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Parliamentary Debates
Women’s Changed State Pension Age: Compensation
124 speeches (13,984 words)
Wednesday 15th January 2025 - Westminster Hall
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Torsten Bell (Lab - Swansea West) On a second front, he reminds us that it was in fact George Osborne who said that the acceleration of - Link to Speech

Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]
38 speeches (23,676 words)
2nd reading
Wednesday 8th January 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Transport
Mentions:
1: Lord McLoughlin (Con - Life peer) It was partly a Bill promised in a deal done by George Osborne, Sir Richard Leese and Howard Bernstein - Link to Speech

National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill
86 speeches (42,521 words)
2nd reading
Monday 6th January 2025 - Lords Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court (XB - Life peer) Healey implemented in his first Budget, or even an increase in VAT, as Sir Geoffrey Howe and George Osborne - Link to Speech
2: Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con - Life peer) Indeed, the tax commission that I chaired for George Osborne in 2006 recommended that, but they were - Link to Speech
3: Lord Horam (Con - Life peer) taxation at the beginning of their periods of government—Mrs Thatcher did it, and it was done by George Osborne - Link to Speech

China: Human Rights and Security
41 speeches (19,048 words)
Thursday 19th December 2024 - Lords Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) Under the coalition but particularly, one sensed, when George Osborne was the Chancellor of the Exchequer - Link to Speech

Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement
15 speeches (4,828 words)
Thursday 19th December 2024 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Lord Sentamu (XB - Life peer) Then one day, George Osborne called it the national living wage, but it was simply an enhancement of - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
137 speeches (9,695 words)
Wednesday 18th December 2024 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) In 2011, the former Chancellor George Osborne then accelerated those changes with very little notice. - Link to Speech

Women’s State Pension Age Communication: PHSO Report
16 speeches (5,513 words)
Tuesday 17th December 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) 1995 or to accelerate that increase in 2011—a decision that the then Conservative Chancellor George Osborne - Link to Speech

Women’s State Pension Age Communication: PHSO Report
95 speeches (10,827 words)
Tuesday 17th December 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Liz Kendall (Lab - Leicester West) 1995 or to accelerate that increase in 2011—a decision that the then Conservative Chancellor George Osborne - Link to Speech

National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill
199 speeches (38,808 words)
Committee of the whole House
Tuesday 17th December 2024 - Commons Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Graham Stuart (Con - Beverley and Holderness) The 2012 Budget by George Osborne, crudely and rudely called the omnishambles Budget, included a measure - Link to Speech

Rule of Law
51 speeches (34,642 words)
Tuesday 26th November 2024 - Lords Chamber
Scotland Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Sikka (Lab - Life peer) pleaded guilty to “criminal conduct” in the US and was fined $1.9 billion but the then Chancellor, George Osborne - Link to Speech

Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill
30 speeches (14,352 words)
Second reading committee
Wednesday 6th November 2024 - Grand Committee
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Con - Life peer) Those were the days when George Osborne, echoing what I have just said, wanted the British Government - Link to Speech

Ministerial Code: Policy Announcements
17 speeches (1,479 words)
Wednesday 30th October 2024 - Lords Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) Perhaps I should admit that, during the coalition Government, George Osborne, as Chancellor, was heard - Link to Speech
2: Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court (XB - Life peer) My Lords, back in March 2013, the Budget was comprehensively leaked and the then Chancellor, George Osborne - Link to Speech

Budget Resolutions
195 speeches (45,922 words)
Wednesday 30th October 2024 - Commons Chamber

Mentions:
1: Sammy Wilson (DUP - East Antrim) For about three years, I had to listen to George Osborne telling us that the previous Government had - Link to Speech

Renters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)
152 speeches (31,772 words)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting
Tuesday 22nd October 2024 - Public Bill Committees
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Michael Wheeler (Lab - Worsley and Eccles) overgeared buy-to-let landlords, which is mainly a result of the section 24 tax changes that George Osborne - Link to Speech

Nuclear Industry: Cumbria
23 speeches (4,167 words)
Monday 14th October 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Mentions:
1: Tom Hayes (Lab - Bournemouth East) George Osborne begged the Chinese to invest in nuclear power, and we are now unpicking his mistake. - Link to Speech

Film Industry
29 speeches (6,478 words)
Thursday 10th October 2024 - Lords Chamber

Mentions:
1: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Lab - Life peer) It was then built on by the great work—I am surprised to hear myself saying it—of George Osborne, who - Link to Speech

Social Security
94 speeches (13,094 words)
Tuesday 10th September 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Liz Kendall (Lab - Leicester West) about those just above the pension credit threshold, when it was their former Tory Chancellor, George Osborne - Link to Speech

Winter Fuel Payment
31 speeches (4,689 words)
Tuesday 10th September 2024 - Westminster Hall
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Emma Reynolds (Lab - Wycombe) George Osborne, on taking office, cut that benefit and made it unavailable for younger pensioners, so - Link to Speech

