"Does my hon. Friend agree that a fair tax system should see everyone contributing to reduce the deficit, with those with the largest earnings making the largest contribution? Am I correct that the top 1% of taxpayers actually pay nearly 30% of all income tax receipts at present?..." Tony Baldry - View Speech
"Does not providing potentially up to £100 million in infrastructure investment to make Bicester an exemplar of a garden town for the 21st century, and ensuring that 13,000 new houses are built as speedily as possible, demonstrate that a key part of the Government’s long-term economic plan is building new …..." Tony Baldry - View Speech
"Was my right hon. Friend surprised to see the shadow Chancellor in his place here today? My reading of the Daily Mirror was that the shadow Chancellor was going to make a speech in support of the Leader of the Opposition—I apologise to the House; I misread that. The shadow …..." Tony Baldry - View Speech
"20. Does my hon. Friend agree that one of the best indications of the rate of growth is the increase in jobs, and that with over 1.8 million more jobs now in the economy than over the past four years, more women in work than ever before, and youth unemployment …..." Tony Baldry - View Speech
"Am I right in thinking that the mischief of which the hon. Member for Llanelli (Nia Griffith) complains about deregulating gambling was introduced by the previous Labour Government in their Gambling Act 2005?..." Tony Baldry - View Speech
"When the Secretary of State for International Development announced the setting up of the action group on cross-border remittances, she said, in reply to a written question from the hon. Member for Bethnal Green and Bow (Rushanara Ali), that part of its purpose would be to develop
"I think the whole House supports the work that the hon. Lady and others have been doing in campaigning on remittances. She is perfectly right to draw the attention of the House to the fact that Somaliland and Somalia have no banking system—in Hargeisa, one sees people literally pushing wheelbarrows …..." Tony Baldry - View Speech
"The hon. Gentleman is right to focus on the need for us to review the existing regulations. He is also right to draw attention to the problems involved in payday lending. As he will know, the Archbishop of Canterbury is keen for us to try to compete payday lenders out …..." Tony Baldry - View Speech
"Is it not correct that there were those who predicted that my right hon. Friend’s policies would lead to a double-dip recession and increases in unemployment, and that it would be impossible to reduce public spending at the same time as restoring the economy to growth? In those predictions, they …..." Tony Baldry - View Speech