DOCSLIB.ORG

Parliamentary Debates House of Commons Official Report General Committees

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Parliamentary Debates House of Commons Official Report General Committees PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES HOUSE OF COMMONS OFFICIAL REPORT GENERAL COMMITTEES Public Bill Committee NATIONAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS (TERMINATION AWARDS AND SPORTING TESTIMONIALS) BILL First Sitting Tuesday 14 May 2019 (Morning) CONTENTS Programme motion agreed to. Written evidence (Reporting to the House) motion agreed to. Motion to sit in private agreed to. Examination of witnesses. Adjourned till this day at Two o’clock. PBC (Bill 381) 2017 - 2019 No proofs can be supplied. Corrections that Members suggest for the final version of the report should be clearly marked in a copy of the report—not telephoned—and must be received in the Editor’s Room, House of Commons, not later than Saturday 18 May 2019 © Parliamentary Copyright House of Commons 2019 This publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Open Parliament licence, which is published at www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/. 1 Public Bill Committee 14 MAY 2019 N.I.Contributions (Termination 2 Awards and Sporting Testimonials)Bill The Committee consisted of the following Members: Chairs: SIR HENRY BELLINGHAM,†SIR ROGER GALE,†SIOBHAIN MCDONAGH † Blackman, Kirsty (Aberdeen North) (SNP) † Russell-Moyle, Lloyd (Brighton, Kemptown) (Lab/ † Cartlidge, James (South Suffolk) (Con) Co-op) † Dodds, Anneliese (Oxford East) (Lab/Co-op) † Scully, Paul (Sutton and Cheam) (Con) † Dowd, Peter (Bootle) (Lab) † Smith, Jeff (Manchester, Withington) (Lab) † Smith, Laura (Crewe and Nantwich) (Lab) † Grant, Bill (Con) (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) † Tomlinson, Michael (Mid Dorset and North Poole) † Hughes, Eddie (Walsall North) (Con) (Con) † Jenrick, Robert (Exchequer Secretary to the † Walker, Thelma (Colne Valley) (Lab) Treasury) † Wood, Mike (Dudley South) (Con) † Knight, Julian (Solihull) (Con) Mike Everett, † Milling, Amanda (Cannock Chase) (Con) Committee Clerk † Morris, Grahame (Easington) (Lab) † attended the Committee Witnesses Robert Jenrick MP, Exchequer Secretary, HM Treasury Simon Smith, Senior Policy Adviser, HM Treasury Raj Nayyar OBE, Bill Manager and National Insurance Contributions Policy Adviser, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs Bill Dodwell, Tax Director, Office of Tax Simplification Colin Ben-Nathan, Chair, Employment Taxes Sub-committee, Chartered Institute of Taxation 3 Public Bill Committee HOUSE OF COMMONS N.I.Contributions (Termination 4 Awards and Sporting Testimonials)Bill Public Bill Committee Examination of Witnesses Robert Jenrick MP,Simon Smith and Raj Nayyar OBE Tuesday 14 May 2019 gave evidence. (Morning) 9.28 am The Chair: Good morning to those who have just [SIR ROGER GALE in the Chair] joined us. We now resume our public sitting and hear evidence from the Treasury.Before I call the first Member, National Insurance Contributions I remind all Members and witnesses that questions and (Termination Awards and Sporting answers should be limited to matters within the scope of Testimonials) Bill the Bill. Please also recognise that we must stick to the timings in the programme order that the Committee has 9.25 am agreed. The Chair: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. The scope of the Bill is quite narrow. Essentially, the You will have noticed that I am not your Chairman, but Bill introduces a new class 1A national insurance I am for the moment; I hope the Chairman will arrive contribution on termination awards in excess of £30,000, in due course. In the meantime, I have a couple of and a new class 1A national insurance contribution on announcements before we start: please turn off your sporting testimonial payments over £100,000. Could mobile phones and anything else electronic that makes Members and witnesses try to keep their comments a noise, and please remember that tea and coffee are not focused on the scope of the Bill, which is not about allowed in the room during sittings. general reform of national insurance? We will consider first the programme motion on the Do any members of the Committee wish to declare amendment paper,then the motion to enable the reporting any interests before we proceed? of written evidence for publication, and then the motion to allow us to deliberate in private about our questions Mike Wood (Dudley