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HANSARD Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) BillI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Sunderland Central (Julie Elliott). As we all know, it is sheer luck to come top of the private Member’s Bill ballot, but drafting a…19 Apr 2024HANSARDTax Policies: Impact on Living StandardsWhy does the Treasury Minister think people feel worse off after 14 years of Conservative Government?19 Mar 2024HANSARDTax Policies: Impact on Living StandardsThe Minister did not answer the question about why the public feel worse off. We on the Labour side of the House know why. He mentions tax cuts, but he does not talk about the…19 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI always welcome the chance to return to the Dispatch Box. Just to answer the hon. Gentleman’s question, I said that it was morally abhorrent to abolish national insurance…12 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI was waiting for an intervention from the SNP. Is the hon. Gentleman an SNP Member?12 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMy hon. Friend is right. Ministers should answer this question and I am repeatedly giving them the opportunity to do so. What is the answer to the question? How will the…12 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe hon. Member is right. What we need is a country that creates the opportunities and jobs for people who need them in the areas in which they live, whether that is about…12 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention, which I think reflects the mood of the public. When Conservative Ministers stand up and say that we have never had it so good, people…12 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI read the article on the BBC, which I can assure the hon. Gentleman is a pretty reliable source of information. If the SNP wants to tell teachers and nurses earning £28,000 a…12 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI would like the hon. Gentleman to explain that to the public. Given that the Conservative party makes promises at every single election and fails to deliver them, I think the…12 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI thank my right hon. Friend, the Chairman of the Work and Pensions Committee, for raising that important and, I might say, obvious question. The public will want to know the…12 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsTwo short answers: first, we are not sticking to the Conservatives’ spending plans and, secondly, the OBR forecasts Conservative party failure, not the success that the Labour…12 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am happy to be welcomed to intervene, but the debate is about the Conservative Budget here in Westminster. If the SNP has questions to answer about its performance in…12 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am starting to worry about right hon. and hon. Members of the Conservative party—not just because there are so few of them here today to defend their Budget, but because of…12 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThat is yet more evidence of the Conservatives’ ill discipline. Last time, they wanted to disregard the Office for Budget Responsibility, and announced unfunded tax cuts; now the…12 Mar 2024HANSARDTax System: FairnessThat is a short answer, but the answer to the wrong question—perhaps the Minister can have a second go. While he is thinking about the answer, I point out that the Comptroller and…06 Feb 2024HANSARDTax System: FairnessThe Labour party has set out clear proposals to close tax loopholes on non-doms, private schools and private equity to give a much-needed boost to our public services. Will the…06 Feb 2024HANSARDLoan ChargeMay I start by congratulating the right hon. Members for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson), for Hemel Hempstead (Sir Mike Penning) and the hon. Member for Motherwell and Wishaw (Marion…18 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMerry Christmas to you and to the House, Mr Speaker. Let me start by thanking the Chancellor for his kind words about the late Lord Darling, which I think show the gratitude of…19 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe all know that Baroness Mone’s enrichment via PPE Medpro is subject to an investigation, but that does not allow Ministers to refuse to answer questions here in the House today.…19 Dec 2023