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| Stephen Williams MP | <> | 6th August 2010 |
20 Most Recent Stories From Stephen Williams's recent appearances (TheyWorkForYou)Thu 22nd Jul 2010: Schools | Education | Written Answers. To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools in England (a) are grammar schools, (b) are controlled, foundation, voluntary-aided or voluntary-controlled and (c) have sixth... Tue 20th Jul 2010: Use of the Chamber (United Kingdom Youth Parliament) | Business of the House | Commons debates. Does my hon. Friend recall that in the previous Parliament, it was somewhat embarrassing that the House of Lords allowed the UK Youth Parliament to sit on their red Benches, which is what shamed... Finance Bill | Consolidated Fund (Apppropriation) Bill | Commons debates. My hon. Friend may be interested to learn about what happened when we sat on the Opposition Benches on the other side of the Chamber. Our right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business,... Thu 15th Jul 2010: Clause 7 - Expenses paid to MPs etc | Bill Presented - Superannuation Bill | Commons debates. To be helpful, a loan is not subject to income tax whereas if the loan was interest free the difference between the interest rate that someone might be charged and what they are not charged would be. Tue 13th Jul 2010: Clause 3 - Rate of value added tax | Bill Presented - Shared Parenting Orders Bill | Commons debates. We will all agree that the whole area of charity taxation needs serious examination in this debate, and perhaps the Government will review it in future. However, perhaps the right hon. Gentleman... Clause 3 - Rate of value added tax | Bill Presented - Shared Parenting Orders Bill | Commons debates. That intervention, and the right hon. Gentleman's amendment, would have rather more moral force behind them if that had been his party's practice when it was in office. I well remember the Budget... Clause 3 - Rate of value added tax | Bill Presented - Shared Parenting Orders Bill | Commons debates. With respect, the hon. Gentleman has only just come into the Chamber, and I think I answered that point in responding to the hon. Member for South Antrim (Dr McCrea). I turn now to the... Clause 3 - Rate of value added tax | Bill Presented - Shared Parenting Orders Bill | Commons debates. We have discussed many times whether there should have been more candour on the part of all three Front-Bench spokespersons during the election. There was not, and we are where we are. I can only... Clause 3 - Rate of value added tax | Bill Presented - Shared Parenting Orders Bill | Commons debates. To be fair to all parties, I give way to the hon. Gentleman. Clause 3 - Rate of value added tax | Bill Presented - Shared Parenting Orders Bill | Commons debates. I thank the shadow Chief Secretary for his intervention, but an £8 billion bill does not necessarily fall on the poorest pensioners, and I would be very concerned if it fell solely on them.... Clause 3 - Rate of value added tax | Bill Presented - Shared Parenting Orders Bill | Commons debates. I am not sure whether the hon. Gentleman was here earlier, when the shadow Chief Secretary raised the issue of what was said during the general election. All three parties perhaps ducked the... Clause 3 - Rate of value added tax | Bill Presented - Shared Parenting Orders Bill | Commons debates. My happiness or unhappiness will be measured in 2015 when we go to the polls-perhaps after the polls-by which time, hopefully, many more people will have been taken out of income tax completely... Clause 3 - Rate of value added tax | Bill Presented - Shared Parenting Orders Bill | Commons debates. I have not read that study and I thank the hon. Gentleman for bringing it to my attention, but I repeat my earlier point: lots of considerations go into the mix in respect of the economic... Clause 3 - Rate of value added tax | Bill Presented - Shared Parenting Orders Bill | Commons debates. My hon. Friend is absolutely correct. The Budget is a balance of proposals that both coalition parties wished to put into the mix, and we have been very careful-our coalition agreement stated... Clause 3 - Rate of value added tax | Bill Presented - Shared Parenting Orders Bill | Commons debates. We can debate this until very late tonight-and I am sure we will-but the fact is that we have to make lots of assumptions about what people will actually spend their money on, because VAT is a... Clause 3 - Rate of value added tax | Bill Presented - Shared Parenting Orders Bill | Commons debates. I can assure the right hon. Lady that I would never dismiss a statement by the ONS as a piece of political frippery. What we are trying to deal with in this debate, however, is points put forward... Clause 3 - Rate of value added tax | Bill Presented - Shared Parenting Orders Bill | Commons debates. I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention, but perhaps she misunderstood the point I was making. Altering the VAT rate obviously has an impact on the wider economy and on Government finances,... Clause 3 - Rate of value added tax | Bill Presented - Shared Parenting Orders Bill | Commons debates. I am not trying to dodge that question, and I understand that it is a very sensitive issue in specific geographical areas of Scotland. Many contributions today have referred to the impact on... Clause 3 - Rate of value added tax | Bill Presented - Shared Parenting Orders Bill | Commons debates. Well, I know that you are probably about to rule that out of order, Mr Hood, but- Clause 3 - Rate of value added tax | Bill Presented - Shared Parenting Orders Bill | Commons debates. The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that the construction of a Budget involves a balance of choices; it balances what we do in public expenditure and what we do on taxation. I am very... Earlier Stories Complete archive on the official site.
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