Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between George Osborne and Tom Pursglove

Tuesday 1st December 2015 Commons Chamber

[Mr Osborne]

That is certainly the plan.

[Tom Pursglove (Corby) (Con)]

The Rushden Lakes development at Skew Bridge and Primark’s new warehouse at Islip are bringing thousands of new jobs to east Northamptonshire. Is not the added bonus that under the new business rates regime the local authority will be able to keep the windfall that will arise?

[Mr Osborne]

My hon. Friend has been a powerful advocate of the Skew Bridge project, and we have discussed it on several occasions. Of course, the devolution of business rates will help that project not only succeed, but make a big contribution to the local economy.

Spending Review and Autumn Statement

Debate between George Osborne and Tom Pursglove

Wednesday 25th November 2015 Commons Chamber

[Tom Pursglove (Corby) (Con)]

I strongly welcome my right hon. Friend’s announcements on police spending and the progress that is being made on exempting the steel industry from green taxes. Those are issues that I am hugely passionate about, as are my constituents. Will he clarify, however, when the exemption will kick in?

[Mr Osborne]

My hon. Friend, who I believe is the son of police officers, made a persuasive argument to me about what we could do to our police when we discussed that matter. He has done his parents and his constituents in Corby proud. The support for energy intensive industries has been provided by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills out of its departmental budget this year. In the years ahead, it will be provided as an exemption from the green tariffs.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between George Osborne and Tom Pursglove

Tuesday 21st July 2015 Commons Chamber

[Mr Osborne]

We are going to introduce that cap on care costs in this Parliament. It is a bit rich coming from a Labour party that was in power for 13 years and did absolutely nothing to cap those costs. That is why we are introducing the cap. We have also already introduced the changes that enable people to provide for their future care costs without having to sell their home. We are making those changes, alongside the support for savers and pensions, so that we move away from the society and economy built on debt that was left to this Government to an economy that builds and rewards savers.

[Tom Pursglove (Corby) (Con)]

4. What steps he is taking to support the creation of new enterprise zones.

Greece

Debate between George Osborne and Tom Pursglove

Monday 6th July 2015 Commons Chamber

[Tom Pursglove (Corby) (Con)]

What support are the travel operators giving the Chancellor in his efforts to disseminate information to travellers going to Greece from this country?

[Mr Osborne]

It is fair to say that the travel companies have been behaving very well and co-operating with us very closely. At any one point in the month of July, there are 150,000 British citizens on holiday in Greece. The companies are therefore used to communicating on a large scale, and they are one of our main points of contact with holidaymakers. I say again that people travelling to Greece should check out the Foreign Office travel advice.