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HANSARD Charter for Budget ResponsibilityOn the point of prudent financial responsibility— [ Interruption. ] I think the House is interested in a long and detailed debate this evening, so it is important that we dive…29 Jan 2025HANSARD Charter for Budget ResponsibilityAs the shadow Minister and, I hope, the House knows, I am a humble man and am always ears-open to advice, wisdom and feedback on how we can do things better. Given his opening…29 Jan 2025HANSARD Charter for Budget Responsibilityrose —29 Jan 2025HANSARD Charter for Budget ResponsibilityThe right hon. Member knows that the Labour party takes child poverty seriously. That is why we launched the child poverty taskforce at the start of this Government, co-chaired by…29 Jan 2025HANSARD Charter for Budget ResponsibilityI was always enamoured of your arguments, Madam Deputy Speaker, as I continue to be today. I look forward to the prospect of many interventions from Members across the House as…29 Jan 2025HANSARD Charter for Budget ResponsibilityI beg to move, That the Charter for Budget Responsibility: Autumn 2024, which was laid before this House on 22 January, be approved. It feels like I was in the House only a few…29 Jan 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI thank my hon. Friend for his question and congratulate him on his upcoming paternity leave. He knows that the Government are committed to protecting the environment but also to…29 Jan 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI thank my hon. Friend for raising that case. Let me encourage him to write to the Transport Secretary and copy me into his correspondence, so that we can look at the details and…29 Jan 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyMy hon. Friend is right, and she is a great advocate for businesses in her constituency. She will know that Mayors in the UK, for example, have committed themselves to buying…29 Jan 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyMy hon. Friend makes an excellent case for the positive impacts that this will have on the Scottish economy and the important role that it plays in our United Kingdom economy in…29 Jan 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyMy hon. Friend is absolutely right; both mass transit within city regions and intercity connectivity link people with jobs and opportunities, which is why it is a crucial part of…29 Jan 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyMy hon. Friend is absolutely right; our ports play a really important role in the UK economy—I declare an interest in respect of my own constituency. She will, I am sure, have…29 Jan 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI have to confess that “build, baby, build” was not included in the “lines to take” this morning, but perhaps it is now. My hon. Friend asked about private capital. We know that…29 Jan 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI congratulate my hon. Friend on her airport and look forward to seeing it in due course. The premise of her question is entirely right: if businesses are to export, they need to…29 Jan 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI thank my hon. Friend, who is absolutely right. The growth corridor is an important enabler not just for developments along the railway, but for the whole region, as we see from…29 Jan 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI thank my hon. Friend for her excellent question and for highlighting the important role the west midlands plays in our important automotive sector. As the House knows, we want…29 Jan 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI would be delighted to meet my hon. Friend, who is doing a brilliant job, as the local MP, to ensure that these projects are done properly. I can confirm that, of course, all…29 Jan 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI have a growing list of invitations, Madam Deputy Speaker. I look forward, if my diary manager allows me, to going to my hon. Friend’s constituency. He will know that the…29 Jan 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyThose sectors are important not just for UK plc, but for communities such as my hon. Friend’s. It is right that we support those businesses and the workers in those industries to…29 Jan 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI thank my hon. Friend. As he has seen from announcements today, but also from our ambition for the country more generally, we are on the hunt for growth opportunities, wherever…29 Jan 2025