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HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillI am pleased to open this session—the sixth and final session in Committee of the whole House on the Finance (No. 2) Bill—on clause 86, which concerns alcohol duty. This…13 Jan 2026HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillI want to make this point. The Liberal Democrat spokesperson, the hon. Member for St Albans (Daisy Cooper), asked several questions. We will come forward with a support…13 Jan 2026HANSARDContingencies Fund Advance: National Savings & InvestmentsHM Treasury has agreed additional resource departmental expenditure limit and capital DEL funding for National Savings & Investments, supporting NS&I’s business transformation…12 Jan 2026HANSARDNational Savings & Investments: Contingent LiabilitiesI am today laying a departmental minute to advise that National Savings & Investments is retrospectively informing Parliament about two new contingent liabilities not previously…17 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillI assure the hon. and learned Member, who makes a valid point, that there are hardly any—very few, if any—of these types of goods and wholesale electricity companies in Northern…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillThe shadow Financial Secretary, the hon. Member for Grantham and Bourne (Gareth Davies), took the time to mention Father Christmas and Tinder. I thought he might also have taken a…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillThe Scottish Government have been given a record settlement—a £820 million boost in this Budget—that takes the total additional funding for the Scottish Government from this…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillNot yet. We have heard absolutely nothing from the Opposition that acknowledges that they made the wrong choices. Indeed, what we heard just now from the shadow Financial…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillI will make a bit of progress. Our choices are different: they seek to rebuild and repair our country and our economy. They are choices to renew our public services and reform our…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillI am afraid to tell the right hon. Gentleman that employment is rising in every single year of the forecast. My hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow East (John Grady) raised the…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillIt is not a concession to acknowledge that that was the topic of much of the debate. We are more than aware of the strength of feeling on inheritance tax and the cost pressures…16 Dec 2025HANSARDSupport for EntrepreneursI am grateful to the right hon. Member for his question, as I always am. We are doing an awful lot to support R&D in this country, including through many of the measures announced…09 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government of course recognise that innovation is key to our long-term economic growth and to higher productivity, and indeed to living standards. That is exactly why we are…09 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am afraid that I must disagree with the hon. Lady when she says that 350 is a meaningless number, but of course we understand the importance of in-person banking for rural…09 Dec 2025HANSARDFinancial Inclusion StrategyWe published the financial inclusion strategy last month, outlining ambitious measures that will improve financial inclusion right across the country. I am very grateful to my…09 Dec 2025HANSARDFinancial Inclusion StrategyAs my hon. Friend knows, I have been very sorry to hear of the difficulties of those affected by the withdrawal of that product. I pay tribute to her for all her efforts and those…09 Dec 2025HANSARDFinancial Inclusion StrategyI thank the hon. Member for his question. We very much understand the importance of in-person banking, including in beautiful, rural communities such as those that he represents.…09 Dec 2025HANSARDFinancial Inclusion StrategyThe shadow Minister makes reference to a number of changes in the Budget that were pragmatic, responsible and fair. I contrast that with the Conservatives’ approach, which would…09 Dec 2025HANSARDSupport for EntrepreneursThe recent Budget backed British innovation and aspiration by supporting businesses to start, scale and list in the UK. We have put in place a three-year listing tax relief for…09 Dec 2025HANSARDSupport for EntrepreneursAt the Budget, we introduced the UK listing relief, which incentivises companies to list in the UK. The UK raised more equity capital in 2024 than was raised in the next three…09 Dec 2025