Treasury Minister David Gauke says he agrees with the Bank of England forecast and other commentators that inflation will start falling at the end of the year. Andrew Neil invites him to come back then and predicts it will likely be an uncomfortable interview.
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter This little exchange between Gavin Williamson and the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke (pictured right) might amuse readers: Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire) (Con): I understand that my hon. Friend recently received the very prestigious award of tax personality of the year. I am somewhat concerned that this glorious […]
by Paul Goodman George Osborne bested Ed Balls yesterday. But the Treasury team also faced three sharp questions from its own side, which the sketchwriters have duly picked up this morning. Here they are in full, together with the answers. First – "Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden) (Con): There is a lot of public […]
By Jonathan Isaby An amusing slip of the tongue from Commons Speaker John Bercow yesterday. During questions to Treasury Minister David Gauke about the errors made at HMRC on millions of people's tax bills, the Speaker decided to call the new Conservative MP for West Suffolk – except he mixed him up with the founder […]
The debate on the Second Reading of the Government's FIscal Responsibility Bill – the one which would put a duty on the Government to halve the budget deficit into legislation – was far shorter than it normally would have been due to a series of statements at the beginning of business. It was not until […]
Here’s a bit of light relief. David Gauke, who is a Shadow Treasury Minister, raised a point of order in the Commons yesterday: “On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. On a number of occasions, you have raised the requirement for Ministers to answer written parliamentary questions appropriately. I asked the Prime Minister a question, […]
The Commons also hosted Treasury questions yesterday. Shadow Chancellor George Osborne scented blood: "Are we really expected to believe that when the Prime Minister appointed Sir James Crosby to the board of the Financial Services Authority, and when the current Chancellor promoted him to the job of deputy chairman in 2007, neither of them had […]
David Gauke is MP for SW Hertfordshire and a member of the Conservative Treasury team. The letter to the Daily Telegraph on Friday from 27 members of the 2005 intake of Conservative MPs, including myself, proposed that consideration should be given to introducing a ‘recall mechanism’ for MPs. It has stirred up a fair amount […]
David Gauke, MP for SW Hertfordshire, says Gordon Brown and his "Chancellor" Alistair Darling make for a dithering, directionless double-act that is damaging the country. The point of Alistair Darling was always supposed to be that he was a ‘save pair of hands’. He was seen as unobtrusive and inscrutable and had held a number […]
David Gauke MP, a Conservative Treasury spokesman, reflects on the 10p row that culminated in today’s Prime Ministerial U-turn. Gordon Brown’s retreat on the 10p rate is clearly a massive humiliation. Before he became Prime Minister, his supporters claimed he had two great qualities: First, he was a man of principle who had devoted his […]