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HANSARDSocial Care and Special Education Charities: Employer National Insurance ContributionsI am grateful to my noble friend for her question and I wholeheartedly agree with what she says. Civil society organisations play an absolutely vital role in speaking out and…09 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial Care and Special Education Charities: Employer National Insurance ContributionsMy Lords, the Government have had to take difficult decisions to repair the public finances and rebuild the public services. Giving careful consideration to and properly assessing…09 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial Care and Special Education Charities: Employer National Insurance ContributionsI am grateful to the noble Lord for his question. Of course the Government recognise the important role that charities play in our society as a trusted and independent partner to…09 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial Care and Special Education Charities: Employer National Insurance ContributionsI agree with the noble Baroness’s first statement of fact; we have already made several spending review announcements. She will know that the Government are making available so…09 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial Care and Special Education Charities: Employer National Insurance ContributionsI do not think I can give a positive answer to the main thrust of the noble Baroness’s question. As she will know, and as I said already, the Government are making available £3.7…09 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial Care and Special Education Charities: Employer National Insurance ContributionsAs the noble Lord knows, the Government recognise the vital role hospices play in supporting people at the end of their life and their families. The Government are determined to…09 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial Care and Special Education Charities: Employer National Insurance ContributionsI am grateful to the right reverend Prelate for his question. The answer is yes; I think I committed to doing so during the during the legislative process of that Bill. As I said…09 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial Care and Special Education Charities: Employer National Insurance ContributionsOn the first half of the noble Baroness’s question, as she knows, as part of the changes to national insurance, the Government recognised the need to protect the smallest…09 Jun 2025HANSARDSocial Care and Special Education Charities: Employer National Insurance ContributionsI am very grateful to my noble friend for his suggestions, which I will always take very seriously.09 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI am very grateful to my noble friend for his question and for his expertise in this matter. He is right on capital budgets, with which, historically, there have been two…05 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI agree with the noble Lord’s points. He asks about the Green Book. He has much more experience in this matter than I do. We have set out—and I hope that he agrees—that for too…05 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthIt will include buses too, of course.05 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI am grateful to the noble Baroness for her question and the points that she makes. I think we would agree with a lot of what she says. She is supporting the importance of…05 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI very much agree with the noble Lord in what he says about bringing people in. We have far too many people inactive in our labour market. I think we are the only country in the…05 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI think that may be a question for the Mayor of London.05 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI will have to check with my colleagues in MHCLG on that point, and I am more than happy to write to the noble Lord to answer it. On growth plans for the rest of England—and for…05 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI am grateful to the noble Lord for his support for what we have set out and for connectivity in general. We announced £1.5 billion for South Yorkshire, to support the reopening…05 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI tried to address that in answer to the question from the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon. Yesterday we talked about interconnectivity within the city regions. We will be announcing…05 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthNo, that is not the case at all. The noble Lord refers to promises made by the previous Government, which the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, also referred to. Promises were…05 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthI am grateful to the noble Lord for his support and for what he says. He knows much more about that region than I do. He will know that in the previous Budget, we funded the…05 Jun 2025