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Debate between Karen Lumley and David Gauke
Tuesday 12th October 2010

(14 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Gauke Portrait Mr Gauke
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My hon. Friend is right. There is a need to balance the desire for a quick service with ensuring that we do not allow fraudulent registrations. Between April and September this year, 57.4% of applications were processed within the target 10 calendar days. There was an improvement in the rate during August and September, when 71.4% and 79.7% of applications were processed within the 10 days.

Karen Lumley Portrait Karen Lumley (Redditch) (Con)
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14. What assessment he has made of the effect on GDP of proposals to increase the level of economic growth in the June 2010 Budget.