HM Treasury is the government’s economic and finance ministry, maintaining control over public spending, setting the direction of the UK’s economic policy and working to achieve strong and sustainable economic growth.
Rishi Sunak
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Oral Answers to Questions is a regularly scheduled appearance where the Secretary of State and junior minister will answer at the Dispatch Box questions from backbench MPs
Other Commons Chamber appearances can be:Westminster Hall debates are performed in response to backbench MPs or e-petitions asking for a Minister to address a detailed issue
Written Statements are made when a current event is not sufficiently significant to require an Oral Statement, but the House is required to be informed.
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| Dec. 01 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Dec. 10 | Urgent Questions | Future Relationship with the EU |
| Jan. 14 | Written Statements | Second-hand Margin Scheme in Northern Ireland: Motor Vehicles Sourced from Great Britain |
| Dec. 14 | Westminster Hall | Financial Reward for Government Workers and Key Workers |
| Jan. 13 | Adjournment Debate | Small Business Support: Covid-19 |
A Bill to authorise the use of resources for the years ending with 31 March 2020 and 31 March 2021; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for those years; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the year ending with 31 March 2020.
This Bill received Royal Assent on Monday 16th March 2020 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the national debt and the public revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance.
This Bill received Royal Assent on Wednesday 22nd July 2020 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to make provision increasing the maximum capital of the Contingencies Fund for a temporary period.
This Bill received Royal Assent on Wednesday 25th March 2020 and was enacted into law.
This Bill received Royal Assent on Wednesday 22nd July 2020 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to make provision to reduce for a temporary period the amount of stamp duty land tax chargeable on the acquisition of residential property.
This Bill received Royal Assent on Wednesday 22nd July 2020 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to make provision (including the imposition and regulation of new duties of customs) in connection with goods in Northern Ireland and their movement into or out of Northern Ireland; to make provision amending certain enactments relating to value added tax, excise duty or insurance premium tax; to make provision in connection with the recovery of unlawful state aid in relation to controlled foreign companies; and for connected purposes.
This Bill received Royal Assent on Thursday 17th December 2020 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to make provision about financial services and markets; to make provision about debt respite schemes; to make provision about Help-to-Save accounts; and for connected purposes.
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HM Treasury | The Public Bodies (Abolition of Public Works Loan Commissioners) Order 2019 | |
| This Order abolishes the office of the Public Works Loan Commissioners (the “Commissioners”) who together were known as the Public Works Loans Board. | |||
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Laid 13 Jan 2021 In Force 3 Feb 2021 |
HM Treasury |
Markets in Financial Instruments (Switzerland Equivalence) Regulations 2021 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation |
Made negative procedure |
| These Regulations are made under powers conferred by Article 51(1) of, and paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 3 to, Regulation (EU) No. 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments, as it has effect in the UK (“MiFIR”). These powers have been added to MiFIR (and subsequently amended) by relevant EU exit instruments – in particular, S.I. 2018/1403, S.I. 2019/576 and S.I. 2019/710. | |||
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Laid 11 Jan 2021 In Force 31 May 2021 |
HM Treasury |
Major Sporting Events (Income Tax Exemption) Regulations 2021 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation |
Draft affirmative procedure |
| These Regulations provide for an exemption from income tax on income earned in the UK in connection with football matches held in the UK as part of the Union des Associations Européennes de Football (UEFA) EURO 2020 final tournament. The exemption applies only to individuals within the meaning of “accredited person” (as defined by regulation 3), such as accredited players, officials or contractors of the participating national football associations, UEFA, UEFA Events SA and partner organisations. The individuals must be non UK resident in the tax year 2021-22 or, where the tax year is a split year in relation to the individual, the income must relate to the overseas part of the year. | |||
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149,138 Petition Closed |
Pay Up Now! – Scrap the pay cap and give public servants a meaningful pay rise Gov Responded - 9 Oct 2017 Debated on - 4 Dec 2017 |
12 Mar 2018 closed 2 years, 10 months ago |
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Every single person who works in public services needs and deserve a pay rise. It’s time for the pay cap to be scrapped, for the government to provide additional funding for public sector pay and for employers to put public sector workers pay up now. |
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146,351 Petition Closed |
Give all key workers a 100% tax and Nat. Ins. holiday through COVID-19 crisis Gov Responded - 27 Apr 2020 Debated on - 14 Dec 2020 |
1 Oct 2020 closed 3 months, 2 weeks ago |
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The government is helping private firms to protect jobs by paying up to 80% of staff wages through this crisis. If it can do this why can it not help key workers who will be putting themselves/their families at risk and working extra hard under extremely challenging and unprecedented circumstances. |
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119,587 Petition Closed |
Keep Childcare Vouchers open beyond April 2018 Gov Responded - 12 Oct 2017 Debated on - 15 Jan 2018 |
18 Mar 2018 closed 2 years, 10 months ago |
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Hundreds of thousands of parents will lose out under the new tax-free childcare. The voucher schemes should be kept open alongside tax-free childcare to give parents a genuine choice for the support that best suits their family. |
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HM Treasury Select Committee Home Page
Select Committees are a formally established cross-party group of backbench MPs tasked with holding a Government department to account.
At any time there will be number of ongoing investigations into the work of the Department, or issues which fall within the oversight of the Department. Witnesses can be summoned from within the Government and outside to assist in these inquiries, and the Select Committee will occasionally publish formal reports of their findings.
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| Jan. 15 | CST response to Scottish Government request for additional funding | News and Communications |
| Jan. 15 | Government safeguards vital ferry services | News and Communications |
| Jan. 14 | Treasury minutes – January 2021 | Policy paper |
Written Questions are submitted by Members of Parliament and the House of Lords to receive information or updates from a Department.
Departments are required to respond in a timely fashion and provide a response or requested information. Written Questions can compel detailed and specific information to be produced, and are frequently used as the source of news stories about the work of a Department.
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| 14 Jan 2021, 4:07 p.m. | Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central) | Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central) |
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Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to exempt people affected by dangerous cladding from Insurance Premium Tax. Answered by John Glen - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury) Insurance Premium Tax is a tax paid by insurers on all general insurance premiums. Insurance pricing is a decision which is affected by a wide range of factors, and the taxes that insurers pay are just one part of this. It is hard to predict the impact of an exemption on insurance pricing for those affected by unsafe cladding, as this largely depends on how the insurers would react. In addition, any loss in tax revenue would have to be balanced by a reduction in public spending, increased borrowing or increased taxation elsewhere.
While there is no current plan to introduce an exemption on insurance pricing for those affected by unsafe cladding, all taxes are kept under review and the views expressed to us are carefully considered as part of the annual Budget process. |
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