...cut by three percentage points and the requirement to pay contributions on lower levels of profit has been removed. Legislation has been passed to raise the income threshold for the high-income child benefit charge and halve the rate at which child benefit is withdrawn. This will help parents towards the cost of raising their children. My Government has also rolled out the first phase of...
Lindsay Hoyle: ...cut by three percentage points and the requirement to pay contributions on lower levels of profit has been removed. Legislation has been passed to raise the income threshold for the High Income Child Benefit Charge and halve the rate at which Child Benefit is withdrawn. This will help parents towards the cost of raising their children. My Government has also rolled out the first phase of...
Stephen Hammond: ...is the way forward for our party, and it is the way back for our party to Government. I particularly remember a constituent who came to me a few years ago. His wife had given birth to a child in Greece about 13 or 14 weeks premature. She was airlifted back to St George’s via various methods. Her son was treated at the wonderful neonatal unit at St George’s that I have had the pleasure...
Edward Argar: ...to victims. I am confident that we can continue to work together so that victims have that consistency across both countries. Lords amendment 46 is a technical amendment to move the clause on child victims of domestic abuse to the right part of the Bill. We have accepted the principle of Lords amendment 32, which will place a duty on relevant authorities to co-operate with the Victims’...
Baroness Vere of Norbiton: ...to go through each today, but I will outline some of the more substantive elements. First, the Bill rewards work. A simple truth that the Government adhere to is that work should pay. That approach benefits not only individuals and families but overall growth and the UK economy. A key measure in the Bill is to increase the high-income child benefit charge threshold from £50,000 to...
Nigel Huddleston: ...sniffy about it, but £900 is a meaningful difference for an average worker—for many of my constituents, and constituents across the country. For those not in work, of course, we also increased benefits by 6.7%, and pensions by 8.5%. We Conservatives always make sure that all people in society are looked after. The hon. Lady made comments about support with the cost of living. The...
David Davis: ...related to (a) the Attendance Allowance, (b) Universal Credit, (c) the State Pension, (d) the Personal Independence Payment, (e) the Disability Living Allowance, (f) carers allowance, (g) housing benefit, (h) child benefit and (i) pension credit as (i) an annual sum and (ii) as a proportion of overall estimated fraud for each of those.
Kevin Stewart: It is very welcome that the Scottish child payment and other Scottish Government policies will lift an estimated 100,000 children out of poverty this year. Has the Scottish Government had any discussions with United Kingdom counterparts—Tory and Labour—to persuade them of the benefits of what the Scottish National Party Government has done here, and to introduce a UK child payment, which...
Mims Davies: ...in Hastings, and it is being rolled out in South Yorkshire, Plymouth and all our DWP innovation hubs to successfully drive a programme of understanding into our core business areas, including the child maintenance area and service areas. From a meeting with my DWP colleagues, I know what a big difference it makes. We engage right across the UK with a multi-agency approach. The hon. Lady...
Simon Hoare: ...deliver change, to make place and to improve opportunities and living. The hon. Lady referred specifically to libraries. Libraries is a topic very close to my heart, both as a keen reader and, as a child, an avid attender of our local library. Dorset Council has done the most phenomenal work with its libraries in similarly challenging circumstances, being a rural council and the like. I am...
Preet Kaur Gill: ...thank my hon. Friend the Member for South Shields (Mrs Lewell-Buck) for securing this debate. She has been a tireless campaigner on behalf of the 200,000 eligible pregnant women, babies and young children missing out on support via the scheme. I will start by praising the Healthy Start scheme, which was set up by the last Labour Government in 2006. It provides support to expectant mothers...
John Swinney: ...Government. I want to take forward measures that will help people and their families to get on in life and to enable the people of Scotland to live happier, healthier lives. One of the benefits of long service in the Parliament is that I have witnessed it when it is functioning at its very best. That happens when we work constructively together. At the beginning of my period as...
Earl Howe: ...of denial’ towards the risks of treatment. Worse, to our eternal shame, and in a way that is hard even to comprehend, they allowed victims to become ‘objects for research’. Many, including children at Lord Mayor Treloar College, were part of trials, conducted without their or their parents’ knowledge or consent. Those with haemophilia or bleeding disorders were infected with HIV,...
Michael Marra: ...—including members of the member’s own party, who are raising very specific issues. Without the legislation that is in front of us now we would not have that opportunity. That is an ancillary benefit but, I believe, a very important one. The Horizon scandal has struck a profound chord with many across our nation. First, that is because it is about as clear a demonstration of...
...) F2B02 Chartered Institute of Taxation - Property tax (clauses 7-10) F2B03 Chartered Institute of Taxation - Transfers of assets abroad (clause 22) F2B04 Low Incomes Tax Reform Group - High income child benefit charge (clause 5)
Nigel Huddleston: ...of Taxation, the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group and others, and all those who have contributed to consultations as part of this Finance Bill process. Clause 5 makes changes to the high income child benefit charge, or HICBC, as it is commonly called. It increases the threshold at which child benefit begins to be withdrawn, from £50,000 to £60,000. The Government are also increasing the...
Kevin Hollinrake: The Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheme gives working families more choice and flexibility about who cares for their child in the first year, and when. In 2019, the Government consulted on high-level options for reforming parental leave and pay and considered international evidence which suggested a range of factors that encourage parents to share work and childcare more equally. We...
David Johnston: ...into work, or to work more hours if they wish to. This is available to both two parent families and single parent families who meet the eligibility criteria. The department is expanding the free childcare offer from September 2025 to enable eligible working parents in England to access 30 hours of free childcare per week for 38 weeks per year from the term after their child turns 9...
