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HANSARDTopical QuestionsAgain, I have to completely refute what the hon. and learned Lady says. The position is absolutely clear: Acorn was an excellent project and is on the reserve list, and I am…16 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI pay tribute to the fantastic work that my hon. Friend has done representing his constituents over 11 and a half years. He will know that I personally, as a Minister, have always…16 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman will be well aware that I am fully conscious and fully supportive of the great work that Mr Bamford and his colleagues are doing driving Wrightbus and driving…16 Nov 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment Act 2021: Call-in PowerThe National Security and Investment Act 2021 protects the public from potential risks. It bolsters the UK’s status as an attractive place to invest by providing more efficient…02 Nov 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)We are very grateful for the long-forgotten grammar lessons administered from the Chair. Hydrogen is important, and we have had debates on it in Westminster Hall and this place. I…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)That is a very good intervention. Labour Front Benchers were urging that £170 million from the UK taxpayer be given to a business that we now know has been recapitalised, has…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)Let me make some progress. To intervene so soon after an intervention is unusual. I will come back to the hon. Member. During the pandemic, people and businesses have demonstrated…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)The hon. Lady makes a sensitive point. Nobody engaged in business wants to take on unsustainable levels of debt, but she will appreciate that the credit was offered in totally…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)I have to make progress. I know that hon. Members are springing up and down because they wish to make interventions, but I am sure they will be making speeches later in the…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)I gently suggest that the hon. Member looks at the work of the Jet Zero Council, which my right hon. Friend the Chancellor and I have been pushing. We want the UK to be the head…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)I thank the hon. Lady for her congratulations. However, I am surprised that she should express concern about the increase in the national living wage. I never thought I would live…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)All I would say to the right hon. Gentleman is watch this space and let’s see what happens.28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)We are not going to nationalise anything; that is very true.28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)The hon. Gentleman chunters from a sedentary position. I have visited his constituency—I have seen Teesside—and the picture of gloom, misery and devastation he paints is a total…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)We are not ignoring anything. We are in active conversations, as we always are, on dealing with the situation. [Interruption.] Absolutely, we are completely as one on this, and we…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)I was not making a personal attack on the hon. Gentleman’s role. If he had listened to what I said, he would know I was not commenting on his record as an MP; I was simply saying…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)As well as supporting the Budget—28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)That is a very direct question and, as I have said, conversations are ongoing. I speak to the CEO of Ofgem on a daily basis and we are always looking at the situation in terms of…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)It is great to see you in the Chair again, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank the right hon. Member for Doncaster North (Edward Miliband) for his congratulations on my becoming a…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)It did mention a huge amount of investment in the net zero agenda. The hon. Member should know by heart the Prime Minister’s 10-point plan, and that was 100% backed by yesterday’s…28 Oct 2021