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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Department for Transport has complied with all the Treasury’s Green Book procedures in letting the contract in question, and the decision to go ahead will have been taken with…29 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn a very short while, after a very important statement that is about to be made by my right hon. Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, the Prime Minister will set out…29 Jan 2019HANSARDLowest Paid: EarningsAs I have just said twice, we have substantially increased the national living wage and reduced the amount of tax that people on low incomes are paying. With regard to the…29 Jan 2019HANSARDLowest Paid: EarningsThe national living wage was introduced by my predecessor. It will rise to £8.21 from April this year. In total, it will have delivered a pay rise of over £2,750 for a full-time…29 Jan 2019HANSARDECOFIN: 22 January 2019A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) will be held in Brussels on 22 January 2019. The Council will discuss the following: Early morning session The…22 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActThis has been a wide-ranging and interesting debate that has exposed clearly the different and passionately held views on all sides of the wider argument about Brexit. In my…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActIt is a balance, and I have personally come to the conclusion that the damage that would be done to our political system, the resulting instability and the economic consequences…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActWill the hon. Gentleman acknowledge that the cross-Government modelling to which he refers looked at the situation 15 years out? Of course it does not reflect the inclusion of the…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActThe deal that the Prime Minister has presented to Parliament very clearly is a compromise between the views of people on both sides of this argument. It will not deliver 100% of…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActI have been making effectively the same point myself for about the last year. We concluded that the EEA model would not work for Britain’s most important sector, financial…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActI will give way briefly to the hon. Gentleman and then I must make some progress.14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActWithout wishing to digress too far, the simple point is this. Under an EEA model, the whole of the UK financial services sector and all its sub-sectors would be subject to…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActMr Speaker, we are engaged in a debate here and, whether the hon. Member likes it or not, a number of my colleagues have advocated the merit of a no-deal exit. I have made it very…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActI will not give way; I need to make some progress. It is clear to me that the majority of this House is opposed to no deal, for very good reason in my view. When the British…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActIt is very clear, and I have had the discussion in the Chamber many times, that the closer our relationship with the European Union, the closer the trading partnership we are able…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActMy hon. Friend is of course right. A number of hon. Members have appeared to suggest in their remarks that we might be absolutely worse off in certain circumstances. The analysis…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActThe hon. Lady acknowledges something that the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster said in his contribution a couple of days ago. It is important for us to remember that any form…14 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActI do not know how much engagement my right hon. Friend has with the insurance industry, but it would baulk at the notion that an insurance policy is time-limited. If someone is…14 Jan 2019