Budget Responsibility Bill
43 speeches (18,745 words)
2nd reading
Monday 9th September 2024 - Lords Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Lord Eatwell (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, the OBR was created by George Osborne to“remove the temptation to fiddle the figures”.An entirely - Link to Speech
2: Lord Hain (Lab - Life peer) The OBR estimates that the decade of fiscal austerity imposed by George Osborne and Philip Hammond added - Link to Speech
3: Lord Bilimoria (XB - Life peer) decision by Labour gives the OBR the most power it has ever had since the Chancellor at the time, George Osborne - Link to Speech
4: Viscount Trenchard (Con - Excepted Hereditary) by either taxpayers or consumers.I was rather sceptical about the OBR when it was created by George Osborne - Link to Speech

Housing: Modern Methods of Construction
52 speeches (11,646 words)
Thursday 5th September 2024 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Lord Teverson (LD - Life peer) That legislation was about to be enacted when the Government changed and George Osborne, as Chancellor - Link to Speech

Budget Responsibility Bill
92 speeches (23,910 words)
Committee of the whole House
Wednesday 4th September 2024 - Commons Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Graham Stringer (Lab - Blackley and Middleton South) This quango was set up by George Osborne to trap an incoming Labour Government and restrict and slow - Link to Speech

Public Spending: Inheritance
27 speeches (5,689 words)
Tuesday 30th July 2024 - Lords Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Lord Wood of Anfield (Lab - Life peer) Noble Lords will remember that, in 2010, when Conservative Chancellor George Osborne set up the Office - Link to Speech

Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL]
23 speeches (16,796 words)
2nd reading
Tuesday 30th July 2024 - Lords Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Lord Sikka (Lab - Life peer) July 2016 report titled Too Big to Jail contained a two-page letter from the then Chancellor, George Osborne - Link to Speech

King’s Speech
123 speeches (50,331 words)
Wednesday 24th July 2024 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) Lordships will recall the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton, and his Sancho Panza, George Osborne - Link to Speech

King’s Speech
78 speeches (31,079 words)
Tuesday 23rd July 2024 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Con - Life peer) This was a policy brought forward by George Osborne. - Link to Speech

King’s Speech (4th Day)
161 speeches (62,658 words)
Monday 22nd July 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Mentions:
1: Lord Heseltine (Con - Life peer) My noble friend Lord O’Neill, with George Osborne, was deeply involved in the process of introducing - Link to Speech

Economy, Welfare and Public Services
151 speeches (47,061 words)
Monday 22nd July 2024 - Commons Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) signing up again to free movement.”We need only look at some of the past Budgets, such as a Budget George Osborne - Link to Speech

Valedictory Debate
114 speeches (57,382 words)
Friday 24th May 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Robert Halfon (Con - Harlow) I was proud to attend Cabinet when George Osborne, the then Chancellor, announced it.I was also proud - Link to Speech

High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill (Instruction) (No. 3)
89 speeches (12,951 words)
Tuesday 21st May 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Transport
Mentions:
1: Graham Stringer (Lab - Blackley and Broughton) MP—I am sure the Minister will remember it, too—but almost exactly 10 years ago, on 23 June, George Osborne - Link to Speech

Women’s State Pension Age: Ombudsman Report
134 speeches (34,162 words)
Thursday 16th May 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Alison McGovern (Lab - Wirral South) Against State Pension Inequality Campaign was the Pensions Act 2011, in which the then Chancellor, George Osborne - Link to Speech

War Graves Week
49 speeches (20,430 words)
Tuesday 14th May 2024 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Defence
Mentions:
1: Will Quince (Con - Colchester) Chancellor of the Exchequer.So we secured a meeting with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was George Osborne - Link to Speech
2: Steve McCabe (Lab - Birmingham, Selly Oak) reminded us of his personal achievement—it was no mean feat—in persuading the former Chancellor George Osborne - Link to Speech

Home Insulation
23 speeches (1,643 words)
Tuesday 14th May 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Mentions:
1: Lord Teverson (LD - Life peer) My Lords, in 2015, George Osborne, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, cancelled the zero carbon homes regulations - Link to Speech

Bank of England (Economic Affairs Committee Report)
47 speeches (30,409 words)
Thursday 2nd May 2024 - Lords Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Lord Lamont of Lerwick (Con - Life peer) A major change was introduced in 2013, when George Osborne gave the Bank a new remit in which the MPC - Link to Speech
2: Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke (Lab - Life peer) George Osborne likened the “have regard” issues to a Christmas tree, and he has a point. - Link to Speech

Women’s State Pension Age
11 speeches (3,545 words)
Tuesday 26th March 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) In 2011, the then Chancellor, George Osborne, decided to accelerate the state pension age rises, giving - Link to Speech

Women’s State Pension Age
108 speeches (11,603 words)
Monday 25th March 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Liz Kendall (Lab - Leicester West) Against State Pension Inequality campaign was the Pensions Act 2011, in which the then Chancellor, George Osborne - Link to Speech
2: Nia Griffith (Lab - Llanelli) real hardship was caused for some women in this age group in 2011 when the former Chancellor, George Osborne—backed - Link to Speech

Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment
100 speeches (27,955 words)
Thursday 21st March 2024 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Defence
Mentions:
1: Alec Shelbrooke (Con - Elmet and Rothwell) The lessons of George Osborne slashing the number of Type 45s in half have had a huge impact on naval - Link to Speech

Standards in Public Life (Codes of Conduct)
2 speeches (1,290 words)
1st reading
Wednesday 20th March 2024 - Commons Chamber

Mentions:
1: Debbie Abrahams (Lab - Oldham East and Saddleworth) Even the former Chancellor George Osborne told the “Leading” podcast that“it would be a great…agenda - Link to Speech

Child Trust Funds
31 speeches (8,722 words)
Tuesday 19th March 2024 - Westminster Hall
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Danny Kruger (Con - Devizes) the Liberal Democrats, who I am sure were responsible for scrapping it, but let us just blame George Osborne - Link to Speech

Spring Budget 2024
62 speeches (33,280 words)
Monday 18th March 2024 - Lords Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court (XB - Life peer) its excellent Fiscal Risks and Sustainability report—further proof, if any were needed, that George Osborne - Link to Speech
2: Lord Skidelsky (XB - Life peer) Had George Osborne not slashed public spending, the UK would have been in a much better fiscal position - Link to Speech
3: Lord Northbrook (Con - Excepted Hereditary) As the respected political commentator Andrew Pierce pointed out recently, when George Osborne announced - Link to Speech

Housing: Young People
35 speeches (18,671 words)
Thursday 14th March 2024 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) quantitative easing, developed by the coalition Government in 2013 and euphemistically described by George Osborne - Link to Speech

National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No.2) Bill
69 speeches (21,473 words)
2nd reading
Wednesday 13th March 2024 - Commons Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Priti Patel (Con - Witham) George Osborne looked at that during his chancellorship, as did the Office of Tax Simplification—that - Link to Speech

Budget Resolutions
181 speeches (50,203 words)
Tuesday 12th March 2024 - Commons Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) We all remember the productivity driver, George Osborne, so I say to Government Members: do not talk - Link to Speech
2: Maggie Throup (Con - Erewash) As former Chancellor George Osborne said:“It will be up to us to rebuild a pension system that has been - Link to Speech
3: Angus Brendan MacNeil (Ind - Na h-Eileanan an Iar) 2008—perhaps not the crash but certainly the response to it and the fixation of then Chancellor George Osborne - Link to Speech

Budget Resolutions
140 speeches (45,032 words)
Monday 11th March 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Mentions:
1: Wes Streeting (Lab - Ilford North) them: the former Chancellor of the Exchequer—I had better name him, as there have been so many—George Osborne - Link to Speech
2: Jack Brereton (Con - Stoke-on-Trent South) threatens similar damage to Labour’s climate change levy, from which ceramics was rightly exempted by George Osborne - Link to Speech

Budget Resolutions
206 speeches (46,853 words)
Thursday 7th March 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Michael Shanks (Lab - Rutherglen and Hamilton West) A decade ago George Osborne—remember him?—stood in this place to deliver the first Tory Budget. - Link to Speech

Budget Resolutions
131 speeches (43,925 words)
Wednesday 6th March 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Julian Knight (Ind - Solihull) I would set a lot of the blame at the door of George Osborne and the public school, dyed-in-the-wool - Link to Speech
2: David Davis (Con - Haltemprice and Howden) George Osborne created the circumstance under which the OBR almost sets the guidelines and the fiscal - Link to Speech

International Women’s Day: Language in Politics
51 speeches (14,610 words)
Thursday 29th February 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Caroline Nokes (Con - Romsey and Southampton North) Friend the Member for Gosport (Dame Caroline Dinenage), who had had George Osborne in front of her Committee - Link to Speech

Media Bill
90 speeches (44,454 words)
2nd reading
Wednesday 28th February 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Mentions:
1: Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con - Life peer) I know that my former colleague George Osborne and others have been very active, arguing that it is not - Link to Speech

Workers (Economic Affairs Committee Report)
41 speeches (23,728 words)
Thursday 8th February 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Lord Balfe (Con - Life peer) Of course, thanks to George Osborne, if you have private means you can now retire at around 55 with a - Link to Speech

Social Security
39 speeches (8,410 words)
Wednesday 31st January 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Nigel Mills (Con - Amber Valley) If any future Government want to do something different, they could just bring in a Bill, as George Osborne - Link to Speech

Dementia
27 speeches (8,109 words)
Thursday 18th January 2024 - Grand Committee
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Lord Warner (XB - Life peer) Despite legislation to implement our proposals, successive Chancellors from George Osborne onwards have - Link to Speech

