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HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateThe freeze in fuel duty—Reform opposed it. The energy profits levy—the right hon. Gentleman introduced it when he was in the Conservative Government. I will take no lectures from…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateAs I set out in my statement, we put £15 billion into the warm homes plan at the spending review last year, to better insulate people’s homes and help them to move to cheaper…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateI have huge respect for the right hon. Gentleman and the time he spent at the Treasury. As he knows, the previous Government committed to reaching 2.5% by the end of this…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateAlmost every household uses electricity to turn on the lights. They will benefit from some of the changes that will come in on 1 April. Some 4% of households in Great Britain, and…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateI thank my hon. Friend for that important point. Five-hundred businesses will benefit from an increased discount through the supercharger, taking it from 60% to 90%, from April.…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateWe made changes to the national policy planning framework a few days into this Government, and at the end of last year we passed the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025, which…09 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 UpdateI can confirm that there are no financial impediments to warships going to the middle east. Money is available through the special reserve for personnel and contracts for all our…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateI thank my hon. Friend for that question, and the group of rural Labour MPs for contacting me over the weekend with their stories and suggestions. That is why the Financial…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateI recognise that my hon. Friend’s constituents will be affected more than most by worries about the delivery and price of heating oil. That is why I have instructed the…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateI thank my hon. and gallant Friend for his question and for his contribution to the debates last week. He knows how important it is to de-escalate, because it is our armed…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateThe meeting with the Financial Secretary to the Treasury will be open to all MPs and is taking place on Wednesday this week, and I urge the hon. Gentleman to attend that meeting.…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateI recognise the concerns about businesses. As well as the supercharger, the British industrial competitiveness scheme is coming in next year, and we are monitoring the situation…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateThe reason we have the energy profits levy and the electricity generator levy is to ensure just that. If the hon. Lady is really serious about energy security and investing in…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 UpdateIn the spending review last year, I put in £1 billion for the community investment fund in local energy schemes to ensure that communities are more self-reliant for their basic…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateThere are two things that are needed to effectively reopen the strait. The first is security for vessels passing through it, which will require cross-country action involving the…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateI have huge respect for the hon. Member. As the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, the right hon. Member for Godalming and Ash (Sir Jeremy Hunt), says, it is too early to know…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateAs my hon. Friend knows, we have increased the funding available to both UK Export Finance and the National Wealth Fund to invest and support our defence industry. I also support…09 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastWe have taken action to reduce energy bills by £150 from next month. As I said in my speech, because of the stability that we have returned to the economy, and the cuts in…03 Mar 2026