Helen Morgan MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Small Businesses: TaxationTreasuryTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6871More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support small businesses in North Shropshire in the transition to Making Tax Digital.
Answer: MTD will help businesses and landlords keep on top of their tax affairs. It places small businesses on a more digital footing, with digital tools helping to reduce errors and making annual tax returns easier. The government has undertaken a range of activ...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordFood: Import DutiesTreasuryTabled 21 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3925More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to publish the list of supermarket foods that will fall under the suspension of tariffs.
Answer: The list of products in the first package of agri-food tariff suspensions was published on 20th May. This can be found on the Gov.uk page for duty suspensions and autonomous tariff quotas. The proposed list for the second package of agri-food tariff suspe...
Answered 2 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordFood: Import DutiesTreasuryTabled 21 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3924More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial steps she is taking to help protect British farmers from cheaper imported products in the context of the suspension of tariffs on certain supermarket foods.
Answer: The list of products for which tariff suspensions are proposed takes account of domestic production and food security and does not include any significant UK primary agriculture production. To support farmers, who currently face substantially increased co...
Answered 2 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Time LimitsTreasuryTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122587More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that SMEs not party to (a) NFU Mutual and (b) Bath Racecourse litigation are not permanently deprived of the right to an indemnity due to the expiration of limitation pe
Answer: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), as the independent regulator for financial services, sets the conduct standards required of insurance firms. This includes rules requiring insurers to handle claims fairly and promptly. The Supreme Court published it...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordInsurance: DiscriminationTreasuryTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122586More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that policyholders with protected characteristics are not discriminated against by insurance companies.
Answer: Insurers make commercial decisions about pricing and the terms of cover they offer based on their assessment of the relevant risks. However, the government is determined that insurers treat customers fairly and insurers must comply with relevant legislati...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFinancial Conduct AuthorityTreasuryTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122585More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure adherence to the FCA’s Consumer Duty requirement for firms to avoid causing foreseeable harm.
Answer: The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA’s) Consumer Duty requires firms to act in good faith, prevent foreseeable harm, and act in the best interests of consumers. All FCA-authorised firms are required to comply with the Consumer Duty.The FCA has extensive...
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFinancial Conduct AuthorityTreasuryTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122584More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the FCA on stop the clock guidance and related litigation.
Answer: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), as the independent regulator for financial services, sets the conduct standards required of insurance firms. This includes rules requiring insurers to handle claims fairly and promptly. The Supreme Court published it...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus Business Interruption Loan SchemeTreasuryTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122583More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of valid Covid-19 business interruption claims becoming time-barred in March 2026 on the insurance sector.
Answer: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), as the independent regulator for financial services, sets the conduct standards required of insurance firms. This includes rules requiring insurers to handle claims fairly and promptly. The Supreme Court published it...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordEquitable Life Assurance Society: CompensationTreasuryTabled 18 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121863More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the Equitable Members' Action Group’s analysis of Government spending on the compensation package for people affected by financial los
Answer: The Equitable Life Payment Scheme has been fully wound down and closed since 2016. The only remaining part of the Payment Scheme in operation is the annual payments made to eligible With-Profit-Annuitants and the Scheme is on track to distribute the remai...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordEquitable Life Assurance Society: CompensationTreasuryTabled 18 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121862More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to ensure that contingency funding linked to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme will be used to compensate Equitable Life policyholders.
Answer: The Equitable Life Payment Scheme has been fully wound down and closed since 2016. The only remaining part of the Payment Scheme in operation is the annual payments made to eligible With-Profit-Annuitants and the Scheme is on track to distribute the remai...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordEquitable Life Assurance Society: CompensationTreasuryTabled 18 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121861More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the money allocated to the Equitable Life compensation fund is expected to be retained by her Department, in the context of contingency funds.
Answer: The Equitable Life Payment Scheme has been fully wound down and closed since 2016. The only remaining part of the Payment Scheme in operation is the annual payments made to eligible With-Profit-Annuitants and the Scheme is on track to distribute the remai...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFuels: PricesTreasuryTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120073More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support small haulage companies with fuel costs.
