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HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthMy hon. Friend tempts me. In all seriousness, we are acutely aware of this issue. Indeed, I have had meetings on it this week, and the Economic Secretary is looking at it very…18 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthMy hon. Friend is exactly right. He is always a fantastic advocate for the car industry in his part of the midlands. We need to make sure that the engine of growth is able to…18 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthOne has to set in context the action that each Government take against their particular situation and the particular economic options open to them, including the impact on taxes,…18 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthIt is a privilege to respond to this debate on behalf of the Government. I have to say that I thought that was an uncharacteristically poor speech by the shadow Chancellor, and…18 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthIt is important to set out a number of facts about this situation, because it is the subject of repeated misrepresentation. The first thing to say is that 97% of all PPE that was…18 May 2022HANSARDLevelling Up Across the UKLevelling up is a social and moral mission. I believe very strongly that it is vital that we close the gap between the more successful parts of the UK and the rest. I represent a…17 May 2022HANSARDLevelling Up Across the UKThe whole point is that that is precisely what we are not doing. We have created a West Midlands mayoralty which is channelling huge amounts of public money into supporting— […17 May 2022HANSARDLevelling Up Across the UKI know and obviously share the hon. Lady’s passion for the north-east. The enormous success of our plan for jobs is something that we ought to be celebrating today. We have had…17 May 2022HANSARDLevelling Up Across the UKI agree that a flourishing export sector is vital. That is, of course, why we are so pleased to be delivering innovative policies in the north-east such as a freeport on Teesside,…17 May 2022HANSARDLevelling Up Across the UKI share my hon. Friend’s passion for the UK’s world-leading life sciences sector. That is why we have invested £5 billion in health research and development, including for…17 May 2022HANSARDLevelling Up Across the UKThe levelling-up White Paper is a comprehensive package of measures designed to ensure we can deliver on our ambitious aims in this place. The Queen’s Speech, which we are…17 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsObviously we are all clear that all fraud against the Exchequer is an outrage and totally wrong. That is why we have established a £100 million taxpayer protection taskforce,…17 May 2022HANSARDPlan for Jobs: EffectivenessWe absolutely do accept that, which is why we brought forward a £22 billion package of support this year, with help ranging from reducing the burden of tax to providing support on…17 May 2022HANSARDPlan for Jobs: EffectivenessMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that it is an important message, which this whole House should send out, that apprenticeships really matter, that going to university is…17 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are absolutely determined to reduce the burden of tax facing both businesses and individuals. We have already heard during the course of these exchanges about the action we…17 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat is levelling up is making sure that we have a colossal programme of transport investment designed to ensure that the connections both between regions and within regions are…17 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman for his service as the Mayor of South Yorkshire; he did an outstanding job. It is very important that we recognise that we are going to need…17 May 2022HANSARDPlan for Jobs: EffectivenessThe success of our plan for jobs is playing a key role in growing the economy and spreading opportunity across the country. The Government protected 11.7 million jobs in the…17 May 2022HANSARDStrength of UK EconomyThe UK has bounced back so strongly from the pandemic that we had the fastest growth last year, we have the second fastest growth this year and we are going to be leading the pack…17 May 2022HANSARDLevelling Up Across the UKI pay great tribute to the work that Andy Street has done as Mayor of the West Midlands to drive economic outperformance. I am a convinced believer in the merits of mayoral…17 May 2022