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HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. At the heart of levelling up is a recognition, as he rightly reminds the House, that while talent is spread equally across this…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe right hon. Lady is right to point out that the Sure Start programme was always intended to help those who were most in need, but it was also intended to provide a universal…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI have huge respect and affection for the right hon. Member, but I remember when we sat in Cabinet together and he was Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. I remember…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. Additional funding is, quite rightly, being devoted to improving adult social care, and it is also the case that the overall rise in…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe IFS is often—but not always—right.01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe hon. Lady has made an important point. There are specific and long-standing issues in Knowsley and other parts of Merseyside that we need to address as part of levelling up.…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWe do not need to look into the crystal ball; we can just read the book. There are a number of Scottish National party MPs whose advocacy has ensured that they receive…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI will say two things. It is great to see the right hon. Gentleman in his place. When he left as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, he famously left a note saying that “there is no…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: those pilots have been successful. One thing we want to do is make sure we can apply their success more broadly, and further announcements will…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe right hon. Gentleman boasted that he had deceived members of the Cabinet, raising questions, inevitably, about the reliability of any Liberal Democrat promise. In 2013, he…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget Resolutionsrose —01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The record must show that fracking was banned in the UK, but that it was the right hon. Gentleman who removed that ban because he was…01 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe planning inspector is, of course, there to ensure that there is effective compliance with the housing requirements on the part of local authorities. However, one thing that I…25 Oct 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsHaving been in this House for 16 and a half years, I am familiar with what zoos look like, but it would be an absolute pleasure to visit my hon. Friend’s constituency. He makes an…25 Oct 2021HANSARDPlanning RulesI am grateful to the hon. Lady for taking me back to the halcyon days of 2016; it was not so much a torpedo being launched as an unexploded bomb going off in my own hands. As the…25 Oct 2021HANSARDDevolved Administrations: Relations with UK GovernmentFreeports are one of the many advantages that all the nations of the United Kingdom can enjoy as a result of our departure from the European Union. Freeports will allow investment…25 Oct 2021HANSARDDevolved Administrations: Relations with UK GovernmentI meet weekly with First Ministers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. If the hon. Lady were privileged enough to be able to observe those meetings, she would see that they…25 Oct 2021HANSARDDevolution Across the UKThis Government plan to expand, augment and increase devolution across the United Kingdom, and we have already begun discussions with areas interested in county deals, and we will…25 Oct 2021HANSARDDevolution Across the UKMy hon. Friend makes an important point. Expanding the model of combined authority mayors and a greater level of devolution are at the heart of making sure that local communities…25 Oct 2021