In Parliament

Harriett Baldwin has called for a Parliamentary debate on 'black holes' - unfunded commitments made by the previous Government.

Harriett Baldwin calls on the Chancellor to reassure MPs that bank bonuses will attract the 50% income tax and 12.8% employers' national insurance rates.

Harriett Baldwin uses the Christmas Adjournment debate to raise her concerns about delays in the setting up the commission to investigate the West Lothian question - where MPs from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can vote on issues that only affect England but are devolved in those countries - and also to ask if the Government will support her Private Member's Bill.

Following the Prime Minister's statement to MPs on last week's European Council, Harriett Baldwin welcomes news that when the permanent mechanism for assisting eurozone countries that get into financial difficulty comes into force Britain will not be liable. However she questions the PM on the extent of Britain's liability under the current emergency arrangements signed up to by the previous Government in the Lisbon treaty.

More than 80 MPs joined in Harriett's historic Backbench Committee debate in the House of Commons.

Harriett Baldwin takes part in a debate led by fellow-Worcestershire MP Karen Lumley on new arrangements for concessionary bus travel and makes the point that no council should be left out of pocket by any scheme.

Following the Home Secretary's statement on immigration, Harriett Baldwin calls for reassurance that the new process will not slow down applications from highly trusted sponsors such as the well-respected boarding schools in West Worcestershire.

Harriett Baldwin backs a Private Member's Bill which aims to make it easier for social enterprises to secure contracts to deliver public sector services and to require that public sector contracts include provisions relating to social outcomes and social values.

Following the Financial Secretary to the Treasury's statement to MPs, Harriett Baldwin highlights the restrictions and extra difficulties facing Ireland because it is in the euro.