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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe issue of child poverty is incredibly important to this Government, and the child poverty taskforce will report later this year. I would like to add that this is an important…09 Sept 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance Contributions: Economic GrowthI thank the hon. Member for being the first parliamentarian today who has not asked me, “Who will you be backing in the Labour deputy leadership contest?” I appreciate that very…09 Sept 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance Contributions: Economic GrowthThank you, Mr Speaker. The immediate task facing the Labour Government was to take action to stabilise the public finances and invest in our public services. On national…09 Sept 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance Contributions: Economic GrowthI would not presume to know where the next Treasury ministerial awayday will happen, but perhaps we will have to consider the restaurant in the hon. Member’s constituency. He is a…09 Sept 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance Contributions: Economic GrowthYes, I agree strongly with my hon. Friend that Opposition Members continue to will the ends—they want the spending on public services—but are not willing to come forward with a…09 Sept 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance Contributions: Economic GrowthThe big picture on all three of those questions is that at last year’s Budget, the Government made the decision to increase national insurance in order to raise £20 billion. We…09 Sept 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance Contributions: Economic GrowthThe investment that this Government are making in childcare, which will increase the number of hours available to families with children aged nine months or older, is the right…09 Sept 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance Contributions: Economic GrowthMy hon. Friend is right to highlight the fact that we have had five interest rate cuts since the election. That has reduced the cost of mortgages for families up and down the…09 Sept 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance Contributions: Economic GrowthWhen the Liberal Democrats were last in government, they made the decision to whack up VAT on businesses, whereas this Government are doing all we can to reform business rates so…09 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesI thank my hon. Friend for that very kind intervention. I agree with every word that he said. The subject of today’s debate is, of course, taxes and which taxes may or may not…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesI thank the right hon. Member for his intervention. I would ask him if I could whether he could identify £40 billion of spending cuts, if he wants to have £40 billion of tax cuts.…03 Sept 2025HANSARDProperty TaxesI thank the shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government for bringing the debate to a close for the Opposition and for the welcome that he has given me…03 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know that reducing deprivation is a cause close to the hearts of all Ministers. What view do they have on the extent to which high housing costs contribute to deprivation and…14 Jul 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI thank the Minister for his work on so many important issues in the region, and for finding the time to answer questions from Members in all parts of the House so thoroughly over…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI will come to the point my hon. Friend raises in a second. If the amendment were adopted, the homes that have been blocked to date would continue to be blocked, and vast numbers…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillThe explanatory statement to amendment 69 states: “This amendment would require Environmental Delivery Plans to set out a timetable for, and thereafter report on, conservation…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI expect the hon. Member knows that the housing targets have been reduced in London because of the additional premium that was put on by the previous Government just to make life…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI should make progress so that others can speak; my hon. Friend and I will have to talk later. This Bill and this Government are all about the economic growth that ultimately is…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillDoes the hon. Member believe that farmers are able to choose how best to use their land?09 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillThe Bill before the House has the potential to be one of the most pro-growth pieces of legislation passed by this place for decades and to transform our country for the better,…09 Jun 2025