Parliamentary Activity - Bridget Phillipson

UK Infrastructure Bank

Bridget Phillipson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many financing arrangements have been made by the National Infrastructure Bank (a) since it was set up and (b) in each month of its operation; and what...

UK Infrastructure Bank: Staff

Bridget Phillipson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff on a (a) FTE and (b) headcount basis work for the National Infrastructure Bank (i) as at 1 October 2021 and (ii) for each month of its operation.

Equipment: Tax Allowances

Bridget Phillipson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HMRC policy paper entitled, Temporary increase in annual investment allowance for plant and machinery, published 3 March 2021,...

Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments

Bridget Phillipson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the total amount which is due to HM Revenue and Customs as a result of tax credit overpayments.

Working People’s Finances: Government Policy

Commons debates

The difficulty with the Government’s approach is that they like to pretend that theirs is the only way to do it, with the only option being to hike national insurance on workers and...

Working People’s Finances: Government Policy

Commons debates

Yes, absolutely. These are political choices—who we seek to prioritise, what we do from Government and what matters most to us all.

Working People’s Finances: Government Policy

Commons debates

I will make a little more progress but will happily take another intervention in due course. Having gone from no interventions to a flurry of them, I should probably press on. The scar of poverty...

Working People’s Finances: Government Policy

Commons debates

First, it is worth considering why the increase to universal credit was put in place. It was because, during the pandemic, the Government had to recognise that universal credit had been set at an...

Working People’s Finances: Government Policy

Commons debates

We would not be cutting it in the first place. We would replace universal credit with a better and fairer system that supports people into work. If the hon. Member wants to have a discussion...

Working People’s Finances: Government Policy

Commons debates

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for her intervention. The single biggest difference that all of us could make right now would be to cancel the cut to universal credit. That would make the biggest...

Working People’s Finances: Government Policy

Commons debates

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend, who did so much in government to tackle issues of poverty and of child poverty in early years, in particular. Conservative Members will have heard the same...

Working People’s Finances: Government Policy

Commons debates

I am grateful to my hon. Friend. I pay credit to her for all the work that she has been doing to highlight these issues and the impact on families and children, and the much bigger economic...

Working People’s Finances: Government Policy

Commons debates

I will shortly come to a section of my speech that deals with the extensive problems that we face as a result of the Government’s Brexit deal; I will say a little bit more at that point....

Working People’s Finances: Government Policy

Commons debates

Like my hon. Friend, I have heard from care workers and many others in my constituency about the anger that they feel. The average care worker is set to lose more than £1,000 in tax rises...

Working People’s Finances: Government Policy

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is frankly indefensible. We knew that poverty was already beginning to rise before the pandemic even hit, and we know the impact that the cut to universal...

Working People’s Finances: Government Policy

Commons debates

I beg to move, That this House is concerned about the negative impact of Government policy on the finances of working people, with a growing squeeze on living standards caused by the £1,040...

Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits

Commons debates

I thank so many of my hon. Friends for their powerful contributions to today’s important debate. Time is short, so I apologise that I am not able to mention them all personally. I also...

Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits

Commons debates

National insurance, there’s one.

Health and Social Care Levy

Bridget Phillipson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 86 in the technical annex of the Government's September 2021 publication, Building Back Better: Our plan for Health and Social...

Health and Social Care Levy

Bridget Phillipson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 86 in the technical annex of the Government's September 2021 publication, Building Back Better: Our plan for Health and Social...