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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Jun 2014
Cost of Living: Energy and Housing

"Before the Secretary of State leaves the issue of tax allowances, does he not accept that for many of the lowest-paid workers the reduction in tax was more than outweighed by the reduction in tax credits? Moreover, the cost of this policy benefited higher earners disproportionately. That does not sound …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Jun 2014
Debate on the Address

"The Prime Minister mentioned zero-hours contracts. Having care workers in long-term employment on zero-hours contracts means that the people they are caring for are getting a bad deal, so will he amend his Bill to give protection to those workers?..."
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Written Question

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Monday 12th May 2014

Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) his Department and (b) the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister spent on a wellbeing strategy in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.

Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham

The Deputy Prime Minister's Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.

In 2010 the Office for National Statistics established a Measuring National Wellbeing Programme to look at wellbeing across the UK. The Cabinet Office is supporting this with a wellbeing policy programme across Government.

The costs of the programme are met from existing departmental budgets. Details on staffing are published through my department's organogram, on gov.uk

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Apr 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q10. Yesterday, Ukrainians in Scotland wrote to Alex Salmond expressing disgust and astonishment at the First Minister’s statement that he admired President Putin. Will the Prime Minister support the Scottish Ukrainian community and Labour in condemning those statements in support of a regime that oppresses its own minority groups and …..."
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Written Question
Health Services: Immigrants
Wednesday 2nd April 2014

Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.

Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham

Under this Government's transparency programme, contracts are published on Contracts Finder which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Mar 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"T6. Given the Deputy Prime Minister’s keen interest in child care, will he commit to immediate help for low-paid families by increasing the percentage cover to 80% now, not waiting for the roll-out of universal credit, especially as that roll-out for families is disappearing over the event horizon?..."
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Tuesday 4th March 2014

Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many pagers have been provided to staff by his Department since May 2010; and what the cost to the Department was of providing those pagers.

Answered by Nick Hurd

As was the case prior to the last General Election various officials are provided with pagers when there is a business case to do so. We do not hold details centrally of when pagers were purchased but currently spend £360 a month on the services.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 29 Jan 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"Mohammad Asghar, who lived in the UK for 40 years and has family in my constituency, has recently been convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death in Pakistan. Mr Asghar was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2010 and was treated in Edinburgh, but the judges refused to take that into …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Jan 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does the Deputy Prime Minister agree with the social mobility commission that the decision to abolish the education maintenance allowance was badly conceived, and what steps will he take to make up for that error?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Nov 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"T5. The social mobility and child poverty commission has stated that“fiscal consolidation has been regressive”.Will the Deputy Prime Minister therefore accept its recommendation that the 2013 Budget funding for child care should be reallocated from higher-rate taxpayers to those on universal credit or, since universal credit seems to be over …..."
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