High Speed 2 Compensation
44 speeches (12,210 words)
Thursday 18th January 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Transport
Mentions:
1: Andrew Bridgen (Ind - North West Leicestershire) formulated on the back of a fag packet as a gimmick for the Labour manifesto, but unfortunately George Osborne - Link to Speech

NHS Dentistry
153 speeches (34,216 words)
Tuesday 9th January 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Wes Streeting (Lab - Ilford North) On his podcast, former Conservative Chancellor George Osborne said:“That really is the nanny-state in - Link to Speech

Elgin Marbles
28 speeches (8,629 words)
Thursday 14th December 2023 - Lords Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Lexden (Con - Life peer) Mr George Osborne, the current chairman of the British Museum trustees, has become the principal champion - Link to Speech
2: Lord Allan of Hallam (LD - Life peer) Our current Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has now become part of the story; George Osborne may be an even - Link to Speech
3: Lord Dobbs (Con - Life peer) cultural and educational interests way beyond the marbles and much wider than is suggested even by George Osborne - Link to Speech
4: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Lab - Life peer) George Osborne has been very vocal on this point. - Link to Speech

Autumn Statement 2023
93 speeches (41,844 words)
Wednesday 29th November 2023 - Lords Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Lord Balfe (Con - Life peer) They will say that George Osborne promised this in 2007 and it was never delivered. - Link to Speech
2: Lord Lee of Trafford (LD - Life peer) First is the mistake that George Osborne made when he disallowed mortgage interest for landlords on their - Link to Speech

Housing in Tourist Destinations
43 speeches (14,561 words)
Tuesday 28th November 2023 - Westminster Hall
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) urgently need to look at the taxation inequalities between those two sectors that were introduced by George Osborne - Link to Speech

Autumn Statement Resolutions
144 speeches (48,091 words)
Monday 27th November 2023 - Commons Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Ranil Jayawardena (Con - North East Hampshire) tax threshold from £325,000 to perhaps £1 million, as was proposed by the former Chancellor, George Osborne - Link to Speech

International Development White Paper
21 speeches (6,915 words)
Thursday 23rd November 2023 - Lords Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) To their credit, David Cameron and George Osborne sustained that commitment, keeping Britain on the path - Link to Speech

King’s Speech
131 speeches (52,690 words)
Monday 13th November 2023 - Lords Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Lord Hain (Lab - Life peer) per year of public investment might have been recommended, but for the restrictive remit set by George Osborne - Link to Speech
2: Lord Balfe (Con - Life peer) help them earn a bit more money.I will also give another challenge to the Government: in 2006, George Osborne - Link to Speech
3: Lord Desai (XB - Life peer) case: giving tax incentives to investors has never led to investment.The nearest example is what George Osborne - Link to Speech

Debate on the Address
127 speeches (57,540 words)
Tuesday 7th November 2023 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) The wage freezes brought in by the former Chancellor George Osborne are now hitting and have, with the - Link to Speech

Regulatory Impact Assessments Bill
55 speeches (13,548 words)
2nd reading
Friday 20th October 2023 - Commons Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Philip Davies (Con - Shipley) been appointed by them.Of course, we know that this is the case because it goes back to what George Osborne - Link to Speech

BBC Licence Fee Non-Payment (Decriminalisation for Over-75s) Bill
37 speeches (6,217 words)
2nd reading
Friday 20th October 2023 - Commons Chamber
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Mentions:
1: Andrew Bridgen (Reclaim - North West Leicestershire) Does he also recall that during charter renewal, the then Chancellor, George Osborne, negotiated away - Link to Speech

Climate Change Policies
31 speeches (2,487 words)
Wednesday 20th September 2023 - Lords Chamber
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Mentions:
1: Baroness Young of Old Scone (LAB - Life peer) In 2015, George Osborne cancelled zero-carbon homes about six weeks before it was due to be implemented - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
166 speeches (9,694 words)
Monday 4th September 2023 - Commons Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: David Linden (SNP - Glasgow East) the two-child policy and rape clause, does it give him comfort to know that when the “Ghost of George Osborne - Link to Speech

Camp Hill Line Railway Stations, Birmingham
25 speeches (4,451 words)
Wednesday 19th July 2023 - Westminster Hall
Department for Transport
Mentions:
1: Tahir Ali (LAB - Birmingham, Hall Green) Birmingham tramline connecting Birmingham airport through to the city centre was actually promised by George Osborne - Link to Speech

Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
106 speeches (23,675 words)
Report stage
Tuesday 18th July 2023 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: None Some 12 years ago, in his 2011 Budget, George Osborne announced that he would pilot a land auction model - Link to Speech

Covid-19 Pandemic: Fiscal Policies
12 speeches (2,489 words)
Monday 17th July 2023 - Commons Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Mary Kelly Foy (LAB - City of Durham) I was outraged by former Prime Minister David Cameron and former Chancellor George Osborne at the covid - Link to Speech

Financial Services Reforms
45 speeches (5,747 words)
Tuesday 11th July 2023 - Commons Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Nick Smith (LAB - Blaenau Gwent) designed to help pensioners understand their pension’s performance, was promised by Chancellor George Osborne - Link to Speech

