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HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesI thank my hon. Friend for pointing out the legacy of the past 14 years, where so many of our constituents are waiting for secure, affordable housing. That is why the Chancellor’s…07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesI do not disagree with this Government’s fiscal policies, no.07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesI agree with my hon. Friend. It will be a benefit to the whole House that the shadow Chancellor will be in his Devon constituency for the whole of August.07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesMy hon. Friend speaks passionately, because his constituents know that they were worse off at the end of 14 years of the Conservatives than when they started. He knows that this…07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesI know that the hon. Member and colleagues in Birmingham are in correspondence and communication with relevant Ministers in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local…07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesThe hon. Member knows that the Chancellor will set out any decisions on tax one way or the other in the Budget, which she will do in the autumn.07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesI think the hon. Member is referring to employer’s national insurance contributions, which—as I have set out to the House—were designed to limit the burden on smaller businesses,…07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesBecause of the Chancellor’s decision to update the definition of debt— [Interruption.] We have been able to unlock billions of pounds of investment into houses and schools and…07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesThe Treasury obviously monitors all OBR forecasts and considers them in detail. As the hon. Gentleman knows, it is right and proper that the Treasury looks at OBR forecasts in an…07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesI thank my hon. Friend for demonstrating the real consequences of fiscal discipline, but also the fact that the Chancellor updated the fiscal rules to allow for investment in…07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesBecause the Conservative party had not done a spending review since 2021 and let inflation go through the roof, and the cost of doing business was higher, along with a whole…07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesThe fiscal rules are important because when we control the nation’s finances, we bring stability to family finances. We have all experienced the consequences of previous…07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesI think the House knows what losing control of the public finances looked like, because under the previous Conservative Government interest rates went through the roof, families…07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesThe Treasury engages with business leaders and investors all the time, and the one thing they tell me is that they are grateful this Government have brought back long-term,…07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesI congratulate my hon. Friend on being so successful. The amount of investment that he has secured for his constituency is clearly a testament to his ability to represent it. He…07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesI disagree with the premise of the question. We are not attacking investment in this country; we are welcoming it. We are increasing public investment, we are doing deal after…07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesI was not at the event, so I cannot comment on those discussions, but I point the hon. Member to record levels of investment in this country. We have £120 billion of investment…07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesMy hon. Friend knows that this Labour Government are committed to fiscal and political stability, because that is what matters for family finances and getting this country back on…07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesThe right hon. Lady seems to have missed the fact that this Government have changed the non-dom tax status, which had been used by some of the wealthiest people in our country for…07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesI thank my hon. Friend for his pertinent question. It rather begs the question of whether the last Conservative Government had any fiscal rules at all. Based on the experience of…07 Jul 2025