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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Mar 2015
Finance (No. 2) Bill

"It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Redcar (Ian Swales), because we have served together on a number of Finance Bill Committees during the past five years. The debates on the details of a Finance Bill in Public Bill Committee are often better than those on …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Mar 2015
Future Government Spending

"rose—..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Mar 2015
Future Government Spending

"Will the hon. Gentleman give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Jan 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"There were reports yesterday that some people who exercise these rights might face large tax bills that they did not know about. Will the Minister be absolutely clear about what measures will be put in place to ensure that people are not disadvantaged, because she knows, as I do, that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Dec 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"The importance of infrastructure is surely a sign of the importance of Government investment as a way of growing our economy. Does the Chief Secretary therefore agree that one further way that we could move forward on this is to build at least 200,000 new houses a year to help …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Dec 2014
Autumn Statement

"Before the Chancellor of the Exchequer tells me the unemployment figures in my constituency, I of course welcome the fact that the claimant count is down—but that is not necessarily the same as unemployment, as the right hon. Gentleman knows. We are now getting closer to the point where we …..."
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Written Question
Revenue and Customs
Friday 28th November 2014

Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of time taken to answer calls to tax credit helplines was in the last 12 months.

Answered by David Gauke

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes quarterly information about our telephony performance, which is available on GOV.UK:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-plan-indicators

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2014
The Economy

"Surely the biggest mistaken forecast was that of the current Chancellor when he came to this House in 2010 and told us the deficit would be eliminated during the course of this Parliament...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2014
The Economy

"I rather suspect that the few people who may be listening to this debate will feel that it is running a similar course to previous debates. Sometimes it feels as if we are talking about different countries and different experiences, but I genuinely think that we all want and support …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2014
The Economy

"If I have time I will come back to some of those important issues.

The point I was making was that the policy of the last Labour Government focused on getting people into employment and making work pay, not on encouraging people not to work as is so often alleged. …..."
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