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HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponseI can confirm to my hon. Friend that the London Eye will be included. Apparently it is called an “observation attraction”—the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and I made sure…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponseBusinesses in Hartlepool and across Teesside will be among the biggest beneficiaries of these changes around chemicals. The Minister for industry, my hon. Friend the Member for…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponseWe all listened to my hon. Friend’s response to the King’s Speech last week, when we heard about the great restaurants in Bradford. I am pleased to say that VAT on children’s…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponseThe measures that I have announced today will help people on the Isle of Wight. We have frozen fuel duty for the third time—in comparison, the plans that we inherited from the…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponseI hope that families in Bracknell, whether they are enjoying a day out in Bracknell Forest or going on a summer holiday to one of the great seaside towns across our United…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponseSpoken like a proper former teacher! Expanding their cultural capital is what my children want to do every weekend. Whether it is expanding cultural capital, or having fun at a…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponseI thank my hon. Friend for that question, and I say to Mrs Williams and all those who work in the ceramics sector: I am proud to be the Chancellor who is backing British industry…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponseThe best way to reduce cost pressures on families and businesses is to get the strait of Hormuz reopened and those vessels carrying oil and gas flowing again, but of course in the…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponseI thank my hon. Friend and all the MPs involved in helping to put together this scheme of support for ceramics. Like her, I welcome the work of the TUC and GMB in this. Innovation…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponseI am slightly worried that someone will make a point of order about the age at which people are allowed to enjoy the Northwich piña colada festival. Yes, we will be consulting on…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponseThe measures announced today will help ceramics and the chemicals sector, but other schemes, such as the supercharger scheme and the British industrial competitiveness scheme,…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponsePeople in more rural areas, such as some of my hon. Friend’s constituents, will particularly benefit from the freeze in fuel duty and the free bus fares for kids. We think that…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponseMy only worry with this package is that it will mean children badgering their parents even more for days out over the summer—I slightly worry about what I have unleashed in my own…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponseI thank my hon. Friend for the work she does on behalf of all her constituents, particularly those impacted by what is happening at Denby. It was my privilege to come to Amber…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponseThe hon. Lady says that we should extend the industrial strategy, but the previous Government did not even have an industrial strategy. I would say that a £700 million tariff…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponseI agree with my hon. Friend that we will take no lessons from the Conservatives on inflation, when it reached more than 11% when they were last in office. On VAT in the leisure…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponseI know that, as Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, the right hon. Gentleman will play a key role in scrutinising what the Government are doing. The…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponseMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that there is nothing progressive about piling up the debt that future generations will have to pay; that is why our fiscal rules are getting…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponseAs I have said in previous answers, I recognise the role of oil and gas in the UK and its importance to the UK for many years to come, which is why we have changed the rules…21 May 2026HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponseI will take absolutely no lessons from the man who was part of a party that took our economy to its knees—inflation at 11%, working people worse off at the end of the last…21 May 2026