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Written Question
Health: Finance
Monday 20th May 2019

Asked by: Jim Cunningham (Labour - Coventry South)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of introducing a budget that includes the well-being of UK citizens as a measure of success.

Answered by Elizabeth Truss

The Government currently makes use of a wide range of population health and wellbeing outcome metrics to measure the success of public spending programmes.

Written Question
Money: Retail Trade
Monday 13th May 2019

Asked by: Jim Cunningham (Labour - Coventry South)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of cashless shops on (a) low-income people and (b) poorer communities.

Answered by John Glen

The Treasury has not made a specific assessment of the effect of cashless shops on (a) low-income people and (b) poorer communities.

However, last year the Government initiated a discussion on payment methods through a Call for Evidence on Cash and Digital Payments in the New Economy. This sought to gather evidence on how changing preferences for cash and digital payments impact on different sectors, regions and demographics. A wide range of evidence was collected, including on the changing levels of cash usage, and a formal summary of responses was published in May 2019.

The response set out the Government’s commitment to supporting digital payments, whilst safeguarding access to cash for those who need it. The Government is engaging, and will continue to engage, with the regulators and industry on this important topic.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 May 2019
Full-time Social Action

"The groups the hon. Gentleman has mentioned are to be commended. I have come across young people who help those with dementia—there is an interesting project in Coventry—and people who are blind. I am sure the hon. Gentleman will agree that we can do more to reinstate youth clubs, which …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 May 2019
Full-time Social Action

"Does the Minister agree that many of those projects help young people to find their way forward in life? Often, young people have not quite made up their mind about what they want to do in life. There is therefore value from that point of view. Equally, we must remember …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 May 2019
Wild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill

"The Minister said that 95% of people responded to the previous Government’s consultation. What does that mean in numbers, so the House can have a good idea of how many people were actually consulted?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 30 Apr 2019
National Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill

"There is another question, about the definition of who is an employee and who is an employer. There have been various examples in the courts of people being treated as employers when they were actually employees. There is still a bit of obscurity about that when it comes to tax, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Apr 2019
HS2: Buckinghamshire

"Like the right hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham (Dame Cheryl Gillan), I have opposed HS2 from its inception; I recognise that she has been a sturdy fighter against it. I notice that the Minister has not answered questions on the total cost. She talks about the midlands benefiting from …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Apr 2019
Loan Charge

"Does the hon. Gentleman agree that action should be taken against the employers who forced these people into these schemes and the financial advisers who sold them the schemes in the first place? I have had lots of constituents on at me about that. [Interruption.]..."
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Written Question
Small Businesses: Loans
Wednesday 10th April 2019

Asked by: Jim Cunningham (Labour - Coventry South)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to further regulate lending to small businesses.

Answered by John Glen

The Government set out its position on the regulation of lending to small businesses in its response to the Treasury Select Committee’s SME Finance Report. This is available here: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmtreasy/1873/187302.htm

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Apr 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"What is the Chancellor going to do to help the WASPI women—Women Against State Pension Inequality Campaign—who have been denied their pensions? It has been going on for far too long and it is about time he did something about it...."
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