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HANSARDSupport 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 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 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 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 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 QuestionsIt will be relentlessly upbeat. These are challenging times, but we have to live within our means and there will be an absolute iron commitment to fiscal responsibility.11 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have two points to make on that. First, the Bank of England certainly did not say that the mini-Budget increased risk. Secondly, as rates are rising throughout the world, there…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 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 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I have said repeatedly, I am not going to prejudge what is in the medium-term fiscal plan, which will be fully scrutinised not only by the OBR but, I am sure, by my right hon.…11 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are absolutely committed to fairness and to helping the most vulnerable in our society—we are always committed to that—and I will not prejudge or anticipate measures in the…11 Oct 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanWe openly repudiate a socialist vision of society. We do not believe that the state should take more and more of people’s income. We think that people should keep more and more of…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanIf bankers are working in London, they are taxed in London; if they move out of the UK, they are taxed elsewhere, and we do not see a penny of tax revenue. Financial services are…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanWhat I will confirm is that the top rate of tax has gone back to what it was before the hon. Lady entered the House, when the Labour party was successful and winning elections.…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanWhen a recession and economic downturns have hit in the past, the people most adversely affected are the most vulnerable in society. That means we have a duty to grow the economy…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanI will absolutely be focused on that. I will be very interested to hear more detail in a conversation with my hon. Friend and to discuss what more we can do to free up the…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanI would be very happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss the opportunities presented by investment zones and our other policies.23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanThe Governor of the Bank of England is entirely independent. We actually have very good relations. We speak regularly, which I think is a good thing. The hon. Gentleman might…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanI am not sure there was a question. We have to focus on growth. Through growth we get more tax revenue to pay for public services. That is a fundamental notion and that is what we…23 Sept 2022