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HANSARDEngagementsI just want to ask the Leader of the Opposition whether he is going to vote for our measures tonight.08 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsAs I think everybody understood in the long statement yesterday, this is the first time that the state has come in to deal with the threat of these catastrophic costs, thereby…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsActually, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has confirmed that this is a broad-based and progressive measure. The top 20% of households by income will pay 40 times what the poorest…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsI think the whole House, indeed the whole country, can appreciate that we at least have a plan to fix the backlogs and we at least understand that the only way to fix the…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman says there was no consultation. Actually, I much enjoy my conversations with representatives of the Scottish Administration. One thing they said to me was…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsWell, I do not think that that is the right priority for this country or for the people of Scotland. I will just remind the right hon. Gentleman of the words of the deputy leader…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsAs the hon. Gentleman knows, planning is a devolved matter, but what I can tell him and the House is that we have provided business with over £100 billion of support throughout…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving me notice of his question. We are working with industry to get more people into HGV driving, which is a great and well-remunerated…08 Sept 2021HANSARDInfrastructure for Businesses: WeymouthI think everybody sympathises with people who are on low incomes, whom we have tried to protect throughout the pandemic. My right hon. Friend the Chancellor brought forward a…08 Sept 2021HANSARDInfrastructure for Businesses: WeymouthI will indeed join my hon. Friend in thanking St John Ambulance for everything it has done. The volunteers have been fantastic and I have met many of them over the past 18 months…08 Sept 2021HANSARDInfrastructure for Businesses: WeymouthYes. That is why we are putting in another £36 billion under the measures we are putting forward tonight, and I am absolutely astonished that the party of Nye Bevan has confirmed…08 Sept 2021HANSARDInfrastructure for Businesses: WeymouthI am of course sorry to hear about the troubles that the hon. Lady’s constituent is experiencing, but I remind her that under the EU settlement scheme we have helped almost 6…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareThat was brilliantly and succinctly put. Does the SNP want the money or not? Do the people of Scotland want investment in their healthcare and social care or not? There is more…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI thank my right hon. Friend not only for his support but for all the campaigning and hard work that he did when he was Secretary of State—the first Secretary of State for both…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI thank my right hon. Friend for everything that she does on this issue of early years. She and I have campaigned on this together. I have listened to her attentively over many…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI absolutely agree with what my hon. Friend has said. The tragedy of decades of failure to tackle this matter is that people are now facing these costs. What we are doing is…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareThis is a massively progressive measure that increases the floor on people’s liabilities four times. It protects people up and down the country from catastrophic costs, which…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI thank my right hon. Friend, because he played a major part in the gestation of these policies and knows them intimately. He is completely right and has been massively…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareNo, this plan does address the problems in the care sector. In addition to the £6 billion that we have put into supporting local government with social care during the pandemic,…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareMy hon. Friend is completely right. One of the things that we are bringing in today is the housing and innovation fund, to ensure that we care for people in the right settings.…07 Sept 2021