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HANSARD Fiscal RulesI thank the hon. Member for his question. He and his constituents will know, as much as mine do, that the problem for this country before the election was that the last Government…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Fiscal RulesMy hon. Friend is right. We have a choice at this Budget either to continue with the failed policies of the previous Government or to change them. The British people will not be…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Fiscal RulesThe hon. Gentleman is trying to be clever, but he is inviting me to speculate on the Budget. He will have to wait until Wednesday.28 Oct 2024HANSARD Fiscal RulesI welcome my hon. Friend’s question. [ Interruption. ] I know that Opposition Members find it uncomfortable, but it is a matter of fact that we will return to time and time again,…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Fiscal RulesI am delighted to hear the hon. Gentleman tell the House that he welcomes the positive change that this Labour Government in Westminster are delivering to the Scottish people. I…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Fiscal RulesMy hon. Friend points rightly to the £22 billion black hole that we are having to clear up after the Tory party. In the Budget on Wednesday, the Chancellor will set out how we are…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Fiscal RulesWhat I can confirm is that what affected interest rates and mortgage payments so severely was the chaotic behaviour of the hon. Gentleman’s party in government before the last…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Fiscal RulesWe made a commitment to delivering 1.5 million homes, and we will do just that. On the second part of the question, the whole purpose of the national infrastructure strategy and…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Fiscal RulesThe hon. Member’s constituents will note at the Budget on Wednesday that this party honours its promises—the promises, set out in its manifesto, to protect working people. He…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Fiscal RulesI will avoid the suggestion that we might go back to putting things on stone tablets if I may, but I will accept the invitation in my hon. Friend’s question, and say that after 14…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Fiscal RulesI thank the hon. Lady for her question and share her continued anger about the behaviour of the last Conservative Government, because as she and the whole House will know, our…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Fiscal RulesI know that the Chancellor looks forward to giving evidence to the Treasury Committee following the Budget in the normal way. To answer the question, the national infrastructure…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Fiscal RulesI am very fond of the hon. Gentleman, but he has some brass neck to stand up in this House and tell this Government how to behave after his party’s maladministration over the last…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Fiscal RulesWith your permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to make a statement to the House about the action the Chancellor will take this week to fix the foundations and rebuild…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Fiscal RulesI can give my hon. Friend that reassurance, and I point to the Office for Value for Money, which will work for us to ensure that we improve on behaviours of the past. I also point…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Fiscal RulesI thank my hon. Friend for his excellent question, and I agree that £63 billion invested in this country was a sign of confidence, because investors around the world know that…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Fiscal RulesMy hon. Friend will know, from speaking to his constituents during his campaign to be elected and since, that people’s experience of public services across the country shows the…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Fiscal RulesMy hon. Friend knows that the test of a good Government is whether they can secure private sector investment to come alongside them—something that declined under the last…28 Oct 2024HANSARDBudget Responsibility BillBriefly.04 Sept 2024HANSARDBudget Responsibility BillThe hon. Gentleman is enjoying himself, but he knows the answer: wait for the Budget. The amendments from the official Opposition are therefore not necessary. To answer the…04 Sept 2024