UK Economy: Growth, Inflation and Productivity
49 speeches (22,773 words)
Thursday 29th June 2023 - Lords Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Lord Eatwell (LAB - Life peer) In May of that year, the new Chancellor, George Osborne, reversed Darling’s policy and austerity killed - Link to Speech
2: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (LAB - Life peer) He said that George Osborne was going too far, too fast. - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
133 speeches (8,036 words)
Thursday 22nd June 2023 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) Has the Minister been looking at the evidence given by George Osborne and Oliver Letwin? - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 17th December 2024
Oral Evidence - The Rt Hon Charles Clarke, and The Rt Hon Michael Gove

Prison culture: governance, leadership and staffing - Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: As I say, I was lucky, in that when I was appointed Justice Secretary both David Cameron and George Osborne

Wednesday 20th November 2024
Oral Evidence - 2024-11-20 10:00:00+00:00

Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Found: Providers had to deal with a 1% reduction in rents over a period under George Osborne.

Wednesday 29th May 2024
Report - Third Report - The House of Commons standards landscape: how MPs’ standards and conduct are regulated

Committee on Standards

Found: Mr George Osborne 6R 2009–1021 Jan 2010Claimed against ACA for costs incurred before being elected

Wednesday 29th May 2024
Report - First Report - Promoting national strategy: How select committee scrutiny can improve strategic thinking in Whitehall

Liaison Committee (Commons)

Found: national strategy: How select committee scrutiny can improve strategic thinking in Whitehall 64 2015 George Osborne

Wednesday 22nd May 2024
Report - Third Report - Delivering effective financial education

Education Committee

Found: Former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon George Osborne, made a compelling case for financial education

Monday 22nd April 2024
Oral Evidence - Mr Alistair Carmichael, and David Mundell

Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998 - Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: know if he referenced it in his evidence, but Alex Salmond had a very good relationship with George Osborne

Wednesday 13th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Siemens Energy, Siemens Energy, and Siemens Energy

Securing the domestic supply chain - Energy Security and Net Zero Committee

Found: Q151 Derek Thomas: I would answer that question by saying that it was because the Government —George Osborne

Wednesday 13th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Rolls -Royce SMR, Rolls-Royce SMR, and Rolls-Royce SMR

Securing the domestic supply chain - Energy Security and Net Zero Committee

Found: Q151 Derek Thomas: I would answer that question by saying that it was because the Government —George Osborne

Wednesday 13th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Associated British Ports

Securing the domestic supply chain - Energy Security and Net Zero Committee

Found: Q151 Derek Thomas: I would answer that question by saying that it was because the Government —George Osborne

Friday 19th January 2024
Written Evidence - Harriet Grant
CBE0102 - Children, young people and the built environment

Children, young people and the built environment - Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Found: “We lost our bus service during the cuts [under chancellor George Osborne].

Wednesday 10th January 2024
Written Evidence - John Benson, and Phil Jones
DBP0098 - Defined benefit pension schemes

Defined benefit pension schemes - Work and Pensions Committee

Found: George Osborne at the Conservative Party Conference 2010 told the Country if the Conservatives

Wednesday 10th January 2024
Oral Evidence - Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and Department for Business and Trade

The performance of investment zones and freeports in England - Business and Trade Committee

Found: It also reflects work done under the coalition by David Cameron and George Osborne.

Tuesday 9th January 2024
Oral Evidence - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Work of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: Q709 Graham Stringer: When you were Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary, you and George Osborne—and

Wednesday 13th December 2023
Written Evidence - Transparency Task Force
UKR0056 - UK Regulators

UK Regulators - Industry and Regulators Committee

Found: policies on peer-to-peer lending were shaped by representations by the then Chancellor George Osborne

Tuesday 12th December 2023
Oral Evidence - National Infrastructure Commission, and National Infrastructure Commission

UK Regulators - Industry and Regulators Committee

Found: We came about with George Osborne, shortly after the election in May 2015, and we were established

Tuesday 28th November 2023
Oral Evidence - Vanguard Europe, Resolution Foundation, Institute for Fiscal Studies, and Women's Budget Group

Treasury Committee

Found: We have not even seen that type of surplus during the George Osborne era of austerity, even though

Tuesday 28th November 2023
Oral Evidence - Office for Budget Responsibility, Budget Responsibility Committee, and Budget Responsibility Committee

Treasury Committee

Found: We know that, in 2010, George Osborne as Chancellor was able to reduce departmental spending in real

Monday 27th November 2023
Report - 1st Report - Making an independent Bank of England work better

Economic Affairs Committee

Found: effects of 18 See for example Q 32 (Sir John Vickers), Q 44 (Rt Hon Ed Balls), Q 44 (Rt Hon George Osborne

Monday 13th November 2023
Oral Evidence - 2023-11-13 16:00:00+00:00

Local authorities in financial distress - Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Found: It is eight years since George Osborne, as Chancellor, stood up at conference and said, “We’re going

