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HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsAs the right hon. Gentleman knows, that is an assumption made by the OBR. As the Government confirmed over the weekend, that is not Government policy.21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend. The integrated review is under review at this time. That needs to be done urgently—I think in the next three or four months—to enable us to come…21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsI give way to the hon. Member for Bristol South (Karin Smyth).21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsI very much recognise that this country faces very difficult headwinds, as I said in the opening of my speech. Obviously the extensive support package that we have put out there…21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsThe Government’s position is clear: the OBR has made assumptions but it has not made policy. In due course, the Government will set out our plans.21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsOne of the guiding principles of taxation in that sector—of these windfalls—has been a desire to retain an incentive for capital investment. What the hon. Lady says is an enduring…21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsI cannot account for what is happening in Scotland, but there are £1.5 billion of Barnett consequentials from the autumn statement. I have been clear with the House that the…21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsI am, as ever, grateful to my right hon. Friend, and he made the same point when I was previously at the Dispatch Box. As he knows, the Bank of England is independent. He asks…21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsMy hon. Friend makes a very wise point about the interaction between effective care and a vibrant NHS workforce. We know about the significant changes to the character of the…21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsI shall give way one more time, and then I shall make some progress.21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsI thank my right hon. Friend for her observations; she is one of the most respected voices in the House on this subject, and I am happy to meet her to go into some detail on where…21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsMy view is that we want to maximise the productive capacity of the labour force that exists in this country. That means doing everything we can to encourage people to take the…21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsI try to resist this sort of knockabout politics. The bottom line is that I have been very plain and clear with the House where the financial settlement takes us. I know we have…21 Nov 2022HANSARDTax Credits and Child Benefit: Review of RatesThe Tax Credits Act 2002 and the Social Security Administration Act 1992 place a statutory duty on His Majesty’s Treasury to review the rates of tax credits and child benefit each…17 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am aware of my hon. Friend’s outstanding bid, and I would be happy to visit him to discuss the needs of his community and all the work he has done over the last couple of years…15 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement: Financial Support for Local CouncilsFirst, I would like to thank my hon. Friend for the four-page letter that he sent to the Secretary of State, which I have studied carefully. He makes some sensible suggestions and…15 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI spoke about such matters with Jon Swinney, in my second conversation with him since appointment three weeks ago, last evening. We discussed a range of matters, and I will always…15 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am aware of the outstanding bid from my hon. Friend’s constituency. I cannot reveal the outcome of the deliberations on that competitive process, but I will be looking carefully…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBolton: Public and Private InvestmentThe Government have made significant recent public investment in Bolton. For example, the first round of the levelling-up fund invested £20 million to create the Bolton College of…15 Nov 2022HANSARDBolton: Public and Private InvestmentThe hon. Lady refers to the Money and Pensions Service. During the pandemic, additional Government grants were made available to support debt advisers. Some of that money was not…15 Nov 2022