Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Nov 2020
Spending Review 2020 and OBR Forecast
"Brighton and Hove has double the national average number of people renting their homes, yet the cost of rental in Brighton and Hove is the same as in central London. I am hearing from an alarming number of people who are struggling to pay their rent. They are either running …..."Peter Kyle - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Nov 2020
Future of Financial Services
"I join the shadow Chancellor in celebrating the success and importance of the financial services sector in our country. The Chancellor said he was making a unilateral announcement about equivalence, so can he confirm that the British financial services sector now has to wait for the EU to make its …..."Peter Kyle - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Nov 2020
Lockdown: Economic Support
"Any additional investment to help the self-employed is welcome, and I do welcome it, but I ask the Chief Secretary to look at the eligibility criteria that he has set. With the furlough scheme, the eligibility criteria have been updated so that businesses that have been registered with a bank …..."Peter Kyle - View Speech
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Written Question
Friday 16th October 2020
Asked by:
Peter Kyle (Labour - Hove and Portslade)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 October 2020 to Question 97543 on Housing: Insulation, if he will make it his policy to extend the temporary reduced rate of Stamp Duty Land Tax for home buyers.
Answered by Jesse Norman
- Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
To boost the housing market, the Government decided to cut Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) by temporarily increasing the nil rate band of SDLT to £500,000. This applies from 8 July 2020 to 31 March 2021. The Government keeps all taxes under review, including SDLT, but has no plans to extend the relief.
Written Question
Monday 21st September 2020
Asked by:
Peter Kyle (Labour - Hove and Portslade)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will waive the repayment of the childcare element of working tax credit for working parents who lacking adequate childcare provision over summer 2020 used non-Ofsted-registered childcare to retain their jobs.
Answered by Steve Barclay
It is important that children get the best start in life, good quality childcare can help with this and we want to ensure that families have access to this.
Without a definition of standards, the quality of childcare can be variable. A consistent regulatory regime for childcare helps ensure children receive the relevant safeguarding and quality standards. This is why, to be entitled to the childcare element of Working Tax Credit, the childcare service used must be registered with the appropriate authority.
Those registered childcare providers were able to continue to provide childcare to key worker and vulnerable children throughout summer 2020.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 01 Jul 2020
Finance Bill
"The issue of electric car targets illustrates my hon. Friend’s point about complacency. The Government’s target was to convert by 2040. They have brought it forward by five years to 2035, but Scotland’s target is 2032. The ambition of this Government does not even match that of one of the …..."Peter Kyle - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 01 Jul 2020
Finance Bill
"The right hon. Lady mentioned low-carbon heating. Heating homes and businesses accounts for about 43% of our CO2 emissions as a country, yet Government do not have a single target for it. How can we tackle these things if Government will not even set a target for reducing the …..."Peter Kyle - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Apr 2020
The Economy
"In the past 10 years, there has been a very active debate about those relatively few companies that have so aggressively avoided paying tax in this country. Many of those same companies are now relying on the largesse and generosity of taxpayers to remain solvent in these difficult times. As …..."Peter Kyle - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 9th March 2020
Asked by:
Peter Kyle (Labour - Hove and Portslade)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to review the effectiveness of the system of small business rate relief.
Answered by Jesse Norman
- Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The Government is committed to conducting a fundamental review of business rates and further information will be announced in due course.
Written Question
Tuesday 11th February 2020
Asked by:
Peter Kyle (Labour - Hove and Portslade)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure access to cash is maintained in (a) Brighton and Hove and (b) England.
Answered by John Glen
The Government is committed to supporting digital payments while safeguarding access to cash for those who need it across the UK.
To support this, the Government has launched the Joint Authorities Cash Strategy (JACS) Group – which is chaired by HM Treasury and brings together the Payment Systems Regulator, Financial Conduct Authority and Bank of England – to ensure a comprehensive oversight of the UK’s overall cash infrastructure.
The Government-established Payment Systems Regulator regulates LINK, the scheme that runs the UK’s largest ATM network, and is holding LINK to account over their commitments to maintain the broad geographic spread of free-to-use ATMs.