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HANSARDTiming of Medium-Term Fiscal PlanToday I can inform the House that I have asked the Office for Budget Responsibility to bring forward the date of its next forecast to 31 October. Strong growth and sustainable…11 Oct 2022HANSARDSupport for SMEsMy hon. Friend knows that devolution is at the heart of the Government’s plans to level up and strengthen communities, and in the levelling-up White Paper the Government have…11 Oct 2022HANSARDSupport for SMEsI am very pleased to tell my hon. Friend that we are going to introduce the medium-term fiscal plan in three weeks’ time, but let us consider the measures that we have already…11 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThose measures have been discussed in the past; I think my right hon. Friend the Member for Surrey Heath (Michael Gove) talked about that earlier in the year. Those schemes are…11 Oct 2022HANSARDSupport for SMEsMy hon. Friend will know that the growth plan really was a very strong package for business and for small and medium-sized enterprises, and I am sure that many of his constituents…11 Oct 2022HANSARDSupport for SMEsAbsolutely right. Of course, we have also supported Catling Bakery which my hon. Friend mentions through an energy package—£60 billion for households and businesses for six…11 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere will be more detail about investment zones. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities will be updating the House on the specifics…11 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend and constituency neighbour is absolutely right. The reversal of the planned increase in national insurance will help businesses, individuals and the institutions to…11 Oct 2022HANSARDSupport for SMEsAs I have stated, the energy price guarantee does help businesses in a large measure. Also, I am not going to take lectures from the SNP about growth. In Scotland, for every year…11 Oct 2022HANSARDGrowth Plan: OBR AssessmentThe hon. Gentleman will have seen that I have brought forward the publication of the medium-term fiscal plan to 31 October.11 Oct 2022HANSARDSupport for SMEsThe hon. Gentleman makes a fair point in respect of energy costs, and that is precisely why we intervened in the way that my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced only a…11 Oct 2022HANSARDGrowth Plan: OBR AssessmentMy right hon. Friend is a redoubtable and highly persuasive representative of his constituents. I would be happy to talk to him about what we can do together to help his great…11 Oct 2022HANSARDGrowth Plan: OBR AssessmentThe OBR will be fully scoring and giving a forecast ahead of the medium-term fiscal plan. I speak very frequently to the Governor of the Bank of England, who is absolutely…11 Oct 2022HANSARDGrowth Plan: OBR AssessmentI am delighted to see that one member of the anti-growth coalition is focusing on growth. However, on the hon. Gentleman’s specific question, he will understand that the…11 Oct 2022HANSARDSupport for SMEsAs I have stated a number of times already, the energy support package will help every single one of the businesses in the hon. Member’s constituency. I would be very pleased to…11 Oct 2022HANSARDGrowth Plan: OBR AssessmentMy hon. Friend makes an excellent suggestion. Obviously I am very careful not to make unfunded spending commitments on the Floor of the House, but his suggestion is very well made…11 Oct 2022HANSARDGrowth Plan: OBR AssessmentAs far as I am concerned—I speak to investors regularly about this—the OBR is an institution that commands wide respect, not only in the UK but across the world. Its independence,…11 Oct 2022HANSARDSupport for SMEsI think the hon. Gentleman makes a very good point and represents his constituency ably. In respect of small businesses, we have introduced a package —an energy price guarantee…11 Oct 2022HANSARDGrowth Plan: OBR AssessmentMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. He does a brilliant job of chairing his Committee and is full of wise counsel; he is absolutely right that we will and should canvass…11 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I said in relation to heating oil, a pot of money is going to be reserved to help people who are off the grid. We have already made announcements about that, but I would be…11 Oct 2022