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HANSARDThe Growth PlanWe have made lots of progress in respect of the fair wage and we have also increased the national minimum wage. We have always sought to protect the most vulnerable in our society.23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanThe stamp duty nil band doubling is helping people buy a home. In the hon. Lady’s constituency and mine, there is an increase in the threshold, as there is around the country, and…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 hon. Lady does well to raise this issue, because clearly the people who benefit from a limit to the price of electricity will not include people in rural areas who are off the…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanI would be very interested in having a conversation with my hon. Friend about that, and I refer him to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is looking at the heating oil issue and we will come to a decision on Northern Ireland…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that bankers are concerned about the overall tax burden. That is why many of the bankers in the City of London are going to Paris:…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanWhat Scotland does not need is reheated socialism from the SNP. The hon. Lady mentions energy; I am always staggered when people in her party mention energy but do not countenance…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanIt is nice to see the hon. Gentleman in his place on the Opposition Benches, in splendid isolation. I remind him that the measures relating to national insurance and the basic…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanI reject that implication. I reject that statement. We are absolutely focused, in the Treasury and across Government, on helping the most vulnerable, and that is why ours was the…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanI thank my right hon. Friend and gently and respectfully remind him that, in the statement, I committed in a very categorical way to the OBR coming up with a forecast before the…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 think the hon. Gentleman has got the mathematics slightly wrong. The business support is for six months, and the household support is for two years. Those are two things that…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanThe investment zones and our ability to incentivise investment will help a whole swathe of communities across the UK. The reversal of the national insurance increase and bringing…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanAny cursory look at the history of this country shows that the way to deal with debt and cost of living issues is to grow the economy. That is why we are 100% focused on that.23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanWe will make announcements about that in due course.23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanAs I said, the core principle of the investment zones is consent; they will not be imposed on people. Actually, there have been successes with the enterprise zones—I look at…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 know that it is fashionable for Opposition Members to talk down Britain, and they are showing an extraordinary interest in the gyrations of markets, but what will improve market…23 Sept 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanAs so often, my right hon. Friend is 100% right.23 Sept 2022