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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI did not ask about the Chancellor’s record at Deutsche Bank; I never asked about the products he was selling that brought about the financial crash. Let me tell the Chancellor…01 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill the Chancellor give the House a quick fact-check of his speech yesterday? The Conservatives have cut funding for buses by £640 million a year. Yesterday, he announced nothing…01 Oct 2019HANSARDNo-deal Brexit: Short Positions against the PoundI welcome the hon. Gentleman to his post and congratulate him on his promotion. The threats by the Prime Minister of taking our country over a no-deal cliff edge have created…30 Sept 2019HANSARDNo-deal Brexit: Short Positions against the Pound(Urgent Question): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on short positions being taken against the pound in the lead-up to a possible no-deal Brexit.30 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateOn a point of order, Mr Speaker.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateMr Speaker. I regret that the Prime Minister has left the Chamber. The penultimate question put to him, by my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh South (Ian Murray), was whether,…25 Sept 2019HANSARDSpending Round 2019I welcome the Chancellor to his new job, although, after that, I am beginning to miss the old one. I believe the Chancellor may be the first person to hold that role whose…04 Sept 2019HANSARDSpending Round 2019Thank you, Mr Speaker. The member of staff was escorted off the premises by an armed police officer. Can I just say that that is no way to treat a member of staff? I ask the…04 Sept 2019HANSARDSpending Round 2019Mr Speaker, I believe that the right hon. Member for Uxbridge is shouting at me. The last time he was shouting at someone, they had to call the police. I do not think we need to…04 Sept 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsLet me try this one. Both Tory leadership candidates are threatening no deal. This morning, the Chancellor has eloquently set out the consequences of no deal. Bearing in mind what…02 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Chancellor, like most of us, has been watching the accumulation of spending promises by the Tory leadership candidates. They amount now— [Interruption.] They amount now to…02 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI shall be happy to deliver the Chancellor’s speech this evening. Any time! The reality is that for many the Brexit vote was, and may well be again, a kick at the establishment:…21 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Chancellor’s speech to the CBI this evening has been much trailed. I welcome his clear warnings to his Conservative colleagues about the hit the economy would face from a…21 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWith the Brexit dialogue ongoing it is best to leave exchanges on that topic to the negotiations, although I hope we can all count on the Chancellor, if not everyone on his own…09 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsAfter nine years in government, that smacks of an excuse, and let me say to the Chancellor that the Government’s digital services tax has been roundly criticised as being too…09 Apr 2019HANSARDSpring StatementLet me thank the Chancellor for providing me with an early sight of his statement, no matter how heavily redacted. We have just witnessed a display by the Chancellor of this…13 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can understand why the Chancellor has broken convention today in not responding, because I think he would be ashamed to respond. Let me tell him what the answer is: if a DUP…05 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhen the Conservatives lost their majority at the last election, the Chancellor conjured up a £1 billion bung to the Democratic Unionist party to buy the Tories back into office.…05 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is a deal that lost in this House by a majority of 230. Just as business leaders were not reassured by the Chancellor’s phone call, I do not think the House will be reassured…29 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsLet me bring the Chancellor back to Brexit. He knows full well the impact that no deal would have on people’s everyday lives. As we have heard, the British Retail Consortium…29 Jan 2019