South) (Con): I declare an interest before the oral evidence session. In view of the time as vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on available, I hope we can take those matters formally, football. without debate. I call the Minister to move the programme motion in his name, which I gather was discussed yesterday by the Programming Sub-Committee. The Chair: Thank you. The understudy will now hand over to the Chairman. Ordered, That— (1) the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at [SIOBHAIN MCDONAGH in the Chair] 9.25 am on Tuesday 14 May) meet— (a) at 2.00 pm on Tuesday 14 May; The Chair: I apologise to all members of the Committee (b) at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 16 May; for being late. Things have conspired against me! (2) the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following Table: I call the first panel. I remind the Committee that we have until 10.25 am for this session. Will the witnesses TABLE please introduce themselves? Robert Jenrick: Good morning. It is a pleasure to Date Time Witness serve under your chairmanship. I am Robert Jenrick, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury. Tuesday 14 May Until no later than HM Treasury 10.25 am Simon Smith: I am Simon Smith, head of national Tuesday 14 May Until no later than Office of Tax insurance contributions policy at the Treasury. 11.25 am Simplification; Raj Nayyar: I am Raj Nayyar, Bill manager for Her Chartered Institute Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, and national insurance of Taxation contributions policy adviser. (3) the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 5.00 pm on The Chair: Thank you. I call Peter Dowd. Thursday 16 May.—(Robert Jenrick.) Q1 Peter Dowd (Bootle) (Lab): Thank you. It is a The Chair: That means that all the deadlines for pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms McDonagh. amendments to be considered during line-by-line scrutiny have now passed. Minister,on publishing its report of 14 November 2016, Resolved, the then chair of the Office of Tax Simplification, That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence Angela Knight, said: received by the Committee shall be reported to the House for “Our independent review has demonstrated...that some will publication.—(Robert Jenrick.) gain and others will lose from any change.” Resolved, Could you tell us who gains and who loses as a result of That, at this and any subsequent meeting at which oral evidence these proposals? is to be heard, the Committee shall sit in private until the witnesses Robert Jenrick: Are you speaking in relation to are admitted.—(Robert Jenrick.) termination payments? 9.27 am The Committee deliberated in private. Peter Dowd: Yes, termination payments. 5 Public Bill Committee 14 MAY 2019 N.I.Contributions (Termination 6 Awards and Sporting Testimonials)Bill Robert Jenrick: First, the most important point to I know that, on Second Reading, you raised the make is that we have chosen only to apply national question of whether we could have chosen an alternative insurance contributions class 1A to employers’ national class, or created a new class altogether. We chose not to insurance contributions, not to employees, although I create a new class altogether because that would have appreciate the argument that could be put forward that gone against the grain of what we were trying to do. Far that will impact on the total settlement made to employees from simplifying national insurance in a modest way, when an employer looks at the package they are to that would have made it more complicated. Class 1 receive on termination. The evidence we have seen national insurance contributions are somewhat different, suggests that it will have a very limited impact on wages, because that is both employers and employees. which was a point that you raised on Second Reading, As I said in answer to your first question, we specifically Mr Dowd—around 0.01% impact. chose to apply only employers’ national insurance in In terms of who will bear the cost, the vast majority this situation, not employees’ as well, which, of course, of termination payments will be exempt. Around 80% of we could have done. That would have simply been an individuals receiving a termination payment will not be additional charge that individuals had to pay. We chose affected by the measure. There is already a generous not to do that. We gave it considerable thought and threshold of £30,000, which compares very favourably came