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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Feb 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"11. What equality impact assessments his Department has undertaken on the Government’s policy on the public sector pay cap. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Feb 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Well, public sector servants have certainly not been rewarded fairly, but let me turn to pay differentials in the private sector. Is the Chief Secretary as concerned as I am that many private sector firms are excluding partners’ income in their reporting obligations on the gender pay gap, on the …..."
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Written Question
Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Tax Allowances
Thursday 1st February 2018

Asked by: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour - Torfaen)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce tax relief to enable HGV drivers to claim an allowance for food and provisions bought in advance of overnight stays.

Answered by Mel Stride - Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

Heavy Goods Vehicle drivers are, like other employees, able to claim tax relief for the cost of food and provisions incurred in the course of business travel.

There are no plans to introduce tax relief for food and provisions purchased in advance for business journeys.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 04 Dec 2017
Public Sector Pay

"I congratulate my hon. Friend on the speech she has started to make. Does she agree that one of the great betrayals and causes of instability is the constant promise that the pay cap is temporary, when all the time it has continued, and seven years down the line here …..."
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Written Question
Public Sector: Pay
Monday 20th November 2017

Asked by: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour - Torfaen)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the pay review bodies that determine public sector pay.

Answered by Elizabeth Truss

In line with 2016 Cabinet Office guidance, departments conduct regular tailored reviews of pay review bodies and their status as non-departmental public bodies.

An example of a regular tailored review completed by a department of its pay review body can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-pay-review-body-triennial-review-2014

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Oct 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Given that the previous Chancellor has now said that in 2008 the Labour Government

“did what was necessary in a very difficult situation”,

does the current Chancellor accept that the fact we have thousands of people going to food banks and desperately underpaid public sector workers is entirely the fault …..."
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Written Question
National Cyber Security Centre: Pay
Wednesday 12th July 2017

Asked by: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour - Torfaen)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether employees of the National Cyber Security Centre are included in the one per cent public sector pay cap.

Answered by Elizabeth Truss

NCSC staff are subject to the same control on average public sector pay awards which applies across the public sector.

The Government greatly values the important work that public servants do in delivering essential public services.

Our policy on public sector pay balances the importance of recruiting and retaining high-quality people in our public services with making sure that our public finances remain sustainable, so that we can continue to see the improvements in our public services that we have seen under this Government. This approach has not changed and the Government will continually assess that balance.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Jun 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"4. What steps he is taking to ensure that young people are not disproportionately affected by reductions in government expenditure...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Jun 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"The wages of 18 to 21-year-olds fell by about £1,000 a year during the last Parliament, yet under-25s are excluded from the national living wage. Will the Chief Secretary to the Treasury condemn what the Minister for the Cabinet Office said: that that is because people under 25 are simply …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Apr 2016
Bank of England and Financial Services Bill [Lords]

"The hon. Gentleman talks about our historical position, so does he support my view that my predecessor but one in what was then the constituency of Pontypool, Leo Abse, made probably the greatest contribution in the 20th century as a Back Bencher to changing people’s lives, and therefore would be …..."
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