Bridget Phillipson MP

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies based (a) outside the UK and (b) in Northern Ireland were registered with HMRC in respect of paying VAT on goods sold into Great Britain on (i) 31 December 2020 and (ii) 31 January 2021; and if he...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which international comparisons HMRC drew upon in designing the schemes it uses to recover VAT on goods imported into the UK.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in the requirements for the levying of VAT on imported goods on (a) volumes of international trade between the UK and other countries, (b) volumes of trade betwee...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the potential effect of Freeports on national security; what the outcomes of those discussions were; and i...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on local government finances for particular authorities in the event that existing businesses paying national non-domestic rates use Freeport status in neighbouring authorit...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he will publish a dataset for the take-up of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme which provides, in respect of every individual participating venue, including those which are part of participating chain businesse...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he will publish a dataset for the take-up of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme which lists the location of every individual participating venue, including those which are part of participating chain businesses ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the economic effect on UK exports of musicians being unable to tour as freely in the EU after 1 January 2021 as they used to.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent economic assessment the Government has made of the effect on UK-based creative workers not being able to travel freely within the EU after 1 January 2021.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment the Government has made of the number of people able to access the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme as a proportion of the self-employed workforce.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what fiscal steps the Government plans to take to ensure that the creative industries can start growing again as the economy recovers from the covid-19 outbreak.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the Government’s policy position is on supporting job creation in the creative industries as part of its covid-19 recovery plan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the potential economic benefits to the (a) North East and the (b) UK of (i) reopening the Leamside Line and (ii) opening a Leamside South line.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on congestion on the East Coast Mainline of (a) reopening the Leamside Line and (b) opening a proposed Leamside South line.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the length of time it would take to (a) reopen the Leamside Line and (b) open a Leamside South line.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has undertaken an environmental impact assessment of (a) reopening the Leamside Line and (b) opening a Leamside South line.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the funding being made available for freeports announced in the Spending Review 2020 CP 330: section 6.60, how much of the funding originally allocated to the T...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what evidential basis the limit of 500 words was set for freeport bids regarding the economic rationale for tax site choice.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library the (a) current round of bid submissions for possible sites for Freeports, (b) criteria used to assess each of the free text fields in the submitt...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions since 1 April 2020 he has asked for an assessment of adequacy of the design of the Self Employment Income Support Scheme.