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HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI thank my hon. Friend for his leadership of the Labour growth group, which shows that from the Back Benches all the way through to the Front Bench, this Labour party in…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for raising this issue, which clearly is important to him and his constituents. I confirmed to the House today that the Minister for Trade in the Department…21 Jan 2025HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceThe Government remain committed to restoring ODA spending to 0.7% of GNI as soon as fiscal circumstances allow. The latest OBR forecasts show that the ODA fiscal tests are not due…21 Jan 2025HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceI thank my hon. Friend for her question on a topic that I know she has great expertise in. She will know that it is important that spending across Departments, whether on…21 Jan 2025HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceOne of the issues, to which the hon. Lady alludes, is that under the last Administration, when they lost control of the borders and the asylum system, the cost of hotels to house…21 Jan 2025HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is why both dealing with the Home Office backlog in processing claims and returns and working with counterparts in the Ministry of Justice…21 Jan 2025HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceI thank the right hon. Gentleman, as I am sure the Chancellor does, for his kind words. A key part of the test on ODA spending in terms of fiscal circumstances requires those…21 Jan 2025HANSARDFormer Mineworkers’ PensionsThis Government recognise the contributions that miners made to the prosperity of the nation and the challenging circumstances in which they worked. That is why the Government…21 Jan 2025HANSARDFormer Mineworkers’ PensionsI thank my hon. Friend for his question and his work on behalf of his constituents. He may know that, in the previous Parliament, I and colleagues worked on the mineworkers’…21 Jan 2025HANSARDFormer Mineworkers’ PensionsI thank the hon. Member for his question. I am afraid I have not had time to do so since he told me 35 minutes ago that he was going to ask that question, but I have heard it…21 Jan 2025HANSARDFormer Mineworkers’ PensionsI thank my hon. Friend for raising that question on an issue that I know is deeply important to him, his constituents and his family, and on which he has worked for many years.…21 Jan 2025HANSARDFormer Mineworkers’ PensionsI thank the right hon. Member for his question, and I think “fairness” is the right word. That is why we worked in opposition to try to persuade the last Government to act on the…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman knows that in order for us to restore public finances and put them on a firm foundation, departmental settlements have to reflect the cost of the civil servants…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend, who is an important champion for the Welsh economy. Wales can and will play a vital part in our growth mission. Our two Labour Governments continue to work…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Public Finances: Borrowing CostsI thank the Chair of the Select Committee for her question. As the House knows, we have started the second phase of the spending review, to set public sector budgets from 2026-27…09 Jan 2025HANSARD Public Finances: Borrowing CostsMy hon. Friend knows very well that this Government’s approach has been about stability, investment and reform: the stability we have brought following the chaos of the years…09 Jan 2025HANSARD Public Finances: Borrowing CostsI can absolutely assure the Father of the House that we are working through this spending review on the basis of the envelope set at the Budget. Public services will have to…09 Jan 2025HANSARD Public Finances: Borrowing CostsI very much agree with my hon. Friend. We have to pay day-to-day bills with the income we generate day to day. The lesson that we learned from the Opposition was about what they…09 Jan 2025HANSARD Public Finances: Borrowing CostsI have been clear to the House, as has the Chancellor, that the fiscal rules are non-negotiable. Public services will have to live within their means. We set the Budget in the…09 Jan 2025HANSARD Public Finances: Borrowing CostsI thank the Chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee for her question. She will know that our first commitment in the Labour party manifesto at the last election…09 Jan 2025