To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the total household income including working tax credit, child tax credit, child benefit and council tax benefit of a couple with two children working 16 hours a week on the minimum wage living in their own home and paying...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the total household income including working tax credit, child tax credit, child benefit and council tax benefit of a couple with two children working 16 hours a week on the minimum wage living in their own home and paying...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households in (a) Ogmore constituency and (b) Wales earn more than (i) £50,000 and (ii) £60,000 per annum.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households in (a) Ogmore constituency and (b) Wales earn more than (i) £50,000 and (ii) £60,000 per annum.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (1) higher rate taxpayers there were in (a) Newport East constituency and (b) Wales in the last year for which figures are available;

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (1) higher rate taxpayers there were in (a) Newport East constituency and (b) Wales in the last year for which figures are available;

(2) how many individuals earnt over £1 million in (a) Newport East constituency and (b) Wales in the last year for which figures are available.

(2) how many individuals earnt over £1 million in (a) Newport East constituency and (b) Wales in the last year for which figures are available.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse per household of the total increase in the tax threshold over the last three budgets for (a) couples with at least one child with gross earnings between £7,000 and £20,000...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse per household of the total increase in the tax threshold over the last three budgets for (a) couples with at least one child with gross earnings between £7,000 and £20,000...

Committee stage second sitting (afternoon). Clause 2 agreed to. Clause 3 under consideration when Committee adjourned.

Committee stage second sitting (afternoon). Clause 2 agreed to. Clause 3 under consideration when Committee adjourned.

Committee stage first sitting (morning). Programme motion agreed to. Written evidence (Reporting to the House) motion agreed to. Clause 2 under consideration when the Committee adjourned.

Committee stage first sitting (morning). Programme motion agreed to. Written evidence (Reporting to the House) motion agreed to. Clause 2 under consideration when the Committee adjourned.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the number of individuals in households with net equivalised incomes below 50 per cent of average where at least one person in the family was in employment (a) before and (b) after housing costs in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the number of individuals in households with net equivalised incomes below 50 per cent of average where at least one person in the family was in employment (a) before and (b) after housing costs in each...

There are four problems with the proposal that the Government are putting to the House this evening. First, it is unfair. The hon. Member for Christchurch (Mr Chope) made it clear that it is unfair as between family patterns of income, unfair as between men and women, and unfair as...

There are four problems with the proposal that the Government are putting to the House this evening. First, it is unfair. The hon. Member for Christchurch (Mr Chope) made it clear that it is unfair as between family patterns of income, unfair as between men and women, and unfair as...

Unfortunately, we are introducing more and more complexity. For example, the new charge must be paid by the higher earner, who might not be claiming child benefit when the lower earner is, even though the lower earner is not legally obliged to inform the higher earner whether he or she...

Unfortunately, we are introducing more and more complexity. For example, the new charge must be paid by the higher earner, who might not be claiming child benefit when the lower earner is, even though the lower earner is not legally obliged to inform the higher earner whether he or she...

I have a very simple question: will the hon. Lady reverse the policy on the allowance?

I have a very simple question: will the hon. Lady reverse the policy on the allowance?

I look forward to the hon. Gentleman's intervention.

I look forward to the hon. Gentleman's intervention.

Winston Churchill, a very great man, took us back on to the gold standard as Chancellor. If we were to follow every proposal of Winston Churchill's as Chancellor, we would find it very difficult to run the economy.

Winston Churchill, a very great man, took us back on to the gold standard as Chancellor. If we were to follow every proposal of Winston Churchill's as Chancellor, we would find it very difficult to run the economy.

Government Members would do well to look to Churchill rather than to their current leaders when deciding how to vote today.

Government Members would do well to look to Churchill rather than to their current leaders when deciding how to vote today.

Will the hon. Lady give way?

Will the hon. Lady give way?

The people who will be hit by this tax are those who have an income in retirement of between £10,500 and £25,000 a year. They will pay tax at 20% on any income over £10,500 a year. That is why 4.4 million pensioners will lose out by an average of...

The people who will be hit by this tax are those who have an income in retirement of between £10,500 and £25,000 a year. They will pay tax at 20% on any income over £10,500 a year. That is why 4.4 million pensioners will lose out by an average of...

I understand that age-related benefits were an idea put forward by Winston Churchill. Does my hon. Friend think that George Osborne knows better than Winston Churchill?

I understand that age-related benefits were an idea put forward by Winston Churchill. Does my hon. Friend think that George Osborne knows better than Winston Churchill?

If they were being taxed at 20%, that would mean tax of about £13 a week on their pension. Such pensioners will be hit hard by the changes. We know how hard it already is for many people to save enough for a modest pension, so why have the Government...

If they were being taxed at 20%, that would mean tax of about £13 a week on their pension. Such pensioners will be hit hard by the changes. We know how hard it already is for many people to save enough for a modest pension, so why have the Government...

Putting aside the fact that people on incomes such as my hon. Friend the Member for Redcar (Ian Swales) mentioned would pay zero in tax, which makes the hon. Lady's argument purely academic at best, is it not true that she is referring to the same group of people who...

Putting aside the fact that people on incomes such as my hon. Friend the Member for Redcar (Ian Swales) mentioned would pay zero in tax, which makes the hon. Lady's argument purely academic at best, is it not true that she is referring to the same group of people who...

I know that my hon. Friend sticks up for pensioners in his constituency, unlike Government Members, who want to grab the incomes of pensioners in their constituencies. My hon. Friend points out the evidence that we have commissioned from the House of Commons Library, which shows that a small personal...

I know that my hon. Friend sticks up for pensioners in his constituency, unlike Government Members, who want to grab the incomes of pensioners in their constituencies. My hon. Friend points out the evidence that we have commissioned from the House of Commons Library, which shows that a small personal...