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HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillAs I have made clear in previous iterations of this legislation, I am very broadly supportive of the aims of this Bill and on the Treasury Committee we have scrutinised it in…07 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceThe hon. Gentleman talked about the difference between the pay offer and inflation. If all public sector workers were given a pay rise in line with inflation, it would cost the…06 Dec 2022HANSARD Finance BillI feel that I should first explain why I have a teddy bear on the Bench beside me, because various people have been making eyes at me. The bear is the prize for my Christmas card…30 Nov 2022HANSARD Finance BillI am well aware of how fiscal drag works. I have been studying it, reporting on it and commenting on it for about 20 years. My point was that, as the amendment is worded, the…30 Nov 2022HANSARD Finance BillWhen the current Prime Minister, then Chancellor, initially froze the tax thresholds in the Budget earlier this year, he was very transparent; he said upfront that the Government…30 Nov 2022HANSARD Finance BillI thank the Minister for that positive and constructive response. I would be absolutely delighted, and I know that the industry would be delighted, to sit down with her urgently…30 Nov 2022HANSARDFinance BillAbsolutely. Many companies in my constituency and publicly funded institutes are doing research on those diseases. That is critical to people living healthy lives as well as to…28 Nov 2022HANSARDFinance BillIt is a pleasure to speak at the back end of the debate following so many fascinating contributions from the Government and Opposition Benches. I particularly enjoyed the comments…28 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsI very much welcome this carefully crafted and carefully balanced autumn statement. I welcome the fact that, at its heart, its No. 1 priority is balancing the books. The reason…21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsI will give way to the hon. Member. I do not expect her to agree with me.21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsDoes my right hon. Friend agree not just that spending on the NHS is at the highest level in cash terms and real terms, but that as a proportion of GDP it has never been higher in…21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsThe right hon. Gentleman has welcomed every single increase in spending in the autumn statement, and in some cases, as he has just said, he wants spending to be increased even…21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsI agree with the point made. As I said, there was a temporary period of a few weeks when there was a rise in interest rates. Some people renewed mortgages in that time and some…21 Nov 2022HANSARD Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) BillFirst, it is a delight to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Dr Spencer) and, with his background, his very informed contribution. I particularly want…18 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementI congratulate my right hon. Friend the Chancellor on this carefully crafted and balanced autumn statement, where he managed to fill the fiscal black hole without raising the…17 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsI will come to that. The economy is like a tanker and it generally moves slowly. In 1997, the Labour Government inherited the results of the all the reforms that Norman Lamont,…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsI do not know what is happening in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency, but nationally—I can provide him with a graph later—home ownership rates began going down a bit after 2010,…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsJust for clarification on the data—I will provide all that to you afterwards—as I said, home ownership rates went up through most of the 20th century. They reached a peak, you are…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsThey say, “Just imagine what would have happened if Labour had won and the Labour party had been in power during the war in Ukraine and the pandemic.” It does not bear thinking…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsHome ownership rates peaked under the last Labour Government but then fell under that Government, and they are now going back up.15 Nov 2022