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HANSARDKickstart: Employer AccessibilityI am very happy to agree with my hon. Friend that Ben Houchen is doing a fantastic job in his role as Mayor. In case people had not realised, as well as getting Treasury North in…08 Mar 2021HANSARDKickstart: Employer AccessibilityMy hon. Friend is right to point out that removing the threshold has enabled a number of institutions to apply directly to kickstart. The example he highlights was already under…08 Mar 2021HANSARDKickstart: Employer AccessibilityThe right hon. Gentleman will be aware that young people with disabilities can move on to universal credit, so there may be an incentive to do that, but this issue is under…08 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget 2021: Departmental PoliciesSince the start of the pandemic, our priority as a Government has been to protect lives and people’s livelihoods. That is why we are continuing to give our support, extending the…08 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget 2021: Departmental PoliciesDiscussions between Ministers are normally confidential, but the answer is no, the reason being that we have a process that was put in place as a temporary measure relating to…08 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget 2021: Departmental PoliciesNo, I do not accept that, and I want to be clear. It has been explained to the House in multiple ways over the past year why that decision, which the Chancellor announced last…08 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget 2021: Departmental PoliciesWe have just passed the Pension Schemes Act 2021, and aspects of scams were considered in that legislative process, so the suggestion that somehow we are not doing things to…08 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget 2021: Departmental PoliciesThe hon. Member should be clear about what I did say. I encouraged people who were on legacy benefits to get an independent assessment, which is available through a number of…08 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Minister for Pensions updated the House last week through a written ministerial statement on category pensions and the comprehensive correction exercise that we are…08 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman used the word “her”. I do not know if he is trying to suggest that I am corrupt in any way. That is not something that I would normally associate with him.…08 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsIndeed, I will. I commend my hon. Friend for his advocacy for young people and making sure that they get into a growth sector.08 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do not have that assessment to hand. The hon. Gentleman will be aware that the Office for Budget Responsibility significantly reduced its forecast in respect of the impact on…08 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman asks a fair question about why these have all been taken in parallel. I think that it is to give certainty and direction to the country and to employers,…08 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend is right to highlight the importance of the Child Maintenance Service in what we are trying to do to make sure that children have income coming ideally from…08 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have not yet responded to that letter—I understand that officials will be responding to the embassy —partly because, and some of the aspects of this have been raised, I wanted…08 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that question. If the hon. Member for Glasgow East (David Linden) had not tried to intervene on me, perhaps I could have given the fuller answer that I…08 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes.08 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to raise the issues that constituents face. I encourage him to engage directly with my noble Friend Baroness Stedman-Scott, who runs surgeries for MPs. As…08 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to praise the work coaches at his Jobcentre Plus, who are exactly the people who will help prepare people to get those opportunities as and when they…08 Mar 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)It is a pleasure to respond to the hon. Member for Oxford East (Anneliese Dodds) in this Budget debate. I think it is fair to say that, since the start of the pandemic, our…04 Mar 2021