Answer: The Government is taking action to ensure that fuel at the pump remains affordable. At Budget 2025, the Government extended the 5p-per-litre cut for a further five months, until the end of August this year. The Government has also cancelled the increase i...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordInsurance: BereavementTreasuryTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118291More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure customers purchasing joint insurance policies are made aware of changes to cover and pricing when one policyholder dies by insurance companies.
Answer: The government is determined that insurers should treat customers fairly, including where they have suffered a bereavement, and firms are required to do so under Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules. The FCA requires firms to ensure their products offe...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordInsurance: Artificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118290More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure transparency in the insurance industry's use of algorithmic and AI pricing models.
Answer: The government is determined that insurers should treat customers fairly and firms are required to do so under Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules. The FCA requires firms to ensure their products offer fair value (i.e. if the price a consumer pays for...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordInsurance: BereavementTreasuryTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118289More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits of introducing a mandatory bereavement grace period for insurers.
Answer: The government is determined that insurers should treat customers fairly, including where they have suffered a bereavement, and firms are required to do so under Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules. The FCA requires firms to ensure their products offe...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordInsurance: BereavementTreasuryTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118288More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing statutory protections that would allow surviving policyholders, where the death of a partner has led to terminations of reissuing of joint insura
Answer: The government is determined that insurers should treat customers fairly, including where they have suffered a bereavement, and firms are required to do so under Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules. The FCA requires firms to ensure their products offe...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHotels: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111228More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she will respond to Question 107479 regarding the Valuation Office Agency’s valuation method for small independent hotels.
Answer: An answer was submitted to 107479 on 6 February 2026.
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109276More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the cost of (a) the potential business rates relief for pubs and (b) the cost of extending this relief to (i) the hospitality sector and (ii) the retail sector.
Answer: From April, every pub and live music venue will get 15% off its new business rates bill on top of the support announced at Budget and then bills will be frozen in real terms for a further two years.Final costings will be confirmed at a fiscal event in the...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109275More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on including retail businesses in the proposed business rates relief for pubs.
Answer: The Chancellor holds regular discussions with her Ministerial colleagues about a broad range of matters.
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Insurance: FraudTreasuryTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108820More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of paid ad spoofing on car insurance premiums.
Answer: The Government has made no specific estimate of the impact of paid advert spoofing on car insurance premiums. However, the Government takes the issue of fraud seriously and recognises the impact this has on motor insurance claims costs and the premiums th...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: ValuationTreasuryTabled 21 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107482More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to rateable values on non-domestic properties occupied by town and parish councils.
Answer: The amount of business rates paid on each property is based on the rateable value of the property, assessed by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), and the multiplier values, which are set by the Government. Rateable values are re-assessed every three years...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: ValuationTreasuryTabled 21 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107481More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to reduce the processing time for appeals against the rateable value of non-domestic properties.
Answer: Dealing with cases in a timely and efficient manner is an absolute priority for the VOA. The VOA will always clear cases as quickly as it can, and prioritises those cases where customers are facing financial hardship. The VOA continues to meet its statuto...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: ShropshireTreasuryTabled 21 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107480More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support independent (a) pubs, (b) hotels and (c) retail businesses due to pay an increase in business rates in Shropshire.
Answer: The amount of business rates paid on each property is based on the rateable value of the property, assessed by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), and the multiplier values, which are set by the Government. Rateable values are re-assessed every three years...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHotels: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 21 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107479More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Valuation Office Agency’s valuation method for small independent hotels.
Answer: We recognise that hotels have expressed concerns about how they are valued for business rates. Hotels valuations are undertaken in a different way to some other sectors. The methodology used is well established, but, as with pubs, the government has annou...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBank Services: Post OfficesTreasuryTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103471More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure access to cheque deposit services in rural areas.
Answer: The Government recognises the important role the Post Office plays in providing essential banking services, particularly in rural areas. The Post Office Banking Framework allows personal and business customers to withdraw and deposit cash, check their bal...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
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