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HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesI thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Barking (Dame Margaret Hodge) for tabling this urgent question. Right now in Kyiv, the temperature is around freezing. Putin aims to…07 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyI am grateful for the opportunity to wind up on behalf of the Opposition. I welcome the new Minister to her place and wish her well. I also thank all right hon. and hon. Members…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyI will tell the hon. Member one thing about taxation: the burden is much higher under this Government than it was under the Government in which I served as a Minister. That…22 Nov 2022HANSARDAffordability of Housing: First-time BuyersI know that, after 12 years, the Government quite like stealing our ideas, such as the windfall tax and the energy price freeze, so let me offer a suggestion. High deposit…15 Nov 2022HANSARDAffordability of Housing: First-time BuyersThe consequences of September’s disastrous mini-Budget continue to be felt, as we will see in the autumn statement on Thursday—the third Budget statement in two months from the…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Responsibility and a Plan for GrowthI am pleased to conclude the debate on behalf of the Opposition. I welcome the new Chief Secretary to the Treasury to his position. His colleague the Exchequer Secretary is an…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Responsibility and a Plan for GrowthOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker, the motion that the House has just passed, with no opposition from the Government, “calls on the Government to publish the Office for…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Responsibility and a Plan for GrowthWe have never argued that there was no need for borrowing. The point we made was that much more of this could be funded by a windfall tax. If the hon. Gentleman thinks that that…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Responsibility and a Plan for GrowthMy hon. Friend is right. In fact, the only discussion on the Conservative Benches is about how to do precisely that. We cannot believe anything the Prime Minister says. Only seven…19 Oct 2022HANSARDMortgage Rates and the Bank of EnglandWith your permission, Mr Speaker, I wish to send my condolences to the families of all those killed in the tragic accident in Creeslough, County Donegal, last week. My parents…11 Oct 2022HANSARDMortgage Rates and the Bank of EnglandThis morning, the Bank of England made a further intervention in the markets, warning of “a material risk to UK financial stability”. That risk comes directly from the…11 Oct 2022HANSARDInflationIt is true that inflation is affecting a number of countries, but why does the Chancellor think that the UK has the highest inflation in the G7, and why is UK economic growth…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesI am glad that the hon. Member had the opportunity to make that point, whether he is wearing a tie or not. The sole purpose of the Government is the survival of the Prime…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesWell, the Government have chosen the route that we discussed in the Chamber last night. I do not want to repeat that, but other routes are available to them to reduce the…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I remember seeing the driving down of waiting times and waiting lists in government, and never at any point did anyone say, “We can take our…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesTo govern is to take responsibility, and the problem with saying that it is all about the post-pandemic situation is that waiting lists had almost doubled before the pandemic. I…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesMy hon. Friend is right. In a debate on the subject last week, the shadow Health Secretary, my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting), outlined a horrific case.28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesI will make some progress. This is happening not just in the field of justice. Record numbers of patients are waiting for NHS treatment, and they are waiting longer than ever: the…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. As she outlines, these backlogs have real and important human effects; they are not just numbers on a page.28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave some moments ago. As I have said, the number of cases grew by 23% to over 40,000 before the pandemic, and that number now stands at…28 Jun 2022