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HANSARDThe Growth PlanWe absolutely care, which is why have the energy intervention that we announced last week and that we have mentioned today. We have eco schemes, such as the warm home discount,…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanMy hon. Friend has made an excellent point about renewables. It is always salutary for the House to be reminded that we have 11 GW—in fact, nearly 12 GW—of installed capacity of…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanWe are absolutely looking at the childcare issue, and I am sure one of my Cabinet colleagues will update the House on that; we are talking about the heating oil intervention; and…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 PlanMadam Deputy Speaker, I was not clear what the question was, but if the hon. Lady was suggesting that we have not helped people with our growth plan, I gently remind her that the…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 PlanNo, I think it is perfectly sane to want to grow the British economy by creating incentives. The Barber boom—the right hon. Lady is a student of history—was driven primarily by…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanWhat I will admit is that the plan is a plan for growth that will drive entrepreneurialism, endeavour and economic opportunity in this country. Everybody will benefit from that.23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanAbsolutely. I will be updating the House on measures to try to make sure that the financial services become, as they have been in the past, a world-leading industry.23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanIt is not ideology; it is a practical focus on growing the economy, so we have a more prosperous country. That is what Governments should be doing. The socialism of the Opposition…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanAs a Minister I have always been open to colleagues on both sides of the Houses and people have spoken to me. Regrettably, sometimes some of my conversations are leaked to the…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanThe tax cuts that I have announced affect everybody who pays tax, and they will affect many, many people in the hon. Lady’s constituency. I am very pleased that, through levelling…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanAbsolutely. We fully intend—while I am in the Treasury, certainly—to talk to Departments to deliver the vision that I know my hon. Friend is driving in his constituency.23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanWe do care for the most vulnerable in our society. That is a moral duty of Government and we have announced measures in the energy space that are helping a whole range of people…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We will link the investment zones to infrastructure projects, because one without the other does not make sense. I would be very interested to…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanWe have. Let me mention two measures: we have reversed the national insurance increase—this was a tax cut for 28 million people, worth £300 a year—and we have brought forward the…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanI reject that. The hon. Gentleman will know that, when I was Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, I was very focused on bringing the renewables pot to…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanI do not admit that at all. In fact, the gamble was to do nothing. The gamble was to stick on the path that we were on and simply raise spending and taxes and think that,…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanThe growth plan is about growing the economy, and we are not going to grow the economy by increasing taxes indefinitely.23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanThe energy intervention will help all the hon. Gentleman’s constituents deal with higher energy costs this winter and the reduction in the basic rate, which we have pulled forward…23 Sept 2022