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HANSARDLevelling UpI thank the hon. Member for his question, which gives me the opportunity to remind him that his area is receiving hundreds of millions of pounds of investment in transport…02 Nov 2021HANSARDLevelling UpSouth Yorkshire will receive a share of the £5.7 billion for transport for the region. Overall, as the hon. Member will know and as he will have heard when he attended our debate…02 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are delighted that we are introducing the draft relief to support the on trade for people purchasing drinks in pubs and hospitality venues. We will consult on the details,…02 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI congratulate my hon. Friend and fellow Members representing Stoke-on-Trent on the £56 million their city was awarded in the first round of the levelling-up fund, winning not one…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSupply Chain IssuesCurrent stresses on supply chains are a consequence of global factors; as economies around the world recover, demand is outstripping supply. Where it makes sense, we are taking…02 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI sincerely agree with my hon. Friend and thank him for his support. We are overhauling the UK’s outdated alcohol duty rules—the biggest simplification for 140 years—and taking a…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSupply Chain IssuesI am sure that the Government will be responding to the NAO report in due course, but I can assure the hon. Member that the Treasury works very hard with the Department of Health…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSupply Chain IssuesI thank the hon. Member for her question. I do not agree with the picture that she paints. As I said earlier, there are global factors affecting challenges to the supply chain. We…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSupply Chain IssuesWe are indeed taking steps to support the haulage sector, where there is a long-running situation with vacancies for HGV drivers. The action we have taken includes making…02 Nov 2021HANSARDLevelling UpLevelling up is this Government’s defining mission; it is a golden thread running through this Budget and spending review. We are creating the right conditions for businesses to…02 Nov 2021HANSARDLevelling UpI commend my hon. Friend for his forthright campaign for the extension of the Borders railway. I reassure him that the Department for Transport and Transport Scotland are…02 Nov 2021HANSARDLevelling UpI congratulate my hon. Friend, because his constituency is indeed receiving £20 million from the levelling-up fund to deliver a new civic hub in Radcliffe, which will improve…02 Nov 2021HANSARDLevelling UpI thank the hon. Member for her interest in our objective to level up across the whole United Kingdom. As she repeated, it is the defining mission of this Government; as she can…02 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI will make a bit more progress. I heard some Opposition Members say that rich people are not paying in enough. Well, I ask them to look at the Government’s distribution analysis…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am sure that the hon. Lady well knows, having followed this debate and recent conversations about the Budget, that constituencies and Members on the Conservative Benches and on…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI stand by what I said: the Government’s distribution analysis and the Resolution Foundation analysis say that this Budget and spending review boost the incomes of those on the…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am delighted to pick up on the hon. Member’s comments. I am surprised that he did not welcome the level of funding—the highest ever block grant—that Scotland is receiving as…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt is a pleasure to close this debate. I thank the many right hon. and hon. Members who have spoken today for their speeches. The number who have spoken and the passion of their…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI would like to sum up. In this Budget and spending review, we are seizing the moment to end historical disparities in education, health and employment opportunities, so that in…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI would like to quickly correct the record. My apologies: I wanted to say that, by the end of this Parliament, we on the Conservative Benches want taxes to be going down. [Hon.…01 Nov 2021