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HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Billindicated dissent .19 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesThe Chancellor often talks about taking difficult decisions and tough choices. Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is not a tough choice to raise taxes on other people; the…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesI have heard what the Minister says and I do not ask him to comment on the Budget, but can he confirm whether he thinks that manifesto pledges are important?12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesHe has only just walked in!12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesWill the hon. Member give way?12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesIf the hon. Gentleman is looking for ideas about how to cut spending, he could do worse than to look at the proposals set out at the Conservative party conference, in which we…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesI know that the hon. Member cannot pronounce that word. I quite understand the points that he makes—he is heartfelt in making them, and he thinks there should be Government…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesThis will be a very simple speech, because it has only a single fundamental point, which is that honesty in politics matters. That should not be a controversial statement. In…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesAs we are looking for clarity, what the shadow Chancellor was saying was that if he was in the Chancellor’s position, that is, if he could not cut spending and had to raise tax,…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesrose—12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesDoes my hon. Friend have any idea why the Chancellor has changed her mind or what it is that has affected her decision? Just a year ago, she said that she did not need to come…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesI am encouraged to hear that the Minister wants to link increased funding with productivity increases. In that spirit, why was the resident doctors’ pay rise not linked to any…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesrose —12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesI quite understand the hon. Member’s philosophical approach: he wants to spend more money on public services. He knew of all those issues before the last general election, yet…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for saying that he does not want the Government to break their promises. If he looks at the Liberal Democrat amendment, that is exactly what it…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesMy hon. Friend the Member for Farnham and Bordon (Gregory Stafford) asked the Minister a specific question. In October last year, the Chancellor said, “We are not coming back for…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesMy hon. Friend is entirely correct. The Prime Minister tried—half-heartedly, admittedly—to save £4.5 billion from the welfare budget. He put his Secretary of State for Work and…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesI have a simple question for the Minister: does he think that manifesto promises are important?12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesWe have talked about the fear that our constituents have, but there is another fear held by businesses. My hon. Friend will know that business confidence has plummeted to the…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTaxesWill the Minister give way?12 Nov 2025