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Lords Chamber
International Women’s Day - Fri 08 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) That is why British International Investment, the UK’s development finance institution, continues to - Speech Link
2: Baroness Boycott (XB - Life peer) It seems that what has happened is that men are very frozen in their roles. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Lampard (Con - Life peer) I learned that it was only in 1869 that women were, for the first time, employed by the British Government - Speech Link
4: Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab - Life peer) dangerous is as ridiculous as it would be for me not to acknowledge the significant contribution of British - Speech Link
5: Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway (Lab - Life peer) Looking ahead, the British economy faces big challenges that will impact on women’s employment, including - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Thu 07 Mar 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Rachel Reeves (Lab - Leeds West) Gentleman can also look at them, but it is a fact that because the tax thresholds have been frozen, pensioners - Speech Link
2: Christopher Chope (Con - Christchurch) However, that is a pretty meagre 6% increase after seven years in which the threshold was frozen, and - Speech Link
3: Matt Western (Lab - Warwick and Leamington) businesses have to register for VAT does not compensate for the seven years for which the threshold has been frozen - Speech Link
4: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) The Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee, the right hon. - Speech Link
5: Danny Kruger (Con - Devizes) The Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee, the right hon. - Speech Link
6: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) They have not been easy for the British economy or the British people, as we face the challenges and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Wed 06 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) They know that the thresholds are still frozen, dragging more and more people into higher taxes. - Speech Link
2: Ed Davey (LD - Kingston and Surbiton) announcements, that same family will pay an additional £366 in tax next year because the Chancellor has frozen - Speech Link
3: John Stevenson (Con - Carlisle) It is not all about work; pensions will rise by around 8%. - Speech Link
4: Suella Braverman (Con - Fareham) teachers and police officers are paying a 40% rate of income tax, which was never the plan, because the frozen - Speech Link
5: Natalie Elphicke (Con - Dover) still saving for their pensions over the long term. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Ukraine - Thu 29 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: None Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, and the war is robbing Russians of resources that should be spent on pensions - Speech Link
2: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) Minister yesterday’s statement by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on using interest on frozen - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) His Majesty’s Treasury to ensure that we can move forward in a way that ensures that those current frozen - Speech Link
4: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) The British Government have insisted in the meantime that there should be a hybrid tribunal. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ukraine - Wed 28 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, and the war is robbing Russians of resources that should be spent on pensions - Speech Link
2: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) I take the Minister’s point about the sanctions regime, but what about using frozen Russian assets to - Speech Link
3: John Whittingdale (Con - Maldon) I warmly welcome the Foreign Secretary’s suggestion that we start using frozen Russian assets of up to - Speech Link
4: Sammy Wilson (DUP - East Antrim) inadvertently breaking sanctions, which is helping the Russian military, secondly, to release funds which frozen - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Finance Bill
2nd reading - Wed 21 Feb 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) I turn to the suite of measures to back British business. - Speech Link
2: Lord Davies of Brixton (Lab - Life peer) the Government have given up on rolling forward the period for which the personal allowance will be frozen - Speech Link
3: Baroness Kramer (LD - Life peer) the Minister referred to, is in reality a small reduction in tax increases because of the effect of frozen - Speech Link
4: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) Our plan to deliver that mission, supported by British business and developed in partnership with British - Speech Link


Petitions
Frozen British pensions - Mon 19 Feb 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: None Unequal Partnership” that highlights the stark contrast in engagement between the UK and Canada on the frozen - Speech Link
2: None Government on the issue and finally remedy this injustice and reflect respect and courtesy for our British - Speech Link
3: None State pensions are, however, up-rated overseas where there is a legal requirement to do so, such as a - Speech Link
4: None Uprating overseas state pensions to the rate payable in the UK would cost approximately £900 million - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ministerial Severance: Reform - Tue 06 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Emily Thornberry (Lab - Islington South and Finsbury) But a bigger part of me says that they should not be allowed to gamble again with the future of the British - Speech Link
2: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) , but ministerial pay in the House of Lords has been frozen only at 2019 levels. - Speech Link
3: Michael Ellis (Con - Northampton North) They have stayed frozen since the 2010 Parliament, which has had a major impact. - Speech Link
4: Alex Cunningham (Lab - Stockton North) We owe that to the British taxpayer, and we owe it to our predecessors in this House, to Joe Ashton and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Finance Bill
Report stage - Mon 05 Feb 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: None not exist, so this year duty is going up for passengers flying economy class within the UK, and is frozen - Speech Link
2: John Redwood (Con - Wokingham) The Government are working on some important programmes, through the Department for Work and Pensions - Speech Link
3: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) Our first aim is to support British industry, so that we can solidify our position as world leaders in - Speech Link
4: Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) I worry about the fact that various thresholds have been frozen, and in particular, as the Minister knows - Speech Link
5: Debbie Abrahams (Lab - Oldham East and Saddleworth) We heard many questions in today’s Department for Work and Pensions orals about what we can do to get - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Living Standards - Thu 01 Feb 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Stewart Malcolm McDonald (SNP - Glasgow South) We can see from public polling, even if we go back to a few months ago and the results of the British - Speech Link
2: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) Budget of the previous Prime Minister, which sent inflation soaring, interest rates rocketing and the pensions - Speech Link
3: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) whether he no longer supports what was on his leaflets during the by-election: that council tax should be frozen - Speech Link