Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 17 December 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Stephen Timms.

Public Expenditure

Welsh Grand Committee statement on public expenditure in Wales.

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Type: Grand Committee proceedings (HC)
Reference: WGC c15-25
Session: 2008-09
Department: Treasury; Wales Office
Committee: Welsh Grand Committee
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons Grand Committees
Proceeding contributions: Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c25 (Link to this contribution) We now move to the main debate. I remind members of the Committee of its timing. We have from now un...; Hywel Williams | WGC c23 (Link to this contribution) The Minister mentioned the very welcome 19,251 notified job vacancies, but he did not mention the 33...; Lembit Opik | WGC c22-3 (Link to this contribution) Humphreys and Foulkes in Newtown has highlighted to me the fact that the VAT reduction is balanced o...; Stephen Timms | WGC c22 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced in the PBR a new small firms lending facility,...; Stephen Timms | WGC c18 (Link to this contribution) Some of the hon. Lady’s colleagues have made it clear that they would let the recession run its cour...; Roger Williams | WGC c19 (Link to this contribution) We believe that the Government should use a fiscal as well as a monetary stimulus, but they have tak...; Cheryl Gillan | WGC c18 (Link to this contribution) It is Christmas.; Nick Ainger | WGC c21 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement and the fact that now, as with virtually every other bloc...; Elfyn Llwyd | WGC c20 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Minister to the Welsh Grand Committee. His arrival was as eagerly awaited as that of S...; Albert Owen | WGC c23 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Minister to the Committee. I also welcome the additional support for pensioners that h...; Stephen Timms | WGC c21 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his welcome. He is absolutely right about the importance of ensu...; Stephen Timms | WGC c23-4 (Link to this contribution) No. It is absolutely key that we give people support once they lose their jobs to get back into empl...; Stephen Timms | WGC c24-5 (Link to this contribution) The support that we are providing is exactly what families and businesses in the UK need so that we ...; Cheryl Gillan | WGC c18 (Link to this contribution) That is rubbish.; Stephen Timms | WGC c25 (Link to this contribution) The measures certainly are working. I thank the hon. Gentleman for his sympathetic words about my de...; Stephen Timms | WGC c18 (Link to this contribution) —thanks specifically to the VAT reduction, a point that it made. The hon. Lady is absolutely right t...; Stephen Timms | WGC c19 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is right about the importance of ensuring that businesses are able to borrow to...; Stephen Timms | WGC c20-1 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his welcome, and I apologise again for my delayed arrival. I...; Cheryl Gillan | WGC c16-7 (Link to this contribution) I belatedly welcome the Financial Secretary to the Welsh Grand Committee. We now understand the reas...; David TC Davies | WGC c24 (Link to this contribution) Has not this financial crisis been caused by individuals, companies, banks and Governments using low...; Mark Pritchard | WGC c25 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Financial Secretary to the Committee. I accept that he was a few minutes late, but I d...; Paul Flynn | WGC c22 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister agree that manufacturing industry has been the bedrock of the Welsh economy for ge...; Stephen Timms | WGC c23 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The increase in pension credit we have announced is the biggest ...; Stephen Timms | WGC c19-20 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman knows, we are bringing forward capital spending as well as taking other steps ...; Stephen Timms | WGC c20 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is absolutely right that funding is being brought forward to this year and next...; Stephen Timms | WGC c17 (Link to this contribution) The world economy is certainly facing grave difficulties and major challenges, and we are putting in...; Chris Ruane | WGC c24 (Link to this contribution) As the Member who represents the Vale of Clwyd, which has one of the highest numbers of pensioners i...; Lord Touhig | WGC c18-9 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. I am fully supportive of the package announced by the Go...; David Jones | WGC c22 (Link to this contribution) The Financial Secretary acknowledged in his statement that the Government expect the construction se...; Lord Hain | WGC c20 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend confirm that the £140 million that he is allowing the Welsh Assembly Gover...; Stephen Timms | WGC c22 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right about the importance of the manufacturing sector. It is interesti...; Stephen Timms | WGC c23 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend the Chancellor will announce rates of fuel duty at future Budgets and pre-Budge...; Stephen Timms | WGC c24 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his contribution and ask him to extend my good wishes for a very...; Stephen Timms | WGC c15-6 (Link to this contribution) I apologise for my delayed arrival and the fact that my brief is necessarily a little shorter than I...
Subjects: Banks Capital investment Credit Finance Government assistance Economic situation Pensioners Public expenditure Small businesses Wales Taxation VAT Tax rates and bands Unemployment
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