to the conclusion that class 1A was the most internationally. There is no income tax payable before logical one to apply this through. I think that has been that point, and even with this measure, there will be no widely recognised. I do not know whether Raj has employers’ national insurance payable—it will only be anything to add. on payments above that. Because of that, we anticipate Raj Nayyar: The only thing I would add is that when that the proposals will affect higher income groups. there is a cash payment—a termination award—for The best estimate that Her Majesty’s Revenue and income tax, it is currently collected through pay-as-you-earn. Customs and the Treasury have made is that it will It is reported in real time and paid either monthly or impact the top two or three income deciles. It will have a quarterly, depending on the size of the employer. For a very limited impact on low or middle-income earners. class 1A contribution, where it is a cash award, it will be reported and paid in the same way as pay-as-you-earn income tax.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Download PDF on Watching the Watchmen
    REPORT Watching the Watchmen The Growing Case for Recall Elections and Increased Accountability for MPs Sam Goodman About the Author Sam Goodman is the author of the Imperial Premiership: The Role of the Modern Prime Minister in Foreign Policy Making, 1964-2015 (Manchester University Press: 2015). He is currently working as a political adviser to Peter Dowd MP the current Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury and has previously worked for a variety of Labour Members of Parliament including: Julie Cooper MP, Sir Mark Hendrick MP, Michael Dugher MP, and Rt. Hon Jack Straw MP. Watching the Watchmen: The Growing Case for Recall Elections and Increased Accountability for MPs Members of the House of Commons have long flirted parliamentary conventions and much procedure with the idea of British exceptionalism—citing the is arcane, which makes it difficult even for the UK’s role as the ‘mother of all parliaments’, its most ardent politically engaged citizen to follow unwritten constitution, its unitary voting system, proceedings and debates in the House of Commons. and the principle of the sovereignty of Parliament This separation between the governors and over the people—as a bulwark against the instability governed is exacerbated further by the limited customarily found in other western democracies. avenues available to the public to hold those elected In modern times, this argument held water as to account, which is exemplified by recent political it delivered stable parliamentary majorities, scandals, including allegations of bullying and peaceful transfers of power between governments, sexual harassment in the House of Commons. At the and kept in check the ideological fringes of both time of writing this report, no MP has been forced major political parties.
    [Show full text]
  • THE 422 Mps WHO BACKED the MOTION Conservative 1. Bim
    THE 422 MPs WHO BACKED THE MOTION Conservative 1. Bim Afolami 2. Peter Aldous 3. Edward Argar 4. Victoria Atkins 5. Harriett Baldwin 6. Steve Barclay 7. Henry Bellingham 8. Guto Bebb 9. Richard Benyon 10. Paul Beresford 11. Peter Bottomley 12. Andrew Bowie 13. Karen Bradley 14. Steve Brine 15. James Brokenshire 16. Robert Buckland 17. Alex Burghart 18. Alistair Burt 19. Alun Cairns 20. James Cartlidge 21. Alex Chalk 22. Jo Churchill 23. Greg Clark 24. Colin Clark 25. Ken Clarke 26. James Cleverly 27. Thérèse Coffey 28. Alberto Costa 29. Glyn Davies 30. Jonathan Djanogly 31. Leo Docherty 32. Oliver Dowden 33. David Duguid 34. Alan Duncan 35. Philip Dunne 36. Michael Ellis 37. Tobias Ellwood 38. Mark Field 39. Vicky Ford 40. Kevin Foster 41. Lucy Frazer 42. George Freeman 43. Mike Freer 44. Mark Garnier 45. David Gauke 46. Nick Gibb 47. John Glen 48. Robert Goodwill 49. Michael Gove 50. Luke Graham 51. Richard Graham 52. Bill Grant 53. Helen Grant 54. Damian Green 55. Justine Greening 56. Dominic Grieve 57. Sam Gyimah 58. Kirstene Hair 59. Luke Hall 60. Philip Hammond 61. Stephen Hammond 62. Matt Hancock 63. Richard Harrington 64. Simon Hart 65. Oliver Heald 66. Peter Heaton-Jones 67. Damian Hinds 68. Simon Hoare 69. George Hollingbery 70. Kevin Hollinrake 71. Nigel Huddleston 72. Jeremy Hunt 73. Nick Hurd 74. Alister Jack (Teller) 75. Margot James 76. Sajid Javid 77. Robert Jenrick 78. Jo Johnson 79. Andrew Jones 80. Gillian Keegan 81. Seema Kennedy 82. Stephen Kerr 83. Mark Lancaster 84.
