My Work in Parliament - Pat McFadden Labour MP for Wolverhampton South East

Coronavirus Job Support Schemes

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

When the circumstances change, policies should adapt. Infection rates are growing, local restrictions are becoming more common, and this morning’s figures show levels of unemployment at a...

Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies (Environmentally Sustainable Investment) Bill

Commons debates

I am grateful to be able to make a short contribution to this debate. In the midst of the coronavirus crisis that we are going through, there is an active debate about how we should come out of...

Stamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) Bill

Commons debates

It has been a pleasure to listen to this debate and the many interesting contributions. I cannot mention every Member who has spoken, but we have had a lot of interesting contributions. The hon....

Coronavirus: Employment

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

Thousands of jobs losses have been announced in recent days, and many more are expected if the furlough scheme is withdrawn from all sectors at the same time. With young people facing the most...

New Clause 26 - Review of impact of Act on job creation

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

On the loan charge, as I said, we have always supported cracking down on tax avoidance and we support action against those who enabled the scheme. New clause 31 makes a connection between...

New Clause 26 - Review of impact of Act on job creation

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

Quite. Infrastructure expenditure is, of course, welcome, and we support it. It makes sense to do this when interest rates are historically low.

New Clause 26 - Review of impact of Act on job creation

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

There is no MP from the west midlands who does not care about our manufacturing base. It is a vital part of our economy. It may be true that we make less than we used to, but it is also true that...

New Clause 26 - Review of impact of Act on job creation

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

I am not sure about the part of the right hon. Gentleman’s intervention that referred to foreign companies, but the turbulence of the labour market right now does pose a danger to...

New Clause 26 - Review of impact of Act on job creation

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

The matter of what is voted on is of course, a consideration for the Speaker. I do not always get to decide what is voted on in this House. New clause 26, standing in my name and those of my hon....

New Clause 26 - Review of impact of Act on job creation

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

It is a pleasure to be facing my old sparring partner from the Treasury Committee of some years ago across the Dispatch Box. In this debate we will cover a number of amendments dealing with IR35...

New Clause 26 - Review of impact of Act on job creation

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

Exiting the European Union: Financial Services and Markets

Commons debates

Like many who have spoken in the Chamber today, on the fourth anniversary of her death, my thoughts are very much with our former colleague Jo Cox and her family. As we heard from the...

Covid-19: Economic Support

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Despite the interventions that the Chancellor has announced, some of our major industrial companies find themselves locked out of the lending scheme for the largest...

Covid-19: Repatriation of UK Nationals

Commons debates

I have a number of constituents who are still stranded in Punjab in India—some of them in real distress. I recognise the effort from the Foreign Office in chartering flights from Amritsar,...

Economic Update

Commons debates

The difference with this crisis is the profound effect it is having on human behaviour. The Chancellor has acknowledged that the big missing piece from the package announced tonight is direct...

Covid-19

Commons debates

The Secretary of State said that this was a national effort and he is right, but it is more than that; this is a global crisis that has seen different approaches taken in different countries....

Income Tax (Charge)

Commons debates

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for West Worcestershire (Harriett Baldwin). This Budget is the Government’s attempt to make a turn in the road. Gone are the logic, the rhetoric...

Income Tax (Charge)

Commons debates

Before my right hon. Friend moves on from his point about a co-ordinated international response, one of the things put in place at that time, about which there has been a lack of discussion this...

Coronavirus

Commons debates

One of the questions in the public’s mind is the degree of resistance acquired by those who have contracted the virus and then recovered. I appreciate that this is more a question for his...

Low-Carbon Industries

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

One of the UK’s great industrial success stories in recent decades has been the automotive industry. What discussions does the Secretary of State plan to have with the industry to help...