Information between 14th November 2021 - 11th August 2024
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Division Votes |
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22 Jul 2024 - Economy, Welfare and Public Services - View Vote Context Torsten Bell voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 377 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 111 Noes - 390 |
23 Jul 2024 - Immigration and Home Affairs - View Vote Context Torsten Bell voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 373 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 85 Noes - 382 |
23 Jul 2024 - Immigration and Home Affairs - View Vote Context Torsten Bell voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 361 Labour No votes vs 7 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 103 Noes - 363 |
23 Jul 2024 - Immigration and Home Affairs - View Vote Context Torsten Bell voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 374 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 117 Noes - 384 |
25 Jul 2024 - Criminal Law - View Vote Context Torsten Bell voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 312 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 323 Noes - 81 |
29 Jul 2024 - Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill - View Vote Context Torsten Bell voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 341 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 351 Noes - 84 |
Speeches |
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Torsten Bell speeches from: Public Spending: Inheritance
Torsten Bell contributed 1 speech (123 words) Monday 29th July 2024 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury |
Torsten Bell speeches from: Clean Energy Superpower Mission
Torsten Bell contributed 1 speech (108 words) Thursday 18th July 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero |
Calendar |
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Tuesday 12th March 2024 2 p.m. Treasury Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Budget 2024 At 2:15pm: Oral evidence Yael Selfin - Vice Chair and Chief Economist at KPMG in the UK Torsten Bell - Chief Executive at Resolution Foundation Paul Johnson - Director at Institute for Fiscal Studies Arun Advani - Professor of Economics at University of Warwick View calendar |
Tuesday 12th March 2024 2 p.m. Treasury Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Budget 2024 At 2:15pm: Oral evidence Yael Selfin - Vice Chair and Chief Economist at KPMG in the UK Torsten Bell - Chief Executive at Resolution Foundation Paul Johnson - Director at Institute for Fiscal Studies View calendar |
Tuesday 21st March 2023 9:30 a.m. Treasury Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Budget 2023 At 9:45am: Oral evidence Torsten Bell - Chief Executive at The Resolution Foundation Paul Johnson - Director at Institute for Fiscal Studies Professor Diane Coyle - University of Cambridge Tony Wilson - Director at Institute for Employment Studies View calendar |
Tuesday 21st March 2023 9:30 a.m. Treasury Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Budget 2023 At 9:45am: Oral evidence Torsten Bell - Chief Executive at The Resolution Foundation Paul Johnson - Director at Institute for Fiscal Studies Professor Diane Coyle - Professor of Public Policy and Co-Director of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at University of Cambridge Tony Wilson - Director at Institute for Employment Studies View calendar |
Tuesday 7th February 2023 9:45 a.m. Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee - Oral evidence Subject: UK plc 2050 At 10.15am: Oral evidence Mike Keoghan - Deputy National Statistician and Director General for Economic, Social and Environmental Statistics at Office for National Statistics Dr Anna Valero - Senior Policy Fellow, London School of Economics Centre for Economic Performance and Deputy Director, Programme on Innovation and Diffusion at London School of Economics (LSE) Torsten Bell - Chief Executive at Resolution Foundation Lord Deben - Chairman at Climate Change Committee View calendar |
Wednesday 30th November 2022 3 p.m. Public Services Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Public services and public spending: follow-up At 3.00pm: Oral evidence Torsten Bell - Chief Executive at Resolution Foundation Ben Zaranko - Senior Research Economist at Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) View calendar |
Wednesday 12th October 2022 10 a.m. Treasury Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Autumn 2022 Fiscal Events At 10.15am: Oral evidence Torsten Bell - Chief Executive at Resolution Foundation Professor Jagjit S. Chadha - Director at National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) Paul Johnson - Director at Institute for Fiscal Studies Sanjay Raja - Chief UK Economist at Deutsche Bank Dr Gemma Tetlow - Chief Economist at Institute for Government View calendar |