    [Show full text]
  • FDN-274688 Disclosure
    FDN-274688 Disclosure MP Total Adam Afriyie 5 Adam Holloway 4 Adrian Bailey 7 Alan Campbell 3 Alan Duncan 2 Alan Haselhurst 5 Alan Johnson 5 Alan Meale 2 Alan Whitehead 1 Alasdair McDonnell 1 Albert Owen 5 Alberto Costa 7 Alec Shelbrooke 3 Alex Chalk 6 Alex Cunningham 1 Alex Salmond 2 Alison McGovern 2 Alison Thewliss 1 Alistair Burt 6 Alistair Carmichael 1 Alok Sharma 4 Alun Cairns 3 Amanda Solloway 1 Amber Rudd 10 Andrea Jenkyns 9 Andrea Leadsom 3 Andrew Bingham 6 Andrew Bridgen 1 Andrew Griffiths 4 Andrew Gwynne 2 Andrew Jones 1 Andrew Mitchell 9 Andrew Murrison 4 Andrew Percy 4 Andrew Rosindell 4 Andrew Selous 10 Andrew Smith 5 Andrew Stephenson 4 Andrew Turner 3 Andrew Tyrie 8 Andy Burnham 1 Andy McDonald 2 Andy Slaughter 8 FDN-274688 Disclosure Angela Crawley 3 Angela Eagle 3 Angela Rayner 7 Angela Smith 3 Angela Watkinson 1 Angus MacNeil 1 Ann Clwyd 3 Ann Coffey 5 Anna Soubry 1 Anna Turley 6 Anne Main 4 Anne McLaughlin 3 Anne Milton 4 Anne-Marie Morris 1 Anne-Marie Trevelyan 3 Antoinette Sandbach 1 Barry Gardiner 9 Barry Sheerman 3 Ben Bradshaw 6 Ben Gummer 3 Ben Howlett 2 Ben Wallace 8 Bernard Jenkin 45 Bill Wiggin 4 Bob Blackman 3 Bob Stewart 4 Boris Johnson 5 Brandon Lewis 1 Brendan O'Hara 5 Bridget Phillipson 2 Byron Davies 1 Callum McCaig 6 Calum Kerr 3 Carol Monaghan 6 Caroline Ansell 4 Caroline Dinenage 4 Caroline Flint 2 Caroline Johnson 4 Caroline Lucas 7 Caroline Nokes 2 Caroline Spelman 3 Carolyn Harris 3 Cat Smith 4 Catherine McKinnell 1 FDN-274688 Disclosure Catherine West 7 Charles Walker 8 Charlie Elphicke 7 Charlotte
    [Show full text]
  • Her Majesty's Government and Her Official Opposition
    Her Majesty’s Government and Her Official Opposition The Prime Minister and Leader of Her Majesty’s Official Opposition Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP || Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn MP Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip). He will attend Cabinet Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP remains || Nicholas Brown MP Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip) Stuart Andrew MP appointed Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip) Marcus Jones MP appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP appointed || John McDonnell MP Chief Secretary to the Treasury - Cabinet Attendee Rt Hon Stephen Barclay appointed || Peter Dowd MP Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Kemi Badenoch MP appointed Paymaster General in the Cabinet Office Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister for the Cabinet Office Rt Hon Michael Gove MP remains Minister of State in the Cabinet Office Chloe Smith MP appointed || Christian Matheson MP Secretary of State for the Home Department Rt Hon Priti Patel MP remains || Diane Abbott MP Minister of State in the Home Office Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP appointed Minister of State in the Home Office Kit Malthouse MP remains Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Home Office Chris Philp MP appointed Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and First Secretary of State Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP remains || Emily Thornberry MP Minister of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Rt Hon James Cleverly MP appointed Minister of State in the Foreign
    [Show full text]
  • NEW SHADOW CABINET 2020 Who’S In, Who’S Out?
