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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Dec 2014
Autumn Statement

"Does the Chancellor agree with the Deputy Prime Minister that:

“There is not a single developed economy anywhere in the world that has balanced the books and only done so on the backs of the working-age poor, which Osborne has now confirmed several times he wants to do”?

Does the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Dec 2014
Autumn Statement

"So why is the Deputy Prime Minister unhappy?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Jul 2014
HMRC (Scotland)

"As my hon. Friend knows, I share a very small part of Cumbernauld with him, and I know he is speaking for the people of the constituency. Does he agree that the problems he has identified, which are very clear, bring into focus the fact that in East Kilbride we …..."
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Written Question
Gaming Machines: Excise Duties
Monday 9th June 2014

Asked by: Tom Clarke (Labour - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the threshold charge payable for a type 2 machine for the purposes of calculating machine gaming duty was set at £5.

Answered by David Gauke

I refer the Rt Hon Member to the Explanatory Note for Clause 117 of Finance Bill 2014, which can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298680/ENs_Finance_Bill_2014__1_.pdf

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Dec 2013
Autumn Statement

"Is the Chancellor aware that the people I represent will have noticed that in his litany of constituency references, he did not include Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill? Could that be because he is ashamed to admit that though he says the economy is doing well, he did not take the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 May 2013
Economic Growth

"As always, I listened carefully to the Queen’s Speech with the intention of examining how the new measures would affect my constituents. I was also looking for measures that would ease the strain on the families in my constituency who are worried about unemployment and the rising cost of living. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 May 2013
Economic Growth

"My hon. Friend raises a very important point. While we witness the introduction of the second home subsidy, the effects of the bedroom tax are being seen in my constituency, where an estimated 2,128 individuals will be affected, two-thirds of whom are believed to have disabilities. Citizens Advice Scotland has …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Apr 2013
Finance (No. 2) Bill

"My hon. Friend has just referred to the bedroom tax, and we all know that this has huge implications for the future finance of our country. Does he think that those implications are reflected in the Bill?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Nov 2012
Air Passenger Duty

"Of late, I have received more representations on this issue than on any other. It is important that the hon. Lady has been able to raise this issue, and she can count on considerable support...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Nov 2012
Air Passenger Duty

"Like me, my right hon. Friend is a former Minister; in my case, I was a Minister for tourism. Is he worried by the representations we have received that indicate that APD at the current level—the highest in the world—is a disincentive for the kind of tourism that we expected …..."
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