Thursday 22nd September 2022 2 p.m. Treasury Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The cost of living At 2.15pm: Oral evidence Rebecca McDonald - Chief Economist at Joseph Rowntree Foundation Neil Shearing - Group Chief Economist at Capital Economics Louise Hellem - Director of Economic Policy at CBI Torsten Bell - Chief Executive at Resolution Foundation View calendar |
Tuesday 6th September 2022 9:30 a.m. Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The impact of the cost of living crisis on workers, consumers and business At 10.45am: Oral evidence Clare Moriarty - Chief Executive at Citizens Advice Torsten Bell - Chief Executive at The Resolution Foundation Tom Waters - Senior Research Economist at Institute for Fiscal Studies Joanne Cairns - Head of Research and Policy at Usdaw At 11.30am: Oral evidence Dhara Vyas - Director of Advocacy and Programmes at Energy UK Dave Dalton - Chair, Energy Intensive Users Group and Chief Executive at British Glass Karen Betts - Chief Executive at Food and Drink Federation Tina McKenzie - UK Policy and Advocacy Chair at Federation of Small Businesses View calendar |
Wednesday 30th March 2022 1:30 p.m. Treasury Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Spring Statement 2022 At 1.45pm: Oral evidence Dr Gemma Tetlow - Chief Economist at Institute for Government Torsten Bell - Chief Executive at Resolution Foundation Paul Johnson - Director at Institute for Fiscal Studies View calendar |
Monday 31st January 2022 3 p.m. Treasury Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The cost of living At 3.15pm: Oral evidence Torsten Bell - Director at Resolution Foundation Robert Joyce - Deputy Director at Institute for Fiscal Studies Tom Clougherty - Head of tax at Centre for Policy Studies View calendar |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Public Spending: Inheritance
174 speeches (19,596 words) Monday 29th July 2024 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Caroline Nokes (Con - Romsey and Southampton North) I call Torsten Bell. - Link to Speech |
Oral Answers to Questions
153 speeches (9,840 words) Tuesday 19th March 2024 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Jeremy Hunt (Con - South West Surrey) Even Torsten Bell from the left-leaning Resolution Foundation said that the right hon. - Link to Speech |
Budget Resolutions
181 speeches (50,203 words) Tuesday 12th March 2024 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Margaret Greenwood (Lab - Wirral West) Torsten Bell, the chief executive of the Resolution Foundation, said:“The £19 billion of cuts to unprotected - Link to Speech |
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
90 speeches (23,082 words) Committee stage Monday 29th January 2024 - Grand Committee Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Lord Knight of Weymouth (Lab - Life peer) Indeed, just yesterday in the Observer, I read Torsten Bell from the Resolution Foundation responding - Link to Speech |
National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) Bill
40 speeches (11,254 words) 2nd reading Thursday 30th November 2023 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Drew Hendry (SNP - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) The Resolution Foundation’s Torsten Bell aptly noted that“taxes are up not down”.This is no generous - Link to Speech |
Finance (No. 2) Bill
62 speeches (19,960 words) Report stage Tuesday 20th June 2023 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Stewart Hosie (SNP - Dundee East) lifetime allowance and the problem it has caused, particularly for NHS doctors, but went on to quote Torsten - Link to Speech |
Finance (No. 2) Bill
94 speeches (21,925 words) Committee of the whole House (day 2) Wednesday 19th April 2023 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) cannot, so we need details on the actual impact of these changes.On the specific issue of NHS doctors, Torsten - Link to Speech |
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
152 speeches (49,659 words) Monday 20th March 2023 - Commons Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: Stewart Malcolm McDonald (SNP - Glasgow South) What the reality looks like has been mentioned in this debate: to quote Torsten Bell from the Resolution - Link to Speech |
Economic Situation
139 speeches (12,801 words) Wednesday 12th October 2022 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Holly Lynch (LAB - Halifax) The Resolution Foundation’s chief exec, Torsten Bell, told the Treasury Committee this morning, “This - Link to Speech |
National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) Bill
175 speeches (27,730 words) 2nd reading Thursday 24th March 2022 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) directly to that.Following the spring statement and the package announced by the Chancellor yesterday, Torsten - Link to Speech 2: Matt Western (LAB - Warwick and Leamington) Torsten Bell said that“it makes no sense to raise National Insurance while cutting Income Tax”.He is - Link to Speech |
Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2022
27 speeches (5,088 words) Wednesday 9th March 2022 - Grand Committee Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (LAB - Life peer) However, Torsten Bell of the Resolution Foundation dubbed it more of a “rollercoaster” on yesterday’s - Link to Speech |
Economic Update
108 speeches (11,880 words) Thursday 3rd February 2022 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Kevin Hollinrake (CON - Thirsk and Malton) policy, as evidenced by the three economists who spoke to the Treasury Committee this week, including Torsten - Link to Speech |
Parliamentary Research |
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National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No.2) Bill 2023-24 - CBP-9982
Mar. 07 2024 Found: will be welcomed, including by all those in work” and that the party should commit to further 46 Torsten |
National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) Bill 2023-24 - CBP-9898
Nov. 24 2023 Found: Ray -Chaudhuri , IFS Autumn Statement: Personal taxes and benefits , (PDF), 23 November 2023 32 Torsten |
Stamp Duty Land Tax: Current situation and developments since 2020 - CBP-9814
Jun. 13 2023 Found: Torsten Bell of the think tank Resolution Foundation agreed, saying that an annual tax based on property |
Fiscal drag: An explainer - CBP-9687
Nov. 25 2022 Found: bit more each year in such desperate times is better than facing steeper rises in other taxes.” 58 Torsten |
Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) Bill 2022-23 - CBP-9626
Oct. 06 2022 Found: . ” 18 Anthony Browne asked both Dr Gemma Tetlow (chief economist, Institute for Government) and Torsten |
Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Bill 2022-23 - CBP-9578
Jul. 01 2022 Found: reform . 12 HMT, Budget 2021: Super- deduction , 3 March 2021 13 See, for example, comments by Torsten |
Potential merits of a universal basic income - CDP-2022-0104
Jun. 07 2022 Found: others who might have been missed out by the then proposed schemes. 25 Responding to calls for UBI , Torsten |
Tweets |
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Treasury Committee - @CommonsTreasury
21 Mar 2023, 7:57 a.m. 📊 This morning, we’re holding our first session on the #SpringBudget2023 with economists. We’ll hear from: Torsten Bell @resfoundation Paul Johnson @TheIFS Professor Diane Coyle @Cambridge_Uni Tony Wilson @EmploymtStudies 📺 Watch live from 9.45am 👇 https://t.co/N6rLwuAkYc https://t.co/xPhKDS5guX Link to Original Tweet |
Lord Moylan (Conservative - Life peer) - @danielmgmoylan
18 Nov 2022, 5:39 p.m. ‘Independent’ OBR Chairman’s Love-In with Left-Wing Torsten Bell https://t.co/uLUBxQ1uk1 via @guidofawkes Link to Original Tweet |
Emma Hardy (Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice) - @EmmaHardyMP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) 16 Oct 2022, 9:35 a.m. Yes, a new economic era was coming, but that made this act of self-harm even more idiotic | Torsten Bell https://t.co/BRevx8eLEJ Link to Original Tweet |
Lord Moylan (Conservative - Life peer) - @danielmgmoylan
26 Aug 2022, 11:22 p.m. @jjreade @trussliz @BBCNewsnight Torsten Bell was Ed Miliband’s sidekick. I believe he thought up the Ed-stone. He now administers a left-wing think-tank. I don’t believe he lays claim to any original research (or expertise beyond the administrative). Link to Original Tweet |
Baroness Goudie (Labour - Life peer) - @BaronessGoudie
13 Feb 2022, 1:29 p.m. The secret to having our kids look after us in old age? Skip the hard labour | Torsten Bell https://t.co/nRK0IInDMm #Childlabour Link to Original Tweet |
Scottish Parliamentary Debates |
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Budget 2024-25
41 speeches (123,385 words) Thursday 1st February 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Marra, Michael (Lab - North East Scotland) budget are not unpredictable—they have been predicted.I was struck by a comment that I saw online from Torsten - Link to Speech |
Scotland’s Finances and Wellbeing Economy
107 speeches (101,806 words) Wednesday 19th April 2023 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Johnson, Daniel (Lab - Edinburgh Southern) That is precisely what people such as Torsten Bell and the Resolution Foundation say.That is why growth - Link to Speech |
Wellbeing Economy
85 speeches (110,778 words) Wednesday 22nd March 2023 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Johnson, Daniel (Lab - Edinburgh Southern) In a recent blog, Torsten Bell made the point that, as well as looking at the distribution of the pie - Link to Speech |
Cost of Living: Mortgage Rescue Scheme
99 speeches (69,971 words) Wednesday 23rd November 2022 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: McNair, Marie (SNP - Clydebank and Milngavie) In fact, Torsten Bell from the Resolution Foundation said that the Tories had delivered a budget with - Link to Speech |