Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Priti Patel and Philip Hollobone

Tuesday 2nd September 2014 Commons Chamber

[Priti Patel]

I re-emphasise the point that I made earlier: child poverty under this Government is down by 300,000. Inequality is being tackled very effectively by this Government through what we are doing to raise living standards and tackle the country’s economic problems head on.

[Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con)]

Will my hon. Friend remind the House of the amount by which personal tax-free allowances have been increased since 2010 to help protect household budgets in an era of sluggish wage growth?

[Priti Patel]

As my hon. Friend will know, we have increased tax allowances by thousands of pounds to the new figure of £10,500, which will take an extra 3.2 million people out of tax.