Budget Changes
Debate between Bob Blackman and David Gauke(8 years, 10 months ago)
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Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con)
Does my hon. Friend agree that the best way to reduce the welfare bill is to create more jobs and to give people the opportunity to have the dignity of earning their own living, rather than being stuck in a life on benefits?
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Debate between Bob Blackman and David Gauke(9 years, 1 month ago)
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Mr Gauke
My hon. Friend makes an important point. From September 2017, the Government are doubling the free childcare entitlement from 15 hours to 30 hours a week for working families with three and four-year-olds. That will be worth up to £5,000 per child. From early 2017, tax-free childcare will also be introduced, providing support worth up to £2,000 a year per child for working parents.
Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con)
T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
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Debate between Bob Blackman and David Gauke(9 years, 6 months ago)
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Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con)
Does my hon. Friend agree that part and parcel of changing the system is to encourage the Scottish people to live on the wages they earn from the jobs that will be created under the long-term economic plan?
Mr Gauke
The key to prosperity is to ensure that we have a dynamic economy. That is why we are cutting business taxes so we have higher wages and higher productivity; that is why we are improving our skills and investment in the United Kingdom; and that is the way we can ensure we have higher living standards for the people of Scotland and all parts of the United Kingdom.