Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Nov 2017
Budget Resolutions
"I welcome the Budget, particularly on R and D, the enterprise investment scheme and small and medium-sized enterprises, which I hope to be able to address next week.
Today I will concentrate on housing. I am encouraged by the ambition we showed yesterday, and now we need to focus on …..."Jo Churchill - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Nov 2017
Budget Resolutions
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Nov 2017
Budget Resolutions
"I was working in the construction industry in 2008-09, so I watched its decimation at the tail end of the last Labour Government. Nobody sprang to our aid to keep people in work in the industry. This Government had to start from the get-go. We have built 217,000 houses this …..."Jo Churchill - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 12th September 2017
Asked by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the rate of VAT collected from accident rescue charities in the last 12 months.
Answered by Mel Stride
- Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
HM Revenue and Customs does not hold information on VAT revenues from charities that can be broken down to the requested level of detail.
Written Question
Monday 11th September 2017
Asked by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of staff at HM Revenue and Customs are employed on a sub-contractual basis.
Answered by Mel Stride
- Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
As of June 2017, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) had a headcount of 67,421 paid staff and employed a further 497 contractors. The contractors therefore represent 0.74% of the combined headcount. These figures do not include contractors working for Revenue and Customs Digital Technology Services, or external service suppliers who provide IT or other services to HMRC.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 29 Jun 2017
Economy and Jobs
"It is an immense pleasure to talk about the economy in today’s Queen’s Speech debate, because before I entered the House, only two short years ago, my day job was creating jobs. We need to remember that our local economies are driven by people’s confidence in creating jobs, particularly in …..."Jo Churchill - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 20th March 2017
Asked by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total annual revenues were from all land-based accident and rescue charities across the UK for each financial year since 2012.
Answered by Jane Ellison
HM Revenue and Customs does not hold information on total tax revenues from charities that can be broken down to this level of detail.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 03 Feb 2017
Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Bill
"My hon. Friend is talking about giving councils the flexibility to lower prices in order to stimulate high streets, yet areas that are highly stimulated by an event—a celebration of Shakespeare’s 400th birthday, perhaps, this year—might wish to direct drivers to a park-and-ride, for instance, to avoid an absolute blockage …..."Jo Churchill - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 03 Feb 2017
Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Bill
"Like my hon. Friend the Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Wendy Morton), I have a slight problem with the intention behind this new clause because it strikes me as a bit of a blunt tool, as I will explain. In my constituency there is The Dog at Norton. I am not sure …..."Jo Churchill - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 03 Feb 2017
Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Bill
"Surely my hon. Friend takes my point that local councils are, in the main, the people who should be deciding this. We have a very confused landscape. In Stratford-on-Avon, as he mentioned, the town council owns the car park. In two-tier authorities, the county council often owns car parks in …..."Jo Churchill - View Speech
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