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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe conflict in the middle east affects all of us, and I understand the anxiety felt by families and businesses. Rapid de-escalation in the middle east is the best way to protect…10 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his question and pay tribute to my hon. and learned Friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury for all the excellent work that she has done to take…10 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the right hon. Gentleman knows, the plans that we inherited from the previous Government would have seen fuel duty go up just a few months after the general election. We did…10 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe price of oil and gas is particularly volatile at the moment, given the conflict in the middle east. My understanding, as we came into the Chamber today, was that prices of oil…10 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhile only 4% of people in Great Britain use heating oil, I recognise that this is a particular issue for many constituents, and in Northern Ireland the figure is more than 60%. I…10 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am proud to be the Labour Chancellor who has overseen the biggest uplift in defence spending since the end of the cold war. Just last week we announced a £1 billion helicopter…10 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for raising the important issues with heating oil that his constituents are facing. I very much hope that he will be able to attend the meeting…10 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for what he said about the Leonardo contract at Yeovil, which supports many thousands of jobs in Somerset, and indeed Dorset. I am proud to be the…10 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsAlongside the Budget last year, we published the new North sea oil and gas strategy, which, for example, allows tie-backs, so that more use can be made of existing fields. The…10 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is a powerful advocate for the energy-intensive industries, and for manufacturing more widely. The supercharger is being extended from April this year. That will…10 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI agree with the hon. Gentleman. We are trying to de-escalate the conflict in the middle east, because if we can get vessels moving again through the strait of Hormuz, we will…10 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. The price gouging that we see is totally unacceptable, which is why we have already asked the Competition and Markets Authority to look at…10 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsDebt is lower in every year of the forecast that I published last week than it was in the plans that I set out in the Budget just back in November. The fiscal rules that I…10 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn the Budget last year, we introduced the Kernow growth fund to support the Cornish economy because of its specific strengths around critical minerals, defence and clean energy.…10 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI totally reject the premise of that question. The fiscal rules that I introduced as Chancellor have unlocked £120 billion for capital investment. We will be spending £50 billion…10 Mar 2026HANSARDHMRC Approved Mileage RatesI genuinely thank my hon. Friend for all he has done to draw attention to this important issue. I am also grateful for representations from the trade union Unison, given that this…10 Mar 2026HANSARDHMRC Approved Mileage RatesThe price of petrol today is 8p per litre lower than if I had followed the plans that were left to me by the previous Conservative Government. From April, it will be 11p per litre…10 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateWe are in a better position than we were when Russia invaded Ukraine for two reasons. The first is our macroeconomic situation. For the first time since 2019, our deficit is below…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateLast week’s spring forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility showed inflation coming down, borrowing coming down and debt coming down. Our economy is fundamentally…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateI said in my statement that despite what we did in last year’s Budget to take £150 off domestic energy bills, there is a unique situation with regard to heating oil. That is why I…09 Mar 2026