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Income Tax

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Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

475 c1201-13 

Session

2007-08

Department

Treasury

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Related items

Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
Thursday, 10 July 2008
Written questions
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1213 (Link to this contribution) No. I said in an earlier reply that we have been able to help 80 per cent. people whose loss will be...

Greg Clark | 475 c1213 (Link to this contribution) Will the Chancellor make it clear, since he knows the answer to this question, whether it is his und...

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Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1213 (Link to this contribution) A few weeks ago, the hon. Gentleman was, I assume, ready to follow the rest of the Conservatives int...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1213 (Link to this contribution) I agree. Many people in this country remember what happened in the 1980s and 1990s, when people lost...

Nigel Griffiths | 475 c1213 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend share my astonishment at Conservative party's new-found, synthetic concern...

Alistair Burt | 475 c1213 (Link to this contribution) Does not the Chancellor admit, even to himself, a twinge of embarrassment that instead of coming her...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1213 (Link to this contribution) My announcement today was entirely about income tax. All other matters will be dealt with in the usu...

Rob Marris | 475 c1212 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's revised proposals for the 10p tax rate. When might the House expect...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1212 (Link to this contribution) I think that my proposal is entirely sensible and the right thing to do. I am sorry that the right h...

Paul Robert Holmes | 475 c1212 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Chancellor's partial attempt to undo the damage caused by the previous Chancellor to t...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1211-2 (Link to this contribution) I strongly agree with my hon. Friend, which is why this year my proposal will help not just people o...

Oliver Letwin | 475 c1212 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Chancellor to check whether the Government's announcement of a one-year tax rebate dur...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1212 (Link to this contribution) There is always a chance that my hon. Friend's constituents will read about the announcement in the ...

Joan Humble | 475 c1212 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the simplicity of the scheme that the Chancellor announced because it will enable a speedy...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1212 (Link to this contribution) Last year, my right hon. Friend introduced a number of changes to the tax credit system, raising the...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1211 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is quite right. The whole country has benefited from high levels of employment, and f...

Stuart Bell | 475 c1210-1 (Link to this contribution) May I recall to the Chancellor's mind the noble Lord Lamont? When Lord Lamont pushed interest rates ...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1211 (Link to this contribution) My proposal means that through the tax system, assuming the House agrees to the amendments that I ha...

Geraldine Smith | 475 c1211 (Link to this contribution) Credit where credit is due: people often say that politicians do not listen, but the Chancellor has ...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1210 (Link to this contribution) As I said earlier, I wanted to introduce a system that was simple, that was quick to get on to the s...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1210 (Link to this contribution) As I said in my statement, the changes that I propose affect people over the age of 60 to 65. That i...

Jeff Ennis | 475 c1210 (Link to this contribution) The Chancellor will know that in my constituency there are many former miners who took early retirem...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1210 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman's welcome, but I cannot go along the road with him in relation ...

Bob Spink | 475 c1210 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Chancellor's statement. For the future, will he consider introducing a fairer, simpler...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1208 (Link to this contribution) I said in my statement that I wanted to concentrate help in future years particularly on those with ...

Stewart Hosie | 475 c1208 (Link to this contribution) In his statement, the Chancellor said that he would deal with the issue this year, that he would off...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1208 (Link to this contribution) Last year, when the changes were proposed, the savings rate was not changed at all. If the hon. Gent...

Mark Durkan | 475 c1209 (Link to this contribution) I join other hon. Members in welcoming the Chancellor's statement. The remedy that he has announced ...

Julia Goldsworthy | 475 c1210 (Link to this contribution) There are still 1.1 million low-income households that will lose out as a result of today's announce...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1209 (Link to this contribution) As I explained in my statement, I am proposing to increase the personal tax allowance that everyone ...

Michael Fallon | 475 c1209 (Link to this contribution) But why should 1.1 million still be losers? At a time of rising prices, why should any low-paid peop...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1209 (Link to this contribution) I said when I wrote to the Select Committee—and this was certainly a theme taken up by many Members ...

Judy Mallaber | 475 c1209 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome the statement, because it would be very cumbersome to try to recalculate for ind...

Speaker | 475 c1207 (Link to this contribution) After the statement. ...Order.

Russell Brown | 475 c1208 (Link to this contribution) I most sincerely congratulate the Chancellor on the steps that he is taking today. I do not wish to ...

Iain Duncan Smith | 475 c1208 (Link to this contribution) Can the Chancellor confirm that the 1.1 million losers of whom he spoke earlier are from the lowest ...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1208 (Link to this contribution) As I said in my statement, the overall effect of what I am proposing is that 4.2 million households ...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1207 (Link to this contribution) From the moment I sat down, my statement should have been available. Steps are being taken to find o...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1207 (Link to this contribution) On the point made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Leeds, West (John Battle), I agree that we ...

Speaker | 475 c1207 (Link to this contribution) It has been put to me, Chancellor, that those in the Press Gallery have the statement—[Interruption....

Lord McFall of Alcluith | 475 c1204-5 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Chancellor's statement today. I have to say that it is nothing but churlish and mean n...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1205 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for the welcome that he has given. He is right that today's pr...

Vincent Cable | 475 c1205 (Link to this contribution) I of course welcome measures to lift low earners out of tax, and for a few hours this announcement m...

Lord Field of Birkenhead | 475 c1206 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Chancellor on putting an end to the issue. I hazard a guess that the pleasure bei...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1206 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for what my right hon. Friend said in both respects. It is not every day that hon. Mem...

Lord Lilley | 475 c1207 (Link to this contribution) The Chancellor has not spelled out where he will obtain the welcome £3 billion, almost, that he was ...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1207 (Link to this contribution) I am glad the right hon. Gentleman does not want to see any reduction in the numbers of doctors, nur...

John Battle | 475 c1207 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for his patient efforts to tackle and resolve the matter. That clearly ...

Dai Havard | 475 c1207 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. ...I would like to read it -

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1204 (Link to this contribution) Three weeks ago, when the hon. Gentleman stood at the Dispatch Box on the first day of consideration...

Speaker | 475 c1204 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman should be listened to, and I do not expect a Parliamentary Private Secretar...

George Osborne | 475 c1203-4 (Link to this contribution) This is, of course, the 10th emergency statement in the 10 months that the Chancellor has been in of...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1201-3 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a statement on how I propose to deal, this year, ...

Anne Main | 475 c1211 (Link to this contribution) I am somewhat disappointed that we cannot have an accurate profile of those who will still lose out,...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1205-6 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises four perfectly pertinent questions, which I shall answer. May I acknowledg...

Lord Darling of Roulanish | 475 c1209-10 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I can. I said that one of the things that we needed to consider was the minimum wage and its in...

Subjects

Administration Borrowing Investment Income tax Fuel poverty Economic situation Poverty Public sector Low pay Tax allowances Taxation Tax rates and bands Budget March 2008 Budget March 2007

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