Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Seema Malhotra and Danny Alexander

Tuesday 6th November 2012 Commons Chamber

[Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston) (Lab/Co-op)]

T9. The Prime Minister has said that a family with children will lose an average of £511 under the Government’s changes this year alone. Is that fair when the Government are cutting taxes for the most wealthy?

[Danny Alexander]

The Government are increasing taxes on the wealthiest in society and using that money for a number of things, including to put in place a new free child care entitlement for disadvantaged two-year-olds; to extend the child care entitlement of three and four-year-olds to 15 hours a week; and to reduce the income tax personal allowance, which benefits families in work. The hon. Lady should welcome rather than criticise those policies.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Seema Malhotra and Danny Alexander

Tuesday 24th January 2012 Commons Chamber

[Danny Alexander]

As I said in my answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Henley (John Howell), alongside the national infrastructure plan, we announced in the autumn statement significant new investment in infrastructure projects this year, next year and the year after that, all of which will both contribute to growth in the immediate term and help to build the better infrastructure we need to ensure that our growth is stronger in the medium term.

[Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston) (Lab/Co-op)]

5. What assessment he has made of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s most recent forecast of levels of unemployment in 2012.

Youth Unemployment and Bank Bonuses

Debate between Seema Malhotra and Danny Alexander

Monday 23rd January 2012 Commons Chamber

[Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston) (Lab/Co-op)]

Will the right hon. Gentleman tell us how many jobs the Work programme has created?

[Danny Alexander]

I cannot give the hon. Lady that information—[Hon. Members: “Ah!”] I welcome her to her place and congratulate her on her election. In due course the Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, my right hon. Friend the Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling) will provide that information. I can tell her, however, that Work programme providers are making a difference across the country, helping people to come off all sorts of benefits and acquire the necessary skills and support to get back into work.