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HANSARDEconomic Responsibility and a Plan for GrowthI asked the shadow Chancellor earlier whether it was correct that Labour’s intervention in energy support would be almost primarily funded by borrowing despite its pledges on the…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Responsibility and a Plan for GrowthIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Weaver Vale (Mike Amesbury) and his little shop of horrors, and it is a pleasure to be called to speak on this Labour motion. There…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Responsibility and a Plan for GrowthWill the hon. Gentleman give way?19 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Responsibility and a Plan for GrowthThe hon. Lady was not here when I intervened on the SNP Front-Bench spokesman, the hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (Drew Hendry). I asked if it was true…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Responsibility and a Plan for GrowthLast week, we considered the Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) Bill. I spoke in the debate, and said that I hoped that the repeal would not lead to the cap on social care being…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Responsibility and a Plan for GrowthThe hon. Lady is being very generous in giving way. Can she confirm that whatever her policy on windfall tax is, the overwhelming majority of her energy support package would have…19 Oct 2022HANSARDOff-grid Homes: Energy SupportI welcome the Minister to his position, and congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Brecon and Radnorshire (Fay Jones) on a brilliant debate. The Minister talked about the…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Responsibility and a Plan for GrowthOn the subject of banking, can the hon. Gentleman confirm that current SNP policy is that Scotland, were it to become independent, would have a currency with no lender of last…19 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech; there will be much sympathy for his argument in South Suffolk, where his family reside on a beautiful farm. Was he reassured by…18 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateI congratulate my right hon. Friend and welcome him to his post. Is a crucial point not that one weakness of the plan for growth is that fiscal and monetary policy were, in…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic SituationIt is very welcome that, a few minutes ago, the Chief Secretary said that the effect of the statement on 31 October will be to show that the Chancellor is 100% committed to fiscal…12 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillJust to clarify, what I said was that it was due to the pandemic—not entirely, but everything the Labour party says now is airbrushing out of history the greatest post-war trauma…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillWill the hon. Gentleman clarify something? Would he keep the social care cap and the spending on the backlog, and if so, given that he supports repeal, how would he fund that?11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) Billrose —11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillIt is fair to say that it is a bit of a novelty for me to be called so early, and without a time limit, in a debate. I am very grateful, not least because how we pay for…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillThe new Prime Minister would rightly say that our manifesto said we would not increase national insurance, so she can draw on the mandate of the general election. We also seem to…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillAnd corporation tax.11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillThis is my first opportunity to congratulate the Chief Secretary on his appointment. What he said on the energy support for my constituents and all our constituents is very…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillI am lucky to have a second intervention already. I know that as a former businessman, the Minister cares passionately about growth, and I respect that. However, as a businessman,…11 Oct 2022