Get another lawyer.” That is the argument that some people are putting forward, when they do not like the expert advice they are …..."Mark Tami - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Jan 2017
Palace of Westminster: Restoration and Renewal
"The key issue about asbestos, with which my hon. Friend rightly says the building is riddled, is that we do not know where it is. When there is drilling, or when things are taken out, the starting presumption must be that there is asbestos there. That would add massively to …..."Mark Tami - View Speech
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