Speech 7 July 2009

Finance Bill: Office of Tax Simplification

David Gauke raises concerns about the competitiveness and complexity of the UK taxation system and moves proposals for the establishment of an 'Office of Tax Simplification'.

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Parliamentary Debate 1 July 2009

Prime Minister's Questions: Capital Spending Cuts

During Prime Minister's Question Time, David Gauke challenges the PM on the cut in capital spending between 2009-10 and 2010-11 published in the budget 'Red Book'.

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Parliamentary Debate 29 June 2009

Child Poverty

David Gauke questions the Government on its likely failure to meet its 2010 child poverty target.

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Parliamentary Debate 29 June 2009

Topical Question: Welfare spending

David Gauke asks if the Government accepts the Institute of Fiscal Studies projections that expenditure on social security and tax credits will increase by 1.7% per year between 2011 and 2014?

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Parliamentary Debate 29 June 2009

Building Britain's Future Debate

David Gauke questions the Prime Minister about the projections published in the Governmnet's Financial Statement and Budget Report (Red Book) for total spending up to 2013-14.

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Parliamentary Question 24 June 2009

Public Expenditure

David Gauke asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer for his estimate of total annually managed expenditure (AME) in each of the next four years.

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News 19 June 2009

David on Simon Mayo Show

David Gauke was a guest on BBC Radio Five Live's Simon Mayo Show on Wednesday, 17th June.

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Speech 18 June 2009

Preparing Britain’s Economy for the Future debate

David Gauke calls for honesty from the Government on public spending projections and tells MPs that the public are fully aware that the country’s money has run out and the public finances are in a mess.

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Parliamentary Question 16 June 2009

Taxation: Repayments

David Gauke asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer for his assessment of the time taken for HMRC repayments of overpaid tax.

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Parliamentary Debate 9 June 2009

Debt Reduction

David Gauke questions the Chief Secretary to the Treasury about the Treasury’s very optimistic forecasts for economic recovery in the UK.

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Parliamentary Question 2 June 2009

Income Tax

David Gauke asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer for his estimate of the cost to the Exchequer of reducing the starting and basic rate of tax on savings to zero.

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Parliamentary Question 2 June 2009

Taxation

David Gauke asks the Chancellor of the Exchquer for his estimate of the full-year cost to the Exchequer of simultaneously reducing the starting and basic rate of tax on savings income to zero and increasing age-related personal allowances by £2,000.

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Newsletter 22 May 2009

Newsletter from David Gauke, May 2009

David writes on the issue of MPs' expenses.

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Speech 20 May 2009

Appointment of the Comptroller and Auditor General

David Gauke welcomes the appointment of Mr Amyas Morse to the role of Comptroller and Auditor General.

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Speech 12 May 2009

Finance Bill - Extension of reduced standard rate and anti-avoidance provision

David Gauke argues that we can not afford the VAT cut and questions whether a VAT cut is the best way in which to use the £12.5 billion that the Government said in November that it would cost.

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Parliamentary Debate 6 May 2009

School Sixth Forms

During a Parliamentary debate on the school sixth-form funding fiasco, David Gauke questions the justification for the shortfall as being a sudden increase in number of pupils when one of the schools affected has been fully subscribed for years.

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Speech 6 May 2009

Tax Avoidance and Evasion

David Gauke addresses the issue of secrecy within the financial services sector and tax jurisdictions and calls for more transparency and greater exchange of information – especially as avoidance activity is likely to increase when tax rates increase.

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Parliamentary Question 30 April 2009

Departmental Internet

In a written question to the PM, David Gauke asks if his YouTube video on MPs allowances needed more than one take.

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Parliamentary Question 30 April 2009

Sixth Form Education: Hertfordshire

David Gauke asks the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families about changes in allocation to sixth-form funding in comparison with previous estimates.

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Parliamentary Debate 29 April 2009

Prime Minister's Questions

David Gauke challenges the PM on the issues of a referendum on the European constitution and the higher rate of income tax.

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Parliamentary Debate 28 April 2009

Government Borrowing

During Treasury Questions, David Gauke asks the Chancellor about Treasury projections that show a fiscal tightening from 2014 of £45 billion, the equivalent of a £1,450 tax rise per household.

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Parliamentary Question 24 April 2009

Taxation: Motor Vehicles

David Gauke asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer for an assessment of the financial implications for car dealerships in 2009-10 of changes to the taxation treatment of demonstrator motor vehicles introduced with effect from 6 April 2009.

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Speech 23 April 2009

Budget Debate

David Gauke winds up the second day of the Budget Debate for the Opposition and accuses the Government of using the budget for political purposes rather than for the good of the UK economy.

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Parliamentary Question 23 March 2009

State Retirement Pension

David Gauke asks the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for his estimate of the administrative cost of paying the state pension weekly and monthly.

