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HANSARDNational ProductivityIt is best that we wait for a fiscal event to set out our targets in this area. The Government are clear that we need to increase trend growth. There is no doubt that we accept…22 Jan 2020HANSARDNational ProductivityThat is certainly an interesting idea, which I promise to look at. I would very much welcome the hon. Lady’s sending through her thoughts on this. We have, for example, committed…22 Jan 2020HANSARDNational ProductivityI am afraid the hon. Lady will have to wait for the publication of the consultation at the comprehensive spending review. The key point is that we want to make sure that this…22 Jan 2020HANSARD Motorhomes and Vehicle Excise DutyThat is a typically passionate intervention from my hon. Friend. I take his points to heart, and the Government are listening. Clearly in this context, we can only make…21 Jan 2020HANSARD Motorhomes and Vehicle Excise DutyWe clearly have to start the new system somewhere. I take the hon. Lady’s point, but I would argue that if we retrospectively hiked tax on existing vehicles, we would face a…21 Jan 2020HANSARD Motorhomes and Vehicle Excise DutyI will of course be happy to take such interventions if colleagues wish to make them. I may regret saying that in a moment, but I will take the chance for now. As I was saying a…21 Jan 2020HANSARD Motorhomes and Vehicle Excise DutyI thank my hon. Friend for that remark. Reducing particulates is a major aspect of Government policy in terms of air quality as well. It is not solely a question of CO 2 . As I…21 Jan 2020HANSARD Motorhomes and Vehicle Excise DutyWe are trying to standardise the way in which we deal with VED. There is a particular grievance at the moment that it applies to motorhomes but not to vans, for example, as the…21 Jan 2020HANSARD Motorhomes and Vehicle Excise DutyThe right hon. Gentleman raised the issue with me in the House at Treasury questions. He is obviously very committed to ensuring that we look at it again. Of course, VED is a…21 Jan 2020HANSARD Motorhomes and Vehicle Excise DutyTo the hon. Lady’s point, I was not the responsible Minister at that point. In fact, I think I was not even a Member of Parliament at that point. I genuinely cannot speak to…21 Jan 2020HANSARD Motorhomes and Vehicle Excise DutyIndeed. The NCC is a passionate champion for its sector, and I look forward to further conversations.21 Jan 2020HANSARD Motorhomes and Vehicle Excise DutyI thank my hon. Friend for his remarks. He, like many others, has been assiduous in drawing attention to companies in his constituency that stand to be affected. Clearly, we…21 Jan 2020HANSARD Motorhomes and Vehicle Excise DutyI thank my right hon. Friend for his remarks. Everyone who bears the scars of taking on him and his colleagues in the context of the 2012 Budget changes will well remember that.…21 Jan 2020HANSARD Motorhomes and Vehicle Excise DutyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Newport West (Ruth Jones) for bringing this topic to the House today. I am…21 Jan 2020HANSARDCarbon EmissionsI thank my right hon. Friend for that question. It is worth noting that between 1990 and 2016 the UK reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 42% while growing its economy by more…07 Jan 2020HANSARDCarbon EmissionsThe electorate obviously gave their verdict on the relative credibility of our manifesto. This Chamber, on a cross-party basis, should welcome the real consensus that the UK has…07 Jan 2020HANSARDVehicle Excise Duty: MotorhomesMy right hon. Friend stands up with a positively lengthy question. As he knows, I share his enthusiasm for escaping certain EU regulations when we leave the EU on 31 January. We…07 Jan 2020HANSARDVehicle Excise Duty: MotorhomesThe figure of 1,000% is somewhat misleading. Only motorhomes with the very highest emissions would fall into that category, and the extra VED applies only in the first year. But…07 Jan 2020HANSARDNet Zero EmissionsIt is a great pleasure to welcome my hon. Friend to her place. The clean growth strategy sets out our proposals to decarbonise our economy during the 2020s. This will build on…07 Jan 2020HANSARDNet Zero EmissionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The UK is already a global centre for green finance, but we need to do more. That is why the Government published a green finance strategy last…07 Jan 2020