Monday 13th November 2023
Oral Evidence - 2023-11-13 16:00:00+00:00

Local authorities in financial distress - Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Found: It is eight years since George Osborne, as Chancellor, stood up at conference and said, “We’re going

Thursday 9th November 2023
Written Evidence - Commex Foods Ltd
SMEF0076 - SME Finance

Treasury Committee

Found: / Natwest Group had been sown when the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Honourable George Osborne

Wednesday 8th November 2023
Oral Evidence - Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

The work of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero - Energy Security and Net Zero Committee

Found: seems, given you are blaming people in the past, that you will have very stern words about George Osborne

Friday 20th October 2023
Scrutiny evidence - Uncorrected oral evidence: Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

Found: I think you will know yourself from your background working with Mr George Osborne that, if there is

Wednesday 18th October 2023
Oral Evidence - Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and National Museum Directors Council

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Found: George Osborne: The short answer is yes.

Wednesday 18th October 2023
Oral Evidence - British Museum, and British Museum

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Found: George Osborne: The short answer is yes.

Tuesday 17th October 2023
Oral Evidence - Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)

Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

Found: I think you will know yourself from your background working with Mr George Osborne that, if there is

Tuesday 19th September 2023
Written Evidence - Jag Patel
ELG0001 - Export-led growth

Export-led growth - Business and Trade Committee

Found: INTRODUCTION 1.It was the former Chancellor of the Exchequer in the coalition government, George Osborne

Wednesday 5th July 2023
Oral Evidence - Climate Change Committee

Environment and Climate Change Committee

Found: The hero of that was George Osborne; if he had not done what he did about offshore wind, we would not

Wednesday 5th July 2023
Oral Evidence - HM Treasury, and HM Treasury

Welsh Affairs Committee

Found: George Osborne when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer was very much a proponent of that view, with

Wednesday 28th June 2023
Oral Evidence - Generation Rent, Centrepoint, Crisis, University of Kent, National Residential Landlords Association, Propertymark, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, and City of Edinburgh Council

Benefit levels in the UK - Work and Pensions Committee

Found: Professor Kemp: It was all part of those changes that George Osborne introduced.

Tuesday 20th June 2023
Report - Seventh Report - The Role of Non-Executive Directors in Government

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: CBE, at the Department for Education (2020–22); • Former aide to Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne



Written Answers
Parthenon Sculptures
Asked by: Andrew George (Liberal Democrat - St Ives)
Friday 26th July 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with (a) her Greek counterpart and (b) the Board of the British Museum on the potential merits of returning the portion of the Parthenon sculptures which are held by the Museum to Athens.

Answered by Chris Bryant - Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

Decisions relating to the care and management of the museum's collections, including loaning objects from their collection, are a matter for the Trustees of the British Museum, in accordance with the British Museum Act 1963. The British Museum is operationally independent of the Government.

We are aware that the Chair of the Trustees, George Osborne, has had talks with Greek Ministers on the issue, seeking a constructive partnership. We value the work that the British Museum does internationally, and welcome the success of their partnerships, such as the recent collaboration between the British Museum, the V&A, and the Manhyia Palace Museum in Ghana.

With regards to the legal title for the Parthenon Sculptures, the removal of the sculptures was lawful and well-documented. They were transferred to the British Museum in 1816 and have been the legal property of the British Museum, not the UK Government, since then.

Parthenon Sculptures
Asked by: Andrew George (Liberal Democrat - St Ives)
Friday 26th July 2024

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will review the Government's justification to legal title for the Parthenon Sculptures held by the British Museum.

Answered by Chris Bryant - Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

Decisions relating to the care and management of the museum's collections, including loaning objects from their collection, are a matter for the Trustees of the British Museum, in accordance with the British Museum Act 1963. The British Museum is operationally independent of the Government.

We are aware that the Chair of the Trustees, George Osborne, has had talks with Greek Ministers on the issue, seeking a constructive partnership. We value the work that the British Museum does internationally, and welcome the success of their partnerships, such as the recent collaboration between the British Museum, the V&A, and the Manhyia Palace Museum in Ghana.

With regards to the legal title for the Parthenon Sculptures, the removal of the sculptures was lawful and well-documented. They were transferred to the British Museum in 1816 and have been the legal property of the British Museum, not the UK Government, since then.



Parliamentary Research
The creative industries tax reliefs: Policy and development - CBP-10093
Sep. 05 2024

Found: the introduction of new reliefs for video games, high -end TV, and animation, then Chancellor George Osborne

UK-China relations: recent developments - CBP-10029
Jul. 15 2024

Found: The following week the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced that the Government

Direct taxes: rates and allowances for 2024/25 - CBP-9993
Apr. 05 2024

Found: Conservative Government’s first Budget after the 2015 General Election, the then Chancellor George Osborne

The office and functions of the Prime Minister - CBP-9880
Mar. 15 2024

Found: the authors describe as a “typical fudge”, David Cameron appointed William Hague and later George Osborne

Finances of the Monarchy - CBP-9807
Nov. 27 2023

Found: ” George Osborne replied that “that is pretty unlikely and pretty theoretical, to be honest ”. 35 In



Petitions

Scrap inheritance tax rules on existing defined contribution pensions.