    NEW SHADOW CABINET 2020 Who’s In, Who’s Out? BRIEFING PAPER blackcountrychamber.co.uk Who’s in and Who’s out? Sir Keir Starmer, newly elected Leader of the UK Labour Party, set about building his first Shadow Cabinet, following his election win in the Labour Party leadership contest. In our parliamentary system, a cabinet reshuffle or shuffle is an informal term for an event that occurs when the head of a government or party rotates or changes the composition of ministers in their cabinet. The Shadow Cabinet is a function of the Westminster system consisting of a senior group of opposition spokespeople. It is the Shadow Cabinet’s responsibility to scrutinise the policies and actions of the government, as well as to offer alternative policies. Position Former Post Holder Result of New Post Holder Reshuffle Leader of the Opposition The Rt Hon Jeremy Resigned The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer and Leader of the Labour Corbyn MP KCB QC MP Party Deputy Leader and Chair of Tom Watson Resigned Angela Raynor MP the Labour Party Shadow Chancellor of the The Rt Hon John Resigned Anneliese Dodds MP Exchequer McDonnell MP Shadow Foreign Secretary The Rt Hon Emily Moved to Lisa Nandy MP Thornberry MP International Trade Shadow Home Secretary The Rt Hon Diane Resigned Nick Thomas-Symonds MP Abbott MP Shadow Chancellor of the Rachel Reeves MP Duchy of Lancaster Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon MP Left position The Rt Hon David Lammy MP Shadow Defence Secretary Nia Griffith MP Moved to Wales The Rt Hon John Healey MP Office Shadow Business, Energy Rebecca
    [Show full text]
  • CABINET MEMBER's REPORT Councillor Committee Date Peter
    CABINET MEMBER’S REPORT Councillor Committee Date Peter Dowd Cabinet Member 27 January 2011 Communities Safer Stronger Communities (November – December 2010) Community Payback Deployed weekly across the full Sefton region and managed by Strategy Support Officer. Main headlines for weekly work include: • removal of dog fouling and stencilling on Park Lane Estate (Netherton); • removal of fly tipped rubbish and litter removal from shops in Marion Square (Netherton); • Bowersdale Park clean up as part of a Xmas celebration in Linacre/ Derby; and • removal of dog fouling in Brooklands Avenue, Brookvale, Greenbank Cycleway and in Little Crosby. Work by the service has seen removal of over 200 bags of dog fouling and litter, 5.15 tonnes of fly tipping and undertaken 611 hours of unpaid work. Drug Action Team The Coalition Government's new drug strategy has now been published and it would appear that Sefton DAT is already delivering on all of its main priorities. Many DAT partnerships across the country will find delivering the new strategy something of a challenge but Sefton less so, because over the last 18 months we have transformed our treatment system from one that attempted to reduce the harm caused by drugs by initially stabilising addictions to one that ends them. Sefton's successful treatment rate for problematic drug users is now above both the regional and national average. Although the DAT is still preparing for an as yet unannounced cut in its budget, there is a commitment by all DAT partners to ensure that the work that supports this improved performance will continue in 2011/12.
    [Show full text]
  • Mr Dwayne Johnson Director of Social Care and Health Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council 9Th Floor, Merton House Stanley Road Bootle Merseyside L20 3JA
    Mr Dwayne Johnson Director of Social Care and Health Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council 9th Floor, Merton House Stanley Road Bootle Merseyside L20 3JA Mr Peter Wong, CCG Chief Officer, South Sefton and Southport and Formby 02 March 2018, Dear Dwayne & Peter, Joint local area SEND inspection – Sefton I am taking a close interest in your progress with improving SEND services following the identification of significant concerns by Ofsted and CQC in the report published in January 2017. I am pleased to see evidence of strong progress with your Written Statement of Action over the last 12 months. I am encouraged by the commitment to joint working across partners, including with schools, to improve attainment of children and young people with SEND. I also note the strengthened joint commissioning arrangements, including a stronger Designated Clinical Officer (DCO) role; and a new performance management arrangement for key health services, which will help to improve the parity of access to services across the whole of Sefton. I am reassured that SEND services in Sefton are improving and grateful to you, your colleagues and partners, including schools and families, for the energy and commitment you are showing to continuing the progress you have made so far. It is important you continue to engage families to raise their satisfaction and confidence levels and that you continue to work across services to ensure an accurate picture of the combined needs of children and young people with SEND, to ensure adequate services in the local area. Finally, it is of course, crucial, to continue to measure the long-term impact of the improvements you are making on improving outcomes for children and young people with SEND and their families.
