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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 22 Jan 2020
National Productivity

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley Central (Dan Jarvis) on an intelligent, measured and thoughtful speech that went to the nub of the issue. We have a new Parliament and there has been a lot of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Oct 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Since this Government came to power, they have relied heavily on monetary policy. The Chancellor of the Exchequer will know that quantitative easing and interest rates have now been cut to the bone. Is he concerned by noises coming from the Bank of England that interest rates could rise, and …..."
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Written Question
Electronic Publishing: VAT
Tuesday 16th July 2019

Asked by: Chris Evans (Labour (Co-op) - Caerphilly)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment the Government has made of the potential effect on authors of removing VAT from the sale of e-books.

Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

The Government keeps all taxes under review, including Value Added Tax (VAT).

Amendments to the VAT regime as it applies to physical publications and e-publications must be carefully assessed against policy, economic and fiscal considerations. Any representations on this issue, including those from authors and their representatives, will be considered as part of the fiscal events process.

Written Question
Pharmacy
Friday 28th June 2019

Asked by: Chris Evans (Labour (Co-op) - Caerphilly)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to identify and deliver efficiencies in the pharmacy sector.

Answered by Elizabeth Truss

The Department of Health & Social Care, with NHS England and NHS Improvement, is currently in the process of working with the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) to determine the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework settlement for 2019/20. These are confidential negotiations and as such I am unable to provide any detail on these discussions at this time. The Government is committed however to working with the PSNC to deliver a fair settlement for the NHS services community pharmacies provide; one which will enable the Government to deliver our longer-term ambition of fully integrated primary medical and community services, whilst also allowing us to realise opportunities to increase value for money.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 02 Apr 2019
Puppy Smuggling

"On a point of order, Mr Hollobone. There is no Minister present. Is that in order?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 02 Apr 2019
Puppy Smuggling

"I thank you for calling me to speak, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate the hon. Member for Mid Worcestershire (Nigel Huddleston) on calling this important debate. I am a dog lover. I lost my Labrador 18 months ago, and I still think about him every day, as sad as that might …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 02 Apr 2019
Puppy Smuggling

"Sorry. I know my hon. Friend is a Sheffield Wednesday supporter. If the change cannot be brought in by Government, they should at least provide time for a private Member’s Bill so we can introduce it forthwith. The change has been promised for a long time, and the issue is …..."
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Written Question
Financial Services
Thursday 20th December 2018

Asked by: Chris Evans (Labour (Co-op) - Caerphilly)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) content on disclosure of risk and future performance and (b) other content in Key Information Documents prepared in accordance with the Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products Regulations 2017.

Answered by John Glen

The Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs) Regulation has applied since 1 January 2018.

In July 2018 the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) put out a Call for Input to assess the initial experiences of both firms and consumers of the new requirements introduced by the PRIIPs Regulations. These requirements include those relating to the content of Key Information Documents.

The FCA have committed to providing a publicly available feedback statement on their Call for Input in early 2019.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 04 Dec 2018
Animal Rescue Centres

"Next week I will visit Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, as I do nearly every Christmas, to look at the fantastic work it does. Does my hon. Friend agree that there should be an onus on breeders? When dogs have breeding problems, often the rescue centres or the adopting families …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 13 Nov 2018
Local Sporting Heroes

"Is snooker a sport?..."
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