Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2014
The Economy
"Earlier, the hon. Gentleman said that in his view Governments do not create jobs, but he has just given an example of where Government investment has enabled jobs to be created...."Sheila Gilmore - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 29 Oct 2014
Taxation of Pensions Bill
"Is my hon. Friend concerned that, given the speed of these changes, some of the other longer-term reforms such as auto-enrolment may be impacted on? Is she worried that these issues might not have been properly looked at?..."Sheila Gilmore - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 23rd September 2014
Asked by:
Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2014, Official Report, column 1094W, on domestic visits, what domestic visits he has made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom
I refer the hon. Member to the Answer given on 22 July 2014, column reference 1094W.
Written Question
Tuesday 22nd July 2014
Asked by:
Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 675W, on official visits, what domestic visits each of the Ministers of his Department has made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom
This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Details of all Ministerial overseas travel are published on a quarterly basis and can be found on www.gov.uk/government/publications.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Jul 2014
Finance Bill
"Does not that illustrate the need for gathering and publishing the information, as proposed by our new clause 9? We are constantly hearing new things, such as, “There will be more costs for guidance, but we don’t know what they are or what will happen.” If the information is going …..."Sheila Gilmore - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Jul 2014
Finance Bill
"I am sure that my hon. Friend, like me, welcomes the Government’s conversion and the way in which they have changed their policy. However, it is reasonable for us to question why the original decision was taken...."Sheila Gilmore - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Jul 2014
Finance Bill
"Does my hon. Friend agree that it seems odd to suggest that the chopping and changing was due to a sudden discovery that the economy was improving? The decision, in effect, to reintroduce the allowance was taken in 2012, when growth was extremely low. It would appear from these plans …..."Sheila Gilmore - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Jul 2014
Finance Bill
"Does my hon. Friend want to reflect on the suggestion made earlier that it did not really matter to people whether the investment allowance was clear? Surely, when putting forward a formal business plan, people are not necessarily just working on a year-to-year basis; they want to know what, if …..."Sheila Gilmore - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Jun 2014
Office for Budget Responsibility (Manifesto Audits)
"One of the slightly odd things about the Minister’s line of argument is that in its initial reports the OBR predicted that growth would be much faster than turned out to be the case, which suggests that the situation then was not quite as dire in the OBR’s view as …..."Sheila Gilmore - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Jun 2014
Office for Budget Responsibility (Manifesto Audits)
"Having listened to this debate, there seems to be confusion, or perhaps a conflict of views, on the part of Government Members. The hon. Member for South West Devon (Mr Streeter) was at least consistent in his position, which was not that it is a bad time to do this …..."Sheila Gilmore - View Speech
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