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969046

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date	06/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Speed Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the speed limit to 80 miles per hour on the motorway network.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	171370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to change the speed limit.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/09/2018 10:22:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

969050

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date	06/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Consumer Prices Index
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to use the Consumer Prices Index in preference to RPI as a measurement in all government transactions, negotiations and agreements.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	171374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The problems with RPI are well known. The Government has made progress in moving away from the use of RPI, for instance through bringing forward the planned switch in indexation of business rates from RPI to CPI by two years to April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>However, any further decisions to stop using RPI must also consider the fiscal costs associated. The Government has committed to reviewing the use of RPI for indirect taxes once its fiscal consolidation plans are complete.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 14/09/2018 10:03:57 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

969051

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of a cash-less economy on taxation revenues.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	171375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>At Spring Statement 2018, the Government launched a call for evidence on cash and digital payments in the new economy. This explored what more can be done to crack down on the minority who use cash to evade tax and launder money, while ensuring that the public’s cash needs continue to be met. The government will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/09/2018 09:27:37 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord