Finance Bill: Small Companies' Rates
28 April 2008 :
Speech
Brooks Newmark condemns the escalation of the small companies rate and raises his concerns that the increase in the R&D tax credit and the introduction of the Annual Investment Allowance will not be of help to many small businesses.
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Finance Bill: Rate
28 April 2008 :
Speech
Brooks Newmark calls on the Chancellor to decide which road he wants to follow: targeted incentives to encourage specific policy objectives, or a simpler, flatter tax.
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British Board of Film Classification (Accountability to Parliament and Appeals) Bill
29 February 2008 :
Parliamentary Debate
Brooks Newmark highlights the limitations of the Bill as far more information is available on the internet than in films and DVDs.
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Financial Services (Low-income Families) - Topical Debate
13 December 2007 :
Speech
Brooks Newmark calls for an integrated strategy for financial education starting with schools and colleges.
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Government's assessment as set out in the pre-Budget report for the purposes of Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993
6 December 2007 :
Speech
Brooks Newmark questions the Government's public finances submission to the European Union.
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Finance Bill - Tax relief for new zero-carbon homes
26 June 2007 :
Speech
Brooks Newmark supports an amendment that requires the proposed tax relief for zero-carbon homes be kept reviewed annually to monitor its effectiveness.
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Public Sector: Pensions
25 June 2007 :
Parliamentary Question
In a written question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Brooks Newmark, asks what the Government's unfunded public sector pension liabilities are if calculated using a discount rate based on index linked gilts.
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Pension Funds
10 May 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
Brooks Newmark challenges the Government over the Chancellor's tax raid which has cost pensioners between £100 billion and £150 billion.
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Finance Debate - Air Passenger Duty
1 May 2007 :
Speech
Brooks Newmark questions the reasons behind the date of implementation of the rise in air passenger duty.
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Finance Bill
30 April 2007 :
Speech
During a debate on the Finance Bill, Brooks Newmark calls for stability in the taxation regime for small businesses.
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Budget Debate
26 March 2007 :
Speech
Brooks Newmark looks at the failure of the Chancellor's budget to use environmental taxation to change peoples behaviour according to the 'polluter pays' principle in favour of more general stealth taxes.
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Private Equity Funds
19 March 2007 :
Speech
Brooks Newmark dismisses fears about the private equity industry and highlights the considerable growth in that industry and welcomes the British Venture Capital Association's working party to consider issues of transparency and disclosure.
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Full Employment
1 March 2007 :
Parliamentary Debate
During Treasury Questions, Brooks Newmark challenges the Chancellor to recognise the important role that private equity plays in creating employment in this country.
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Brooks backs disabled Children Bill
27 February 2007 :
Press Release
Brooks Newmark joined other sponsors of the Disabled Children (Family Support Bill) last week when fellow Conservative MP Gary Streeter brought the Bill to the House of Commons.
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Disabled Children (Family Support) Bill
23 February 2007 :
Speech
Brooks Newmark supports a bill aimed at providing better support for disabled children and their carers. He specifically welcomes a clause imposing a duty on local authorities to assess the need for short breaks for families with disabled children.
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Queen's Speech - Treasury and Works and Pensions
27 November 2006 :
Speech
During the debate on the Queen's Speech, Brooks Newmark speaks about the Statistics and Registration Service Bill and the burden on business of the collection of statistical information.
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'Best rural retailer' competition
18 October 2006 :
Article for Essex Chronicle
Quality of life is firmly on the political agenda. We all think we know what 'quality of life' is, but the problems that affect it are complex and often interrelated.
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Victory for Stansted noise victims
26 July 2006 :
Article for Essex Chronicle
This week the aviation Minister, Gillian Merron, confirmed that the Government would not resume attempts to remove limits on the number of night flights using Stansted Airport.
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G8 Finance Ministers Meeting
15 June 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
During a Treasury Questions session in the House of Commons, Brooks Newmark tackles the Chancellor over budget pleges on education expenditure.
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Finance (No. 2) Bill - Gross Assets of Investee Companies
3 May 2006 :
Speech
Brooks Newmark raises concerns about targeting venture capital trust (VCT) investment in smaller companies – thus exposing VCT investors exposed to greater risk – whilst simultaneously cutting the incentives that investors will receive.
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Budget Debate
22 March 2006 :
Speech
Brooks Newmark takes a look at the Budget from a businessman's point of view and considers forthcoming international competition from countries such as India and China.
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UK Economy
8 December 2005 :
Parliamentary Debate
During questions to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Brooks Newmark questions the Chancellor's judgement in relation to forecasting growth at between 3 and 3½ per cent.
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Government Regulation
4 July 2005 :
Speech
During a debate in the House of Commons on Government Regulation, Brooks Newmark makes a major speech highlighting costs of additional regulation for small businesses.
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Finance Bill
13 June 2005 :
Speech
Brooks Newmark raises his concerns over delays over tax legislation that gives effect to real estate investment trusts (REITs).
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