    [Show full text]
  • Waste Local Plan 2013
    Halton Council, Knowsley Council, Liverpool City Council, Sefton Council, St.Helens Council and Wirral Council Joint Waste Local Plan 2013 Waste Local Plan Foreword 3 1. Table of Policies 4 Contents 2. List of Abbreviations 5 1. Introduction 7 1.1 Joint Waste Local Plan 7 2. Evidence Base 11 2.1 Portrait of Merseyside and Halton 11 2.2 Updating the Needs Assessment, Capacity Gaps 16 and Site Requirements 2.3 Summary of Needs Assessment 17 2.4 Implications : Sites requirements 26 3. Vision and Spatial Strategy 38 3.1 Vision 38 3.2 Spatial Strategy 43 4. Site Allocations to deliver capacity 47 requirements 4.1 Sub-Regional Sites 49 4.2 District-level Sites 51 4.3 Landfill Sites 53 4.4 Additional Sites 55 5. Development Management Policies 61 5.1 Protection of Existing Waste Management 61 Capacity for Built Facilities and Landfill 5.2 Waste Prevention and Resource Management 62 5.3 Design and Layout for New Development 64 5.4 Design and Operation of New Waste Management 65 Facilities 5.5 Sustainable Waste Transport 67 5.6 Criteria for Waste Management Development 69 5.7 Waste Management Applications on Unallocated 73 Sites 5.8 Energy from Waste 76 5.9 Development Management Policy for Landfill 78 5.10 Restoration and Aftercare 81 6. Implementation and Monitoring 83 6.1 Delivery Framework 83 Waste Local Plan Contents 6.2 Monitoring Framework 90 7. Glossary 95 8. Appendices 104 8.1 Appendix 1 : Waste Uses 105 8.2 Appendix 2 : Site Profiles 111 Waste Local Plan Foreword The Joint Merseyside and Halton Waste Local Plan (formerly Waste DPD) is the first Local Plan which has been successfully produced as a result of collaborative working between Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St.
    [Show full text]
  • Keir Starmer's Shadow Cabinet
    Keir Starmer’s Shadow Cabinet Member of Parliament Shadow Cabinet Position Kier Starmer Leader of the Opposition Angela Rayner Deputy Leader and Chair of the Labour Party Anneliese Dodds Chancellor of the Exchequer Lisa Nandy Foreign Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds Home Secretary Rachel Reeves Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster David Lammy Justice Secretary John Healey Defence Secretary Ed Miliband Business, Energy and Industrial Secretary Emily Thornberry International Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Rebecca Long-Bailey Education Secretary Jo Stevens Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Bridget Philipson Chief Secretary to the Treasury Luke Pollard Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Steve Reed Communities and Local Government Secretary Thangam Debbonaire Housing Secretary Jim McMahon Transport Secretary Preet Kaur Gill International Development Secretary Louise Haigh Northern Ireland Secretary (interim) Ian Murray Scotland Secretary Nia Griffith Wales Secretary Marsha de Cordova Women and Equalities Secretary Andy McDonald Employment Rights and Protections Secretary Rosena Allin-Khan Minister for Mental Health Cat Smith Minister for Young People and Voter Engagement Lord Falconer Attorney General Valerie Vaz Leader of the House Nick Brown Opposition Chief Whip Baroness Smith Shadow Leader of the Lords Lord McAvoy Lords’ Opposition Chief Whip Prepared by DevoConnect, April 2020. For more information contact [email protected] Keir
    [Show full text]
  • NEC Annual Report 2019
    Labour Party | Annual Report 2019 LABOUR PARTY ANNUAL REPORT 2019 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Treasurers’ Responsibilities . 54 Foreword from Jeremy Corbyn . 5 Independent Auditor’s Report Introduction from Tom Watson . 7 to the members of the Labour Party . 55 Introduction from the General Secretary . 9 Consolidated income and expenditure account 2018/2019 National Executive Committee . 10 for the year ended 31 December 2018 . 57 NEC Committees . 12 Statements of comprehensive income Obituaries . 13 and changes in equity for the year ended NEC aims and objectives for 2019 . 14 31 December 2018 . 58 Consolidated balance sheet BY-ELECTIONS . 15 at 31 December 2018 . 59 Peterborough . 16 Consolidated cash flow statement for the year Newport West . 17 ended 31 December 2018 . 60 ELECTIONS 2019 . 19 Notes to Financial Statements . 61 Analysis . 20 APPENDICES . 75 Local Government Report . 23 Members of Shadow Cabinet LOOKING AHEAD: 2020 ELECTIONS . 25 and Opposition Frontbench . 76 The year ahead in Scotland . 26 Parliamentary Labour Party . 80 The year ahead in Wales . 27 Members of the Scottish Parliament. 87 NEC PRIORITIES FOR 2019 . 29 Members of the Welsh Assembly . 88 Members and Supporters Members of the European Parliament . 89 Renewing our party and building an active Directly Elected Mayors . 90 membership and supporters network . 30 Members of the London Assembly . 91 Equalities . 31 Leaders of Labour Groups . 92 Labour Peers . 100 NEC PRIORITIES FOR 2019 . 35 Labour Police and Crime Commissioners . 103 National Policy Forum Parliamentary Candidates endorsed NPF Report . 36 by the NEC at time of publication . 104 NEC PRIORITIES FOR 2019 . 39 NEC Disputes . 107 International NCC Cases .
