Public Sector Debt
9 June 2009 :
Parliamentary Debate
Speaking in the Commons, Brooks Newmark challenges the Chief Secretary to the Treasury over off-balance sheet debt and asks what percentage of GDP that represents.
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Vacancies
29 April 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Brooks Newmark asks the Work and Pensions Secretary about the number of job vacancies in Braintree.
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Vacancies
20 April 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Brooks Newmark asks the Work and Pensions Secretary about the number of job vacancies in Braintree, Essex and England.
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Education: Per Capita Costs
27 March 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Brooks Newmark questions the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families about the cost per pupil in primary and secondary education.
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Brooks experiences revolutionary new sight screening technology that could save constituents' sight
16 March 2009 :
Press Release
To mark World Glaucoma Day on Thursday 12th March, Brooks Newmark joined RNIB and researchers from Moorfield's Eye Hospitalat a parliamentary reception where exciting new technology was revealed.
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Invalid Vehicles: Elderly
3 March 2009 :
Parliamentary Question
Brooks Newmark asks the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for his assessment of provision for motor assistance for those aged over 65 years who are ineligible for the Motability scheme.
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Banking Bill
10 February 2009 :
Parliamentary Debate
Brooks Newmark calls for more transparency in Government-provided financial assistance and supports a House of Lords amendment requiring a quarterly report.
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Brooks meets with Braintree Pensioners Action Group
22 October 2008 :
Press Release
Today, Brooks Newmark met with the Braintree Pensioners Action Group at Westminster to discuss their current concerns about the state pension.
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Public Sector: Pensions
7 October 2008 :
Parliamentary Question
In a written question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Brooks Newmark asks what the public sector pension deficit is if calculated using a discount rate based on index-linked gilts.
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Pensioner Poverty
4 June 2008 :
Parliamentary Debate
Speaking during an Opposition Day debate on Pensioner Poverty, Brooks Newmark calls for an end to means-testing for the elderly.
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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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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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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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Departmental Expenditure - Work and Pensions
5 February 2007 :
Parliamentary Question
Brooks Newmark questions Department for Work and Pensions spending on commercial, and particularly Microsoft, software.
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Public Sector Debt & Public Sector Pensions
25 January 2007 :
Parliamentary Question
In a written question, Brooks Newmark asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer to estimate the level of public sector net debt if unfunded public sector pension liabilities are included.
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It's time to call this debt-laden Chancellor to account
27 November 2006 :
Article for Yorkshire Post
GORDON Brown's buzzwords since 1997 have been prudence, transparency and accountability. But there are increasing signs that the Chancellor is systematically understating the true extent of the Government's debt because of lax accounting standards.
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Age Discrimination Regulations (State Pensions)
27 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Brooks Newmark questions the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions about the short timescale given to employers to implement the new age discrimination regulations.
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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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Brooks honours volunteer hero
28 June 2006 :
Press Release
On Tuesday Braintree MP Brooks Newmark attended the Heroes Tea Party at the House of Commons to celebrate and recognise older volunteer heroes.
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Pension Reform
27 June 2006 :
Speech
During a Commons debate on Pension Reform, Brooks Newmark raises concerns that, irrespective of the contributory principle behind the new scheme, uprating of the basic state pension will be "subject to affordability and the fiscal position".
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Pensions
12 June 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
In a written question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Brooks Newmark asks for details of the assumptions underlying the estimate of the future costs of public service pension benefits.
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Brooks questions the Chancellor on the Budget
4 April 2006 :
Press Release
During a meeting of the Treasury Select Committee on Thursday Brooks questioned the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, about his treatment of pensioners.
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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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Pensions
21 March 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Brooks Newmarks asks the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions the ability of pensioners to commute their pension benefits to a lump sum because of serious ill-health if provision 08100080 of the Registered Pension Scheme Manual took effect.
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Pensions
21 March 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Brooks Newmarks asks the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners were able to commute their pension benefits to a lump sum in 2004–05 because of serious ill-health under provision 08100080 of the Registered Pension Scheme Manual.
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Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill
10 March 2006 :
Parliamentary Debate
During a debate on the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill Brooks Newmark argues in support of a clause that should alleviate households in fuel poverty and champion's Braintree Council's £100 council tax rebate to those who insulate their homes.
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Government Liablities
7 March 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Brooks Newmark asks the Chancellor of the Exchequer about Government liabilities arising from schemes under the private finance initiative, public sector pension provision and other liabilities that do not appear on the Government's balance sheet.
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Child Support Agency
6 February 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
During Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in the House of Commons, Brooks Newmark calls for the separation of investigation, adjudication and enforcement powers in the Child Support Agency.
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