Parliamentary Debate 23 April 2007

Work-focused Interviews

Speaking in the House of Commons, David Gauke asks if the Chancellor is refusing to fund pilot schemes that involve the voluntary and private sectors in getting long-term unemployed and single parents back to work.

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Speech 23 April 2007

Finance Bill

David Gauke speaks up for small business in the Finance Bill debate.

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Parliamentary Question 23 April 2007

Low Incomes

David Gauke questions the Chancellor about the proportion of low incomes made up of benefits, tax credits and earnings from work.

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Parliamentary Question 23 April 2007

Minimum Wage

David Gauke asks the Chancellor how many national minimum wage earners who are newly entitled to working tax credits as a result of the Budget.

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Parliamentary Question 23 April 2007

Working Tax Credit

In a written question to the Chancellor, David Gauke asks about the predicted increases in take-up of working tax credit expected over the next three years.

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Parliamentary Question 23 April 2007

Working Tax Credit: Prisoners

David Gauke asks the Chancellor abou the number of prisoners receiving working tax credits.

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Parliamentary Question 18 April 2007

Taxation: Pensions

David Gauke questions the Chancellor about the effect on business investment of the abolition of tax credits for pension funds in 1997.

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Parliamentary Question 18 April 2007

Corporation Tax: Private Finance Initiative

David Gauke questions the effect of the changes in corporation tax allowances announced in the 2007 Budget on the level of Government liabilities in private finance initiative contracts.

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Parliamentary Question 18 April 2007

Employment: Lone Parents

David Gauke asks the Chancellor for a forecast of the employment rate for lone parents in 2010-11.

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Parliamentary Question 18 April 2007

Minimum Wage

David Gauke asks the Chancellor for an estimate of the number of people receiving the national minimum wage, broken down by level of total annual earnings.

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Parliamentary Question 18 April 2007

Personal Savings

David Gauke asks the Chancellor about advice he received on the implications for savings as a consequence of the abolition of personal equity plans and their replacement with individual savings accounts.

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Speech 17 April 2007

Occupational Pensions Debate

David Gauke condemns the Chancellor for failing to provide open and transparent answers during the confidence debate on Chancellor's pension tax grab.

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Parliamentary Question 16 April 2007

Public Sector: Fees and Charges

David Gauke calls on the Chancellor for an assessment of the potential effects of expanding co-payment in the public services.

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Article 10 April 2007

How Gordon Brown doesn't answer the question

So you think Gordon Brown is a bit sneaky?

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Parliamentary Question 28 March 2007

Taxation

In a written question to the Chancellor, David Gauke asks about changes to the law necessitated by errors introduced as a result of the tax law rewrite project.

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Parliamentary Debate 27 March 2007

Budget Debate (Trade and Industry)

During a debate on the Budget, David Gauke calls on the Government to acknowledge evidence suggesting the majority of new jobs created since 1997 are in the public sector.

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Parliamentary Debate 27 March 2007

Budget Debate

"3.5 million households will be worse off as a consequence of the tax changes in the Budget": says MP

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Parliamentary Question 27 March 2007

Corporation Tax

In a series of written questions to the Chancellor, David Gauke asks about the proposed rewrite of corporation tax law.

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Parliamentary Question 27 March 2007

Debt and Derivatives: Tax Law

David Gauke asks the Chancellor what representations he has recevied on proposals to rewrite the tax law in relation to debt and derivatives.

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Parliamentary Question 27 March 2007

Taxation

David Gauke asks the Chancellor if the Tax Law Rewrite Project has identified changes in the law which would be beneficial but which require a policy decision.

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Parliamentary Question 27 March 2007

Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments

In a written question to the Chancellor, David Gauke asks about the contribution of official error in the level of writeoffs of tax credits overpayments.

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Speech 22 March 2007

Budget Debate

David Gauke looks back over the past 10 years and compares the Chancellor’s record with the “four weaknesses” he identified in his budget speech of 1997.

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Parliamentary Question 22 March 2007

Sherhan Yildrim

David Gauke questions the Home Secretary about the release from prison of Sherhan Yildrim

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Parliamentary Debate 21 March 2007

Budget Debate

David Gauke examines the application of the Chancellor's golden rules and calls for the test to be applied consistently to differrent economic cycles.

