Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jane Ellison and Rebecca Pow

Tuesday 29th November 2016 Commons Chamber

[Jane Ellison]

I reiterate to my right hon. Friend that it is envisaged that people will upload information quarterly, but that is not the same as four tax returns a year, something which got some currency at the time. Several significant concessions regarding the number of small businesses that were exempt from the system were announced over the summer, but I am listening carefully to the points being made both by colleagues in the House and by some of the important stakeholders with whom we have been engaging. That is why we said that we will respond in the new year. We do not want to rush our response; we want to consider all the points carefully.

[Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane) (Con)]

5. What steps he is taking to improve productivity in the south-west.