Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Heidi Alexander and Danny Alexander

Tuesday 4th November 2014 Commons Chamber

[Danny Alexander]

I welcome that sort of investment, and I very much agree with what my hon. Friend says. Businesses like that one, in every constituency up and down the country, are creating jobs because they have confidence in the economic policies of this Government.

[Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East) (Lab)]

4. What estimate Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs has made of the amount of uncollected tax in the last year for which figures are available.

Investing in Britain’s Future

Debate between Heidi Alexander and Danny Alexander

Thursday 27th June 2013 Commons Chamber

[Danny Alexander]

I am sorry to hear about the experience of the hon. Gentleman’s constituents. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority is actually one of the most innovative in the country. The earn-back deal, which we have confirmed agreement on today, will give those authorities a real incentive to invest in the local economy. I will certainly pass on his specific concerns to BDUK.

[Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East) (Lab)]

I am afraid that half an hour of windy rhetoric from the Chief Secretary does nothing to make up for the dreadful, short-sighted decisions that this Government took when they first came to power three years ago. If investing in schools and homes is so important to them, why was one of their first actions to axe the Buildings Schools for the Future programme, and why did they cut the national affordable housing programme by 63%?

[Danny Alexander]

If investing in schools and houses was so important to the previous Government, why did they preside over a fall in affordable housing stock of 420,000 and cancel the survey to evaluate the maintenance needs of our country’s schools? It is also about getting the best value for taxpayers’ money, which, frankly, Building Schools for the Future was failing to do in a big way.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Heidi Alexander and Danny Alexander

Tuesday 14th May 2013 Commons Chamber

[Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East) (Lab)]

T5. Can one of the Ministers here today explain exactly how publishing a Bill providing for a European Union referendum in four years’ time will first create jobs, secondly attract investment and thirdly secure Britain’s future in a global economy?

[Danny Alexander]

I do not think that it would achieve any of those objectives, which is why I do not support it.