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Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 30 June 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Danny Alexander.

The Budget as it relates to Wales

Welsh Grand Committee statement on the Budget as it relates to Wales.

Secondary information

Type
Grand Committee proceedings (HC)
Reference
WGC c6-14 
Session
2010-12
Department
Treasury
Committee
Welsh Grand Committee
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons Grand Committees
Proceeding contributions
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c7 (Link to this contribution) Order. I will not take any further points of order on that matter.
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c7 (Link to this contribution) You have some familiarity with these matters, Mr Irranca-Davies, and that point is not a matter for ...
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Danny Alexander | WGC c6 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr Brady, I should like to make a statement. As a Scottish MP I have never had the ...
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c14 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am taking no further points of order. We will proceed with the main debate, during which Me...
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c12 (Link to this contribution) We are proceeding with questions on the statement. I have no power to accept that motion.
Wayne David | WGC c12 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr Brady.
Danny Alexander | WGC c12 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that the reduction in employers’ national insurance contribut...
Wayne David | WGC c12 (Link to this contribution) This is clearly a regressive Budget, and I want to move that the Committee has no confidence in the ...
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c12 (Link to this contribution) Points of order will come after the statement.
Alun Cairns | WGC c12 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Chief Secretary about the impact of employers’ national insurance contributions? Wales...
Elfyn Llwyd | WGC c12 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr Brady.
Danny Alexander | WGC c12 (Link to this contribution) It is for the spending review to determine the precise nature of the savings that we make, and the d...
Lord Hanson of Flint | WGC c11 (Link to this contribution) The Chief Constable of North Wales has said that the in-year cut of £1.4 million to the budget this ...
Danny Alexander | WGC c11 (Link to this contribution) That is not something that we are seeking to change in the Budget. It makes a modest contribution, b...
Jonathan Evans | WGC c13 (Link to this contribution) Does the right hon. Gentleman consider it something of a curiosity that, during the course of the ge...
Danny Alexander | WGC c13 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes several points. There is a degree of denial and complacency about the exten...
Glyn Davies | WGC c13-4 (Link to this contribution) One major change in the Budget is the increase in capital gains tax. Many of us welcome the fact tha...
Danny Alexander | WGC c14 (Link to this contribution) The increase in capital gains tax is necessary to reduce the avoidance of it, which was caused by th...
Danny Alexander | WGC c13 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that point. I will not comment on any trends in that direction, ...
Roger Williams | WGC c12 (Link to this contribution) Many small incorporated companies welcome the cut in corporation tax, although it is partly offset b...
Danny Alexander | WGC c13 (Link to this contribution) I cannot give the hon. Gentleman precise details of the locations or the nature of those pilots. In ...
Albert Owen | WGC c13 (Link to this contribution) In the Budget, the Chancellor mentioned a fuel rebate for rural areas in Wales and elsewhere. That i...
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c12 (Link to this contribution) I have already made it clear that points of order will come after the conclusion of questions on the...
Danny Alexander | WGC c7 (Link to this contribution) I understand that the usual practice is for ministerial statements to be made available to Members o...
Chris Bryant | WGC c7 (Link to this contribution) They should be provided to Opposition Members an hour before.
Danny Alexander | WGC c7-10 (Link to this contribution) I believe that the statement has been provided to Opposition Front Benchers, and it will be made ava...
Lord Hain | WGC c10 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry that the Chief Secretary has been put in this position by the Secretary of State. This is...
Alun Michael | WGC c10-1 (Link to this contribution) We have heard from the Chief Secretary that the Budget is progressive and fair, but does he not reco...
Danny Alexander | WGC c11 (Link to this contribution) I do not accept those claims; this Budget is progressive and fair. If the right hon. Gentleman looks...
David TC Davies | WGC c11 (Link to this contribution) We know that the scale of the problem was a deficit of £150 billion every year. The coalition Govern...
Huw Irranca-Davies | WGC c6-7 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr Brady. Unaccustomed as I am to raising points of order, perhaps I can seek c...
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c6 (Link to this contribution) Is it a genuine one?... That is a matter for the Chief Secretary, Mr Owen.
Albert Owen | WGC c6 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr Brady... It is certainly genuine; it is a request to you. As we will not b...
Danny Alexander | WGC c6 (Link to this contribution) I have no objection to copies of the statement being made available to members of the Committee.
Danny Alexander | WGC c6 (Link to this contribution) It is a statement, so I think I am not able to give way—you can advise me whether that is correct, M...
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c15 (Link to this contribution) Order. We are sitting in pursuance of an order of the House, and that takes precedence.
Elfyn Llwyd | WGC c15 (Link to this contribution) Further to that point of order, Mr Brady. The question has to be put to the Committee that we should...
Wayne David | WGC c14 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr Brady. I gave notice earlier that I wanted to move a motion of no confidence...
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c14 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has made his point, but that is not a matter that I can take forward.
Elfyn Llwyd | WGC c14 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr Brady. I am sure that the Chief Secretary, despite the clandestine manner of...
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c14 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is pursuing the debate and the argument. That is not a point of order for the Cha...
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c14 (Link to this contribution) I have been very clear that there are to be no further points of order at this juncture. I call the ...
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c14 (Link to this contribution) Order. We are proceeding with the main debate. I have been clear about that. I have no power to i...
Chair of Welsh Grand Committee | WGC c15 (Link to this contribution) Order. I do not accept the motion. We have a limited time for the debate. Several hon. Members on bo...
Wayne David | WGC c14 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr Brady. I beg to move that the Committee do now adjourn.
Elfyn Llwyd | WGC c6 (Link to this contribution) Will the Chief Secretary give way?
Subjects
Capital gains tax Business Corporation tax Banks Income tax Economic policy National insurance contributions Public expenditure Public finance Social security benefits State retirement pensions Wales Tax allowances Taxation VAT Cuts Budget June 2010
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