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Parliamentary Question 19 March 2009

State Retirement Pension

In a written question to the Work and Pensions Secretary, David Gauke asks what mechanisms are in place to ensure that a state pensioner switching from monthly to weekly payments receives the correct amount of pension.

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Parliamentary Debate 16 March 2009

Jobseeker’s Allowance

David Gauke questions the Employment Minister over the OECD’s prediction that unemployment in the UK will rise faster and higher than any other G7 country and asks whether the UK economy was well placed to withstand a recession?

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Speech 11 March 2009

HMRC (Office Closures)

In winding up a debate on tax office closures David Gauke questions whether the reforms are being done in the most efficient way and highlights the effects on staff morale and the inconvenience to taxpayers that will result.

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Parliamentary Question 4 March 2009

Property Development

David Gauke asks the Transport Secretary for his assessment of the effectiveness of the powers available to him under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2006 in respect of proposed development sites.

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Speech 3 March 2009

Corporation Tax Bill

David Gauke supports the Bill and the attempt to make corporation tax law much clearer. However, the Bill fails to address the problem of tax law complexity and he calls for a body specifically to address this issue.

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Parliamentary Question 27 February 2009

Departmental Planning Permission

In a written question to the Transport Secretary, David Gauke asks about the development of sites following use of his powers under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2006.

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Parliamentary Question 27 February 2009

Revenue and Customs: Manpower

David Gauke asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer about staff turnover for HMRC staff.

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Parliamentary Question 27 February 2009

Revenue and Customs: Working Hours

David Gauke asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer about the number of staff at HMRC granted flexible working hours.

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Parliamentary Question 27 February 2009

Sick Leave: Revenue and Customs

David Gauke questions the Chancellor of the Exchequer about sick leave figures for HMRC.

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Parliamentary Question 26 February 2009

M25: Hertfordshire

David Gauke questions the Secretary of State for Transport about the compound development proposed near Junction 17 of the M25.

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News 24 February 2009

Further delays for new Watford Hospital

Health chiefs have confirmed this week that the proposed redevelopment of Watford General Hospital will not now be completed until 2016 at the earliest.

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News 24 February 2009

NATS abandons flight path proposals

David welcomed the announcement that the National Air Traffic Service has withdrawn its proposals to change the flight paths from Luton Airport.

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Parliamentary Debate 12 February 2009

Treasury Questions: Global Economic Situation

David Gauke asks the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he stands by the pre-Budget report's forecasts on growth given most commentators view that the recession will be much deeper.

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Speech 10 February 2009

Banking Bill

David Gauke winds up the debate on behalf of the Opposition debating technical issues in relation to the Government's financial assistance package.

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Parliamentary Question 9 February 2009

Inheritance Tax

David Gauke asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer for his estimate of the cost of raising the inheritance tax threshold to £1 million.

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Parliamentary Question 4 February 2009

EU Budget

David Gauke asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer for an estimate of the monetary value in sterling of the reduction in the UK's rebate to its contribution to the EU budget negotiated in December 2005.

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Parliamentary Question 3 February 2009

Watford Hospital

David Gauke asks the Secretary of State for Health about progress on the PFI redevelopment of Watford General Hospital.

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Speech 2 February 2009

Government Capital Expenditure debate

David Gauke highlights the inconsistency of the Government’s efforts to stimulate the economy by way of spending on public works when they are apparently unable to deliver numerous school and hospital PFI projects.

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Parliamentary Question 28 January 2009

Corporation Tax

David Gauke asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer for estimates of the cost to the Exchequer of reductions in the main corporation tax rate to 25% and 20%.

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Parliamentary Question 28 January 2009

Financial Services: Regulation

In a written question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, David Gauke asks what role his Department played in discussions leading to the recent decision of the Financial Services Authority to remove its prohibition on short selling of shares in financial

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Parliamentary Question 26 January 2009

VAT

In a written question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, David Gauke asks for an estimate of the amoung of VAT due to the Exchequer since the reduction to the 15 per cent rate.

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News 21 January 2009

MP meets with rail chief

David Gauke has met with the managing director of London Midland Railways, Stephen Banaghan to raise his concerns over the recent performance of the train company.

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Parliamentary Question 21 January 2009

Taxation: Business

David Gauke asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer about the number of businesses seeking a deferred tax liability by HMRC since the pre-Budget report.

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Parliamentary Question 21 January 2009

VAT

David Gauke asks the Chancellor for a recent estimate of the cost to the Exchequer of the reduction of standard rate of VAT.

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Speech 20 January 2009

EU Financial Management debate

As the European Court of Auditors’ fails to sign off the European Union’s accounts for 2007, David Gauke calls on the EU to focus on reforming its spending errors and financial control systems.

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Speech 14 January 2009

Tax Credits (Working Parents) debate

David Gauke winds up the debate and calls on the Government to address the couple penalty within the tax credit system.

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