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HANSARD Budget ResolutionsAll we have had is wallowing in self-pity and whining about misogyny and mansplaining, so let me explain to the Chancellor, woman to woman, that people out there are not…26 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsThe Chancellor says that she wants people to respect her, but respect is earned. She apparently told Labour MPs this week, “I’ll show the media, I’ll show the Tories—I will not…26 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsLabour MPs do not want to hear the truth, but I am speaking for all those people out there who are sick of this Government. Companies like Merck and Ineos are slashing investment…26 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsThat sounds like a no. I have never heard the Prime Minister speak so highly of people avoiding their taxes. In summary, this just looks like a Government who are a slow-motion…26 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsEven the dog is laughing at the Chancellor, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Chancellor could have abolished stamp duty on homes to get the housing market moving, and she could have…26 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsNobody wants this Budget, Mr Speaker! We have had resignations, hostile briefings and leaks galore. Even in the past 10 minutes, there has been an unprecedented leak of the OBR…26 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsIt is a total humiliation. Last year, the Chancellor put up taxes by £40 billion—the biggest tax raid in British history. She promised that she would not be back for more. She…26 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsToday the Chancellor has announced a new tax raid of £26 billion, and Labour Members were all cheering. Household income is down. Spending policies in this Budget increase…26 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsMay I first pay tribute to the many farmers who have come to Westminster today to protest about the shameful attack on them in last year’s Budget? I want them to know that the…26 Nov 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineI thank the Prime Minister for advance sight of his statement. We are proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine and our support remains unwavering. Ukraine is battling the…25 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsOn energy policy, what we are doing is listening to industry. [ Interruption. ]19 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsJust this morning, we heard from the chair of one of our largest energy companies. Last week, I had a roundtable with energy companies, and what they had to say about this Prime…19 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsI was a Treasury Minister at the height of the pandemic, and we cleaned up that mess. Perhaps the Prime Minister will clean up some of his own mess. I will repeat what the…19 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsIt is quite clear that the Government are going to freeze thresholds; we did not get a clear answer from the Prime Minister, but this is really important. In her Budget speech…19 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister talks about speculation. The only people who have been speculating are his Government, every single day for the last three months. He mentioned inflation in his…19 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister says that the Budget is next week, but we read all about it in the papers. This is the first Budget to unravel before it has even been delivered. I am afraid…19 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsI associate Conservative Members with the remarks the Prime Minister made about James Elliot. Can the Prime Minister tell us why his Government are the first Government in history…19 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI thank the Home Secretary for advance sight of her statement, most of which I read The Sunday Telegraph . I am pleased that she is bringing forward measures to crack down on…17 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsI did not hear the Prime Minister give his full confidence in Morgan McSweeney. He says that these attacks are not authorised. The truth is that that means he has lost control of…12 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister is talking about growth and investment. While he desperately tries to cling on to his own job, perhaps he understands what it is like for all those people out…12 Nov 2025