Petition Rejected - 7 Signatures

Allow defined contributions that existed prior to the Labour 2024 budget to be free of Inheritance tax rules due to come into effect April 2027. It is unfair to apply IHT retrospectively.

This petition was rejected on 20th Dec 2024 as it duplicates an existing petition

Found: George Osborne made changes to defined pension contributions in April 6th 2015.



Department Publications - Transparency
Thursday 28th November 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: FCDO ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, April to June 2024
Document: (webpage)

Found: preview tickets Yes David Cameron 23/06/2024 Sir Lucian Graine, Universal Music Group (UMG) via George Osborne

Thursday 29th August 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Source Page: DCMS: ministers' gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings Q4 23/24
Document: (webpage)

Found: Alexander Marr To discuss Art History teaching in state schools Stephen Parkinson 2024-03-26 George Osborne

Friday 26th July 2024
HM Treasury
Source Page: UK Government Investments Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24
Document: (PDF)

Found: Welfare and Pensions (2013-2017), Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne

Friday 26th July 2024
HM Treasury
Source Page: UK Government Investments Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24
Document: (PDF)

Found: Welfare and Pensions (2013-2017), Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne

Tuesday 5th September 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission 69th annual report, 2021 to 2022
Document: Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission 69th annual report, year ending 30 September 2022 (PDF)

Found: Group David Schwimmer ; former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chairman of the British Museum George Osborne

Wednesday 12th July 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Source Page: The British Museum annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023
Document: British Museum annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 (PDF)

Found: George Osborne CH Chair of the TrusteesThe British Museum Report and Accounts 2022-232Structure, governance



Department Publications - Guidance
Tuesday 30th April 2024
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Source Page: Planning Act 2008: Content of a Development Consent Order required for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects
Document: statutory instrument (SI) (PDF)

Found: signed by a Peer, then the established form is first name followed by surname, for example ‘ George Osborne



Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
Nov. 13 2024
Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)
Source Page: DAVID BRIAN PRICE and TONI FOX-BRYANT v THE FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY [2024] UKUT 00357 (TCC)
Document: David Bryan Price and Toni Fox-Bryant v Rge Financial Conduct Authority (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: People had been doing pension transfers before 2015, but in the 2014 budget George Osborne (the then

Apr. 18 2024
Competition and Markets Authority
Source Page: The CMA at 10: Past reflections and a look ahead to the next decade of promoting competition and protecting consumers
Document: UK’s open banking regime has also been called ‘the envy of the European FinTech community’ (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: which I worked closely with the regulator on in the Blackett Review on FinTech, commissioned by George Osborne



Non-Departmental Publications - Transparency
Aug. 02 2024
British Museum
Source Page: The British Museum Annual Report and Accounts 2023 to 2024
Document: (PDF)
Transparency

Found: George Osborne CH Chair of the TrusteesThe British Museum Report and Accounts 2023-242Structure, governance

Jul. 29 2024
Homes England
Source Page: Homes England Annual Report and Financial Statements 2023 to 2024
Document: (PDF)
Transparency

Found: Melanie also worked as Speechwriter and Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne

Jul. 26 2024
UK Government Investments
Source Page: UK Government Investments Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24
Document: (PDF)
Transparency

Found: Welfare and Pensions (2013-2017), Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne

Jul. 26 2024
UK Government Investments
Source Page: UK Government Investments Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24
Document: (PDF)
Transparency

Found: Welfare and Pensions (2013-2017), Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne

Sep. 05 2023
Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission
Source Page: Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission 69th annual report, 2021 to 2022
Document: Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission 69th annual report, year ending 30 September 2022 (PDF)
Transparency

Found: Group David Schwimmer ; former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chairman of the British Museum George Osborne

Jul. 19 2023
UK Government Investments
Source Page: UK Government Investments Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23
Document: UK Government Investments Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (PDF)
Transparency

Found: Welfare and Pensions (2013-2017), Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne

Jul. 18 2023
Homes England
Source Page: Homes England Annual Report and Financial Statements 2022 to 2023
Document: Homes England Annual Report and Financial Statements 2022 to 2023 (PDF)
Transparency

Found: Melanie also worked as Speechwriter and Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne

Jul. 12 2023
British Museum
Source Page: The British Museum annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023
Document: British Museum annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 (PDF)
Transparency

Found: George Osborne CH Chair of the TrusteesThe British Museum Report and Accounts 2022-232Structure, governance




George Osborne mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Government Publications
Wednesday 13th March 2024

Source Page: Building prosperity through social solidarity and economic dynamism: First Minister's speech - 12 March 2024
Document: Building prosperity through social solidarity and economic dynamism: First Minister's speech - 12 March 2024 (webpage)