    [Show full text]
  • How Labour Can Rebuild the Red Wall Across the North Labour for the North Labour's Northern Soul
    Labour’s Northern Soul How Labour can rebuild the Red Wall across the North Labour for the North Labour's Northern Soul Labour for the North is a new group working to give Northern Labour MPs a stronger voice in the Labour party and to make sure the government delivers for the North for the North, open to all Labour MPs in the North West, North East, Yorkshire and the Humber. It is co-chaired by Justin Madders, Peter Dowd and Judith Cummins. For more information about the group, please contact [email protected] Labour for the North 2 Contents Foreword 4 Full Recommendations 7 Part I — The Long Retreat 16 Part II — 2016 And After 49 Part III — What To Expect 57 Acknowledgements 65 Appendices are available separately on request December 2020 © Labour for the North Foreword In Summer 2019 we formed the close to turning blue. Our sense Labour for the North Group to that the party had a ‘Northern bring together Labour MPs from problem’ had been heartbreakingly across the North of England. We proved right. We strongly believe felt that it was important to amplify that this forum, alongside co- the voice of Northern Labour MPs ordinated action for the North, is both within the party and outside needed now more than ever. it. We were responding to what we believed was a growing view that This report explains what happened the Labour Party was a London- in December 2019. In common centric entity and insufficiently with other reports that have looked sensitive to the needs of the North.
    [Show full text]
  • Call Lists for Westminster Hall Thursday 22 July 2021 a List of Members, Both Virtually and Physically Present, Selected to Participate in Westminster Hall Debates
    Issued on: 21 July at 5.04pm Call lists for Westminster Hall Thursday 22 July 2021 A list of Members, both virtually and physically present, selected to participate in Westminster Hall debates. All Members wishing to speak in the debate must be present from the beginning of the debate. For 30-minute debates, debates are led by the Member in charge and responded to by the Minister. Members may attend to intervene or make a short speech. Members wishing to make a speech should follow existing conventions about contacting the Member in charge of the debate, the Speaker’s Office ([email protected]) and the Minister. If sittings are suspended for divisions in the House, additional time is added. Call lists are compiled and published incrementally as information becomes available. For the most up-to-date information see the parliament website: https://commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/ CONTENTS 1. Priorities for the COP26 conference 1 2. Support for unpaid carers and Carers Week 2021 1 PRIORITIES FOR THE COP26 CONFERENCE 1.30pm to 3.00pm Order Member Party Virtual/ Physical 1 Mr Simon Clarke (Middlesbrough Conservative Virtual Member in Charge South and East Cleveland) 2 Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) Green Virtual 3 Philip Dunne (Ludlow) Conservative Physical 4 Wera Hobhouse (Bath) Lib Dem Physical 5 Andrew Selous (South West Conservative Virtual Bedfordshire) 6 Olivia Blake (Sheffield, Hallam) Labour Virtual 7 Sally-Ann Hart (Hastings and Rye) Conservative Physical 2 Call lists for Westminster Hall Thursday 22 July 2021 Order Member
    [Show full text]