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HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsI thank so many of my hon. Friends for their powerful contributions to today’s important debate. Time is short, so I apologise that I am not able to mention them all personally. I…15 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsNational insurance, there’s one.15 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyIt is customary when closing a debate to say that we have had a good debate, and indeed we have, but what has been most striking is how inadequate a basis it has been for a change…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care Levyindicated dissent .08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyIt is ludicrous that a landlord will be paying not a single penny more, but their tenants—many of them perhaps working in the NHS or social care—are about to be clobbered by a tax…08 Sept 2021HANSARDLiving StandardsLet us think about what £20 a week really means. Twenty pounds a week means being able to afford to buy a coat for your children this winter. It means not having to worry about…07 Sept 2021HANSARDLiving StandardsWhen the Chancellor increased universal credit eighteen months ago, he said that he wanted “to look back…and remember how we thought first of others and acted with decency.” Does…07 Sept 2021HANSARDEducational Catch-up Provision FundingWith this Government, it seems that it is a case of “don’t know, don’t care”. The reality is that the Chancellor’s failure to invest in our children’s future is the very…22 Jun 2021HANSARDEducational Catch-up Provision FundingThe Institute for Fiscal Studies has estimated that the significant long-term cost to our economy from the Chancellor’s failure to invest in our children and young people is as…22 Jun 2021HANSARDCatch-up PremiumI beg to move, That the following papers be provided by HM Treasury to the Public Accounts Committee: all papers, correspondence and advice including emails and text messages,…15 Jun 2021HANSARDCatch-up PremiumI am always keen to hear from the Chair of the Select Committee, who I know cares very deeply and passionately about these issues. What I would say in response is that, rather…15 Jun 2021HANSARDLiving StandardsDavid Cameron said that Greensill had “the mandate for the UK Government”. Greensill said that it was the “sole provider of…supply chain finance” across Government and that it had…27 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Support for Job RetentionA SAGE—Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies —adviser is reported to have said: “I thought the chancellor was in charge. He was the main person who was responsible for the…09 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationLast week’s Budget should have been the moment when our country was put back on the path to growth. It was an opportunity to put in place the building blocks of a recovery that…09 Mar 2021HANSARD Coronavirus: Supporting Businesses and IndividualsI will give way one final time. I appreciate that we are pressed for time.23 Feb 2021HANSARD Coronavirus: Supporting Businesses and IndividualsWe would work within the parameters of the scheme that has been set out, with the extension around 2019-20. We understand that, at the start of the pandemic, when it was not…23 Feb 2021HANSARD Coronavirus: Supporting Businesses and IndividualsI will give way briefly. I am reluctant to give way much, because of the pressure on time.23 Feb 2021HANSARD Coronavirus: Supporting Businesses and IndividualsThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. As we start to emerge from the crisis phase of the pandemic, we want to encourage people to take that risk and start up their own…23 Feb 2021HANSARD Coronavirus: Supporting Businesses and IndividualsI beg to move, That this House calls on the Government to support businesses and individuals still struggling as a result of the coronavirus crisis in the forthcoming budget by…23 Feb 2021HANSARD Coronavirus: Supporting Businesses and IndividualsIt does rather disadvantage Members who are not here if I take further interventions, I am afraid. It is not just the self-employed who need greater clarity at this time, but…23 Feb 2021