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Department: HM Treasury

Oral Answers to Questions

Rishi Sunak Excerpts
Tuesday 16th June 2015

(9 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Damian Hinds Portrait Damian Hinds
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The Prime Minister has made this extremely clear by stating categorically that child benefit stays as is. The most important thing in regard to affordability and household budgets is to increase employment and ensure that people are in good jobs. The Government have also done an awful lot to bear down on household costs to make them more affordable.

Rishi Sunak Portrait Rishi Sunak (Richmond (Yorks)) (Con)
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Will my hon. Friend tell my constituents what this Government will continue to do to cut the costs of childcare for hard-working families?

Damian Hinds Portrait Damian Hinds
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The coalition Government had a very strong record on extending childcare, and we are going to go much further in this Parliament with the extension from 15 to 30 hours of childcare for the three and four-year-old children of working parents, the introduction of tax-free credits and the further extension of childcare provision under universal credit when that migration happens.