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HANSARDDraft Economic Crime (Anti-Money Laundering) Levy (Amendment) Regulations 2023I do not want to detain the Committee any longer than necessary, but I ought to respond to one or two of the points raised by the hon. Member for Glenrothes. I am slightly at a…21 Mar 2023HANSARDDraft Economic Crime (Anti-Money Laundering) Levy (Amendment) Regulations 2023I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Economic Crime (Anti-money Laundering) Levy (Amendment) Regulations 2023. It is a pleasure to serve under your…21 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The measure will help public servants, hospital consultants, prison governors, headteachers and senior police leaders, which is why I agree…21 Mar 2023HANSARDMortgage RatesInterest rates are now falling, something the right hon. Gentleman declined to mention. The best thing we can do to help with those interest rates is to deliver on the Prime…21 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the universal credit reforms we have made, and also the fact that under this Government, by raising the basic income tax threshold, we have taken up to 3 million workers…21 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, I can give my right hon. Friend that assurance. This Government are very keen to make sure that there is a strong flow of credit to the very smallest businesses in society.21 Mar 2023HANSARDMortgage RatesI thank my right hon. Friend for his comments. The Government join the Bank of England in welcoming the comprehensive set of actions taken yesterday by the Swiss authorities to…21 Mar 2023HANSARDMortgage RatesThe hon. Member— [ Interruption. ] Forgive me, the right hon. Member will be aware that interest rates have been increasing globally. Interest rates in the UK are now lower than…21 Mar 2023HANSARDMortgage RatesInterest rates are not only falling but are still below the level at which they peaked under the last Labour Government, despite the fact that we have had a covid pandemic and war…21 Mar 2023HANSARDMortgage RatesMortgage lenders are required to offer a range of tailored support to borrowers in financial difficulty. The Chancellor and I have made clear our expectation that they live up to…21 Mar 2023HANSARDMortgage RatesThe Government are supporting households with a £94 billion package of support. We have kept the energy price guarantee for an additional three months and we are bearing down—I…21 Mar 2023HANSARDMortgage RatesThe OBR has confirmed that the UK economy will avoid a technical recession and was the fastest growing economy in the G7 for the past two years.21 Mar 2023HANSARDMortgage RatesWe share the aspiration of young people to own their own home, but the best way to help them do that is to have a vibrant, growing economy. We are on the side of doing that. We…21 Mar 2023HANSARDMortgage RatesWe have recently renewed the mortgage guarantee scheme, which helps the availability of high loan to value ratio mortgages. We are looking very clearly at the mortgage market and…21 Mar 2023HANSARDCash AcceptanceIt would not be for me to promise any Member a hub; it is for them to make the case. I observe that many other Members have been able to make that case successfully, and the hon.…20 Mar 2023HANSARDCash AcceptanceI will make some progress, because I have been relatively generous in taking interventions. Cash acceptance is an emerging issue that we contemplate for the future, but it is not…20 Mar 2023HANSARDCash AcceptanceMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is one of the principles in how we have approached the issue. Although we are taking powers in the Financial Services and Markets Bill to…20 Mar 2023HANSARDCash AcceptanceI will give way one final time before the hon. Lady combusts.20 Mar 2023HANSARDCash AcceptanceI will happily entertain treatises from the hon. Gentleman if he would like me to follow that up. There are 70 cash hubs on their way. Members throughout the House, including a…20 Mar 2023HANSARDCash AcceptanceIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Bardell, and it is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Hampstead and Kilburn (Tulip Siddiq). I commend the hon.…20 Mar 2023