Found: warning about the austerity path his opposite number and, now of course, his podcast partner, George Osborne



Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
EU Emissions Trading System
Friday 5th April 2019
This briefing provides an overview of the EU Emissions Trading System, a carbon pricing policy central to the EU's action climate change. It covers the history, present functioning and planned reform of the policy and explores the options available to the UK after Brexit. This briefing also provides an account of UK and Scottish government policy to date, and the perspectives of key
View source webpage

Found: Commenting on the decision of former chancellor George Osborne to cap the CPF at £18/ tCO2, Senior Campaigner

Housing and Social Security
Monday 25th February 2019
This briefing considers the impact of housing related welfare reforms on landlords and tenants in Scotland. It sets these in the context of wider welfare reforms taking place across the UK.
View source webpage

Found: increase in the age to which the SAR applied (from age under 25 to age under 35) the then Chancellor George Osborne

Income Tax in Scotland: 2017 update
Wednesday 6th December 2017
This briefing provides information on income tax in Scotland, including legislation, recent policy developments, and facts and figures on Scottish taxpayer numbers, their incomes and income tax liabilities. It also discusses behavioural responses and includes modelling of illustrative changes to income tax in 2018-19.
View source webpage

Found: assessment of the 50p rate and noted:23 In his 2012 Budget speech in March 2012, the Chancellor George Osborne



Scottish Parliamentary Debates
Brexit (Impact on Rural Economy)
134 speeches (121,485 words)
Thursday 7th November 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Grahame, Christine (SNP - Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) for trade deals.Interestingly, before the referendum, Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne - Link to Speech
2: Grahame, Christine (SNP - Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) Frankly, I agree with George Osborne and his dire predictions. - Link to Speech

Pre-budget Scrutiny 2025-26
73 speeches (84,244 words)
Thursday 3rd October 2024 - Committee
Mentions:
1: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) In 2010, George Osborne delivered a UK budget in one month and 16 days. - Link to Speech
2: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) In 2010, George Osborne delivered a UK budget in one month and 16 days. - Link to Speech

Women’s State Pensions (Compensation)
44 speeches (81,807 words)
Wednesday 1st May 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: O'Kane, Paul (Lab - West Scotland) Labour opposed it when George Osborne took the decision to accelerate increases in the state pension - Link to Speech

Two-child Benefit Cap
48 speeches (50,118 words)
Tuesday 23rd April 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Haughey, Clare (SNP - Rutherglen) The policies were the brainchild of the former Tory Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, who - Link to Speech

Budget (Scotland) (No 3) Bill
150 speeches (144,919 words)
Tuesday 27th February 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Johnson, Daniel (Lab - Edinburgh Southern) by what we have just heard: a desperate, flailing SNP speech—something akin to a second-rate George Osborne - Link to Speech

Budget Scrutiny 2024-25 (United Kingdom Context)
194 speeches (147,095 words)
Tuesday 12th December 2023 - Committee
Mentions:
1: None Previous fiscal targets that Gordon Brown, Alistair Darling and George Osborne set were tighter than - Link to Speech

Topical Question Time
29 speeches (16,834 words)
Tuesday 28th November 2023 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Arthur, Tom (SNP - Renfrewshire South) the UK Government austerity agenda—one that has an excess of the austerity that was pursued by George Osborne - Link to Speech

Challenge Poverty Week 2023
11 speeches (44,681 words)
Tuesday 24th October 2023 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Stewart, Kaukab (SNP - Glasgow Kelvin) George Osborne introduced the national living wage as the legal minimum amount that a worker can be paid - Link to Speech

Two-child Benefit Cap
152 speeches (118,372 words)
Wednesday 4th October 2023 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) The attempts to turn George Osborne into a sort of national treasure reveal some terrifyingly short memories - Link to Speech

Scotland’s Finances and Wellbeing Economy
107 speeches (101,806 words)
Wednesday 19th April 2023 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Fraser, Murdo (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) I think that members will remember Christine Lagarde apologising to George Osborne for getting it all - Link to Speech

Emergency Budget Review
32 speeches (30,969 words)
Wednesday 2nd November 2022 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Thomson, Michelle (SNP - Falkirk East) That the chancellor has taken advice from George Osborne, the architect of austerity, is no comfort on - Link to Speech

Budget Savings and Reductions 2022-23
78 speeches (51,338 words)
Thursday 29th September 2022 - Committee
Mentions:
1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) I managed through the financial crash and the years of austerity under George Osborne and Danny Alexander - Link to Speech

United Kingdom Shared Prosperity Fund
90 speeches (108,705 words)
Wednesday 27th April 2022 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Lochhead, Richard (SNP - Moray) George Osborne, the former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, has said that what is happening - Link to Speech
2: Lochhead, Richard (SNP - Moray) I noted previously that former Tory chancellor George Osborne has said that the current allocations are - Link to Speech