Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Feb 2016
Equitable Life
"I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way and apologise to my hon. Friend the Member for Reigate (Crispin Blunt) for rising at the same time. My hon. Friend the Member for North Devon (Peter Heaton-Jones) is absolutely right to say that this is part of a wider …..."Robin Walker - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 25 Jan 2016
HMRC and Google (Settlement)
"The Minister has said much about bringing our tax system up to date for the 21st century and about closing the tax gap, which I welcome. None the less, we have in our business rates system, a tax regime that is hopelessly out of date, and the cross-party Business, Innovation …..."Robin Walker - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Jan 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"Credit unions can play a vital role in improving financial inclusion and creating a stronger savings culture. As I know from my work with the all-party credit unions group, they have support in all parts of this House. With the opportunity of the World Council of Credit Unions coming to …..."Robin Walker - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Nov 2015
Spending Review and Autumn Statement
"I congratulate the Chancellor on the way in which he balanced efficiency with compassion throughout his statement. He was as right to invest more in the NHS and housebuilding as he was to clamp down on tax avoidance. To keep up investment in our vital public services, we need to …..."Robin Walker - View Speech
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Written Question
Friday 16th October 2015
Asked by:
Robin Walker (Conservative - Worcester)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Worcester and (b) Worcestershire have taken up a Help to Buy ISA.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin
- Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
The Help to Buy: ISA is an expansion to the existing Help to Buy scheme. The Help to Buy: ISA scheme will be launched on 1 December 2015.
The existing Help to Buy schemes are the Mortgage Guarantee scheme and Equity Loan scheme. Over 110,000 housing completions have taken place with the support of the Help to Buy scheme, as of June 2015.
The Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee scheme has been running since October 2013. Figures are available only for completions to June 2015. There have been 110 completions in Worcester as of June 2015. Data for Worcestershire is not reported. The latest data is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-june-2015.
The Help to Buy: equity loan scheme has been running since April 2013. In Worcester, there have been 183 completions with the support of the Help to Buy: equity loan scheme, as of June 2015. Data for Worcestershire is not reported. Official statistics on completions for the Help to Buy: equity loan scheme, monthly, broken down by local authority for England, are available at: www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Jul 2015
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
"Does the right hon. Gentleman not welcome the fact that the Budget closes tax loopholes and helps to make our tax system fairer? Surely that is something that we can unite across the House in supporting...."Robin Walker - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Jul 2015
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
"This is a Budget that can make a step change in the British economy. It is a Budget that can step us up a gear in terms of work, productivity and pay.
It is a pleasure to follow an excellent maiden speech from my hon. Friend the Member for Somerton …..."Robin Walker - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Jul 2015
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
"My hon. Friend is absolutely right about the track record of delivery and the confidence that that gives business to invest over the long term.
The biggest change we can make to help people with the cost of living is to ensure they are paid better and keep more of …..."Robin Walker - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Feb 2015
Tax Avoidance (HSBC)
"Of course it is right for us to do all that we can to recover taxes that have been either wrongly avoided or illegally evaded, but is it not just as great a scandal that the Labour Government allowed their friends in private equity—the same people to whom they tried …..."Robin Walker - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 8th January 2015
Asked by:
Robin Walker (Conservative - Worcester)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of removing free to use cash machines from the rating list on access to banking and money; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom
The government has reduced the burden of business rates for all ratepayers, including free to use cash machines, in 2014-15 and 2015-16. However, the rating list does not distinguish free to use cash machines and no assessment has been made of removing them.
The availability of free cash machines across the country is at an all-time high, with 97% of all cash withdrawals made by UK cardholders in the UK charging no costs to customers.