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To ask Her Majesty's Government how much Value Added Tax the Treasury has received from sales of petrol in each quarter since January 2021.

Asked by
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Crossbench)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 June 2022
Reference
HL875
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I am immensely grateful to the right reverend Prelate for securing this debate—it could not be better timed—and for the work that Church Action for Tax Justice has done and for the way it is establishing a new agenda here. However, to be reminded that we have three...

Member
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Crossbench)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
21 January 2021
Reference
809 cc101-2GC
House
House of Lords

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT from all items of school and PE clothing after the UK leaves the EU.

Asked by
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Independent (affiliation))
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
9 September 2019
Reference
284634
House
House of Commons

I beg to move,

That this House has considered the cost of school uniforms.

Ms McDonagh, this is the first time I have spoken under your chairmanship, so not only is today’s debate really important, but it gives me real pleasure to serve under you. I am sure that view is going...

Member
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Independent (affiliation))
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
9 October 2018
Reference
647 c58WH
House
House of Commons

That is a suggestion for the Minister. It could be guidance; I would love it to made be stronger than guidance—that schools must do this. I will come back to that.

Member
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Independent (affiliation))
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
9 October 2018
Reference
647 c59WH
House
House of Commons

It is a very poor show. There is a myth going around that we have no time to legislate because of Brexit. Ms McDonagh, I am sure you would think that the rubbish we debate in the Chamber would not be suitable for Westminster Hall and would just be filling...

Member
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Independent (affiliation))
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
9 October 2018
Reference
647 c59WH
House
House of Commons

It is very good giving way, because these are points that I would have made otherwise. I merely underscore the point my hon. Friend has just made about how it may not be a one-off set of costs but an increasing set of costs through the year. Of course, if...

Member
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Independent (affiliation))
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
9 October 2018
Reference
647 cc59-60WH
House
House of Commons

All these ideas are here for the Minister to pick up and run with, particularly given that he has the Prime Minister’s support on this issue.

Some of the parents who wrote to me from Birkenhead and beyond have bills that are £300-plus for a school uniform, and they also face...

Member
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Independent (affiliation))
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
9 October 2018
Reference
647 c60WH
House
House of Commons

Again, I see the Minister busily rewriting his speech—[Laughter.] We are laughing, but I know that nobody outside will mistake that: our comments are dead serious. I have heard horror stories about parents going without food to provide uniforms. They do not want their children to look different from other...

Member
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Independent (affiliation))
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
9 October 2018
Reference
647 c60WH
House
House of Commons

It is really great that all my best points are being taken. The Government say they are concerned about social mobility, but school uniform costs affect parents’ choices about which school they send their children to, irrespective of where they come not in the 11-plus selection but in the selection...

Member
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Independent (affiliation))
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
9 October 2018
Reference
647 c61WH
House
House of Commons

That is a particularly good one, isn’t it, Minister? The Prime Minister has told us that austerity is coming to an end, so she will want ideas about how to bring it to an end. Copying a proven model—we are not making up something that may not work—seems an admirable...

Member
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Independent (affiliation))
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
9 October 2018
Reference
647 c61WH
House
House of Commons

What I might do, if you are tolerant, Ms McDonagh, is take a few interventions from the shadow Minister so he can make a few points.

Member
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Independent (affiliation))
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
9 October 2018
Reference
647 c62WH
House
House of Commons

What a surprise!

Member
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Independent (affiliation))
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
9 October 2018
Reference
647 c62WH
House
House of Commons

Can I just rewind? I had spoken with the Opposition spokesman, and we were under the impression that he could speak. I would have allowed him to intervene before I sat down. Could I say that I had not sat down, Ms McDonagh?

Member
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Independent (affiliation))
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
9 October 2018
Reference
647 c62WH
House
House of Commons

I hope my hon. Friend will be able to intervene in the debate from the Back Benches.

6.19 pm

Member
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Independent (affiliation))
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
9 October 2018
Reference
647 c62WH
House
House of Commons

Motion, That This House has considered the cost of school uniforms. Motion lapsed.

Lead member
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Answering member
Nick Gibb
Department
Department for Education
Type
Debates
Date
9 October 2018
Reference
647 cc57-65WH
House
House of Commons

When the Chancellor came to the part of his statement about tax credits, I assumed that it was good news, as it was quickly overwhelmed by cheers from those on his own side. For that good news, I thank him. I heard him preface those remarks by saying that he...

Member
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
25 November 2015
Reference
602 c1380
House
House of Commons

That this House recognises that local restaurants and public houses are facing very challenging conditions in the current economy and are being put under further pressure by the rise of large supermarkets that enjoy preferential value added tax (VAT) treatment; notes that these businesses lie at the heart of their...

Primary sponsor
Brian Binley (Conservative)
Type
Early day motions
Date
16 June 2014
Reference
102
House
House of Commons

Will the Minister give way?

Member
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 January 2013
Reference
556 c128
House
House of Commons

We all want to see the lowest possible competitive rate, but is it not possible to combine that with denying access to our markets to companies that clearly do not pay it?

Member
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 January 2013
Reference
556 c128
House
House of Commons