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Parliamentary Debate 21 March 2007

Budget Debate

During a discussion comparing growth in the UK to growth in Ireland, David counters the view that Ireland's growth is as a result of it joining the euro because Ireland's growth was very high long before it joined the euro.

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Parliamentary Debate 19 March 2007

MP questions Home Secretary about Departmental co-ordination

David Gauke questions the Home Secretary about continued failures of co-ordination between the immigration and nationality directorate and the Prison Service.

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Parliamentary Debate 19 March 2007

Private Equity Funds

David Gauke gives his backing to the private equity industry and dismisses anti-private equity comments made by members of the Government as damaging to confidence in the industry in this country.

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Parliamentary Debate 15 March 2007

Tax Credits

David Gauke raises his concerns that overpayment of tax credits, often caused by official error, and the hardship caused by the subsequent recovery is causing many people to be put off making a claim.

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News 14 March 2007

South Oxhey GP surgery offers health check for over 50s

David Gauke joined doctors and staff at the Pathfinder GP Practice in South Oxhey to support an initiative to improve the health of the area's over 50s.

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Speech 13 March 2007

Statistics and Registration Service Bill

During a debate on a bill set up an Independent Board to oversea government statistics, David Gauke highlights the lack of guidance on the National Statistician’s role and the need to ensure that statisticians can resist pressures to influence statistics.

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Parliamentary Question 8 March 2007

Opinion Polls

David Gauke asks the Chancellor which opinion polling firms were employed by his department and how much was paid to them.

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News 7 March 2007

Holocaust Education Trust

David Gauke joined pupils and parents from schools in his constituency in visiting Auschwitz-Birkenhau with the Holocaust Education Trust.

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Parliamentary Question 27 February 2007

Centre for Energy Policy Studies

In a written question to the Trade and Industry Secretary, David Gauke asks whether it has been supported by Government funding.

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Parliamentary Question 22 February 2007

India

David Gauke calls for the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to make a statement on progress towards further trade agreements with India.

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Parliamentary Debate 20 February 2007

Prospects for the European Union

David Gauke questions the UK government’s position in relation to the German presidency of the EU's determination to revive the European constitution.

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Parliamentary Question 20 February 2007

Departments: Meetings

David Gauke asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer about meetings involving the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Home Office Ministers.

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Parliamentary Question 19 February 2007

BP

In a written question, David Gauke asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer about meetings with BP.

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Parliamentary Question 19 February 2007

Centre for Energy Policy Studies

David Gauke asks about meetings between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Centre for Energy Policy Studies.

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Parliamentary Question 19 February 2007

Economics of Climate Change Review

David Gauke asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Sir Nicholas Stern is continuing to work for his Department on climate change.

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Parliamentary Question 19 February 2007

Members: Correspondence

David Gauke asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer about correspondence with Colin Challen MP.

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Parliamentary Question 7 February 2007

Climate Change

In a written question, David Gauke questions the Chancellor over the recent appointment of Labour MP, Colin Challen to work with Sir Nicholas Stern.

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Press Release 6 February 2007

Meeting with Minister casts doubt on the long term position of siblings at Hertfordshire schools

The long term prospects for partially selective schools being able to maintain priority for siblings in their admissions policies looks grim...

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News 6 February 2007

From the Evening Standard

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Parliamentary Question 2 February 2007

Trend Growth Assumption

David Gauke queries the factors taken into account in determining that the trend growth assumption remained at 2.75 per cent. of GDP as per the pre-Budget report.

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News 1 February 2007

MP challenges Treasury on prisons

David Gauke challenges the Chief Secretary to the Treasury for apparently putting pressure on the Home Office to reduce the number of people going to prison.

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News 1 February 2007

From the Evening Standard

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Parliamentary Question 30 January 2007

Criminal Records Backlog

David Gauke questions the Home Secretary about the date of the first enquiry to a notifying country in order to obtain further details to establish the identities of the 280 offenders referred to in his previous statement.

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Parliamentary Question 30 January 2007

Inflation Figures

David Gauke asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he was first informed of the Consumer Price Index inflation figures to be published on 16 January.

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Parliamentary Question 29 January 2007

Ministerial Visits

David Gauke questions the costs of the Chancellor's visits to Washington.

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Parliamentary Question 26 January 2007

Open Source Software

David Gauke asks Department heads about the use of open source software in Government Departments.

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