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Commons Chamber
Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill - Wed 19 Nov 2014
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Gordon Birtwistle (LDEM - Burnley) Does the shadow Minister accept that the tax take is possibly down by a lot because of the increased allowances - Speech Link
2: John McDonnell (LAB - Hayes and Harlington) leave I met the Minister who stood in for her to discuss the failure to pay the minimum wage in the shipping - Speech Link
3: Nadhim Zahawi (CON - Stratford-on-Avon) This is about making sure that finance keeps up with the economic recovery.Alongside access to capital - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill - Tue 15 Jul 2014
Home Office

Mentions:
1: William Cash (CON - Stone) The European Court, through our own courts, ended up by striking down the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 - Speech Link
2: William Cash (CON - Stone) done so—that there is a risk that the sort of principles that were applied in the case of the Merchant Shipping - Speech Link
3: Julian Huppert (LDEM - Cambridge) I wish I could believe that there was a liberal majority in this House—both with a capital L and a small - Speech Link
4: William Cash (CON - Stone) As with the Merchant Shipping Act 1988, which was struck down by our own High Court in pursuance of the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Tue 14 May 2013
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Clement-Jones (LDEM - Life peer) We need to realise that our creativity, ideas and intellectual capital will increasingly drive our future - Speech Link
2: Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (LDEM - Life peer) For example, they have established the Natural Capital Committee and national ecosystems assessments. - Speech Link
3: Lord Gilbert (LAB - Life peer) It would be right in the middle of the shipping lanes and in the middle of the climate of the Thames - Speech Link
4: Lord Best (CB - Life peer) The caps, ceilings and limits on housing benefit and local housing allowances, which are more likely - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Cost of Living - Tue 14 May 2013
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Catherine McKinnell (LAB - Newcastle upon Tyne North) I anticipated Members raising the issue of personal allowances, but the fact is that the Institute for - Speech Link
2: Alec Shelbrooke (CON - Elmet and Rothwell) comes through the Straits of Hormuz, and if the oil traders believe that there is a threat to those shipping - Speech Link
3: Alison McGovern (LAB - Wirral South) We need to look not only at capital infrastructure costs but at the day-to-day costs for people who are - Speech Link
4: Pat Glass (LAB - North West Durham) We all accept that capital has to make a fair return on its investment, but this is not a fair return - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 07 Mar 2013
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Jim Fitzpatrick (LAB - Poplar and Limehouse) Enough countries signed last August to make it international law this August, and the UK Chamber of Shipping - Speech Link
2: Lord Lansley (CON - Life peer) of corporate tax rates and the dramatic increase announced by the Chancellor in access to investment allowances - Speech Link
3: Lord Lansley (CON - Life peer) been pleased by and welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Schools of additional funding for capital - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Armed Forces - Mon 05 Nov 2012
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Astor of Hever (CON - Excepted Hereditary) We have lacked the right business skills and capabilities to manage capital and infrastructure projects - Speech Link
2: Lord Davies of Stamford (LAB - Life peer) One was during the shipping crisis in 2008. - Speech Link
3: Lord Rosser (LAB - Life peer) tackle veterans’ long-term mental health issues and believe that we need to rebalance the system of allowances - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Whitsun Recess - Thu 24 May 2012
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Graham P Jones (LAB - Hyndburn) For instance, it removed the allowances for shopping and laundry that were given to the infirm and those - Speech Link
2: Gareth Thomas (LAB - Harrow West) I am told that the Met may have had in mind the quality of the cells at Harrow and that some capital - Speech Link
3: Denis MacShane (LAB - Rotherham) I have always been astonished that we are the only capital city in the world where the Head of State - Speech Link
4: Denis MacShane (LAB - Rotherham) EU allowances reached record lows at the beginning of this year, so the support rate or tax applied in - Speech Link
5: Bob Russell (LDEM - Colchester) the occupation.Another interesting subject is how Israel ignores international law on the freedom of shipping - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Wed 16 May 2012
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Archbishop of Canterbury (Bishops - Bishops) Those targeted investments saying, “You can have funds, grants, help and allowances provided you break - Speech Link
2: Lord Myners (CB - Life peer) The Government should be encouraging capital allowances because they would have a much more immediate - Speech Link
3: Lord Lucas (CON - Excepted Hereditary) Others bulk ship into Europe and then treat their merchandise as if it was a postal packet coming in, shipping - Speech Link
4: Lord Northbrook (CON - Excepted Hereditary) However, that clashes with their need to build up capital. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Rural Communities - Tue 17 Apr 2012
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Rory Stewart (IND - Penrith and The Border) where currently we have close to full employment, and building businesses for which we have no workers, shipping - Speech Link
2: Roger Williams (LDEM - Brecon and Radnorshire) the other two thirds will not benefit from the reduction in the tax, and the £100,000 reduction in capital - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation - Fri 23 Mar 2012
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: George Eustice (CON - Camborne and Redruth) welcome, as it builds on the good work that the Government have already started with the enterprise allowances - Speech Link
2: Roberta Blackman-Woods (LAB - City of Durham) It is our capital city and it is important that it is supported. - Speech Link
3: Sarah Newton (CON - Truro and Falmouth) area of transport, which we have not touched on today but that is very important to the nation, is shipping - Speech Link
4: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) became obvious that the Budget involved an attack on pensioners with the reduction in their tax-free allowances - Speech Link