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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe case of Maria, and others, should give us all pause. Does the right hon. Lady agree, with two thirds of the Cabinet apparently supporting this measure in principle, that we…29 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillThe hon. Lady did not actually refer to the measure in front of us. I know it is the Liberal Democrats’ policy to have a windfall tax on anyone who does not sound popular—big…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillDoes the Minister agree with Gary Smith? This was supposed to be a Budget for growth and jobs. The increased energy profits levy is driving investment out of the North sea and…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillWill the Minister give way?27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillI am grateful to the Minister, who has shown his customary good humour and good will to the Chamber. He is unable to discuss the precise numbers for the devolved Governments, but…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillWill the Minister give way?27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillWe are seeing a kind of socialist envy and attack on misguided targets. For instance, children with special educational needs in private schools will be pulled out of those…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillI am grateful to the hon. Lady. I am happy to do so, although it is worth pointing out that we are supposed to reflect today on the actual proposals put forward by the Government…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillThey have been humiliated in the Budget debate, as one after another repeated their rote words. It was the most intellectually empty Budget debate I have ever taken part in. I…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillIt is a pleasure to take part in this debate. Let us travel back in time to those halcyon days for the Labour party: so confidently predicting victory in the election, so far…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillIn painting this stark picture, my hon. Friend has not mentioned the Employment Rights Bill, which is expected to impose particular burdens on hospitality businesses, including…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillI will in a moment. This does not make the slightest difference to how much we consume, but it means that we import more from abroad, and, in the case of liquefied natural gas,…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillI am extremely grateful to you for your guidance, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will try not to refer too much to the impact of national insurance contributions, because we will have…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillTo take the hon. Gentleman back just a few months, he may remember that inflation was at 2% and down at target, and the level of employment was up by 4 million people on where it…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillIt would be entirely wrong of me, given how few Labour Members there are in the Chamber prepared to defend the Budget, if I did not now give way to one of them.27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillMy right hon. Friend is painting an accurate but bleak picture, as reflected by the IFS, the OBR and all the independent analysts of what the impact of the Budget will be.…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillIt is tempting for Members to read out the rote stuff that is given to them—as some of the hon. Gentleman’s colleagues have been prepared to do, but are mostly not prepared to do…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Finance BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?27 Nov 2024HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillThe hon. Gentleman is giving a thoughtful and impassioned speech. Notwithstanding his support for the Government’s policy, I wonder whether he regrets the fact that it is being…25 Nov 2024HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. When I was elected for Beverley and Holderness in 2005, John Prescott, the MP for neighbouring Kingston upon Hull East, was of course…25 Nov 2024