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HANSARDSpring ForecastI thank the Chair of the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee for that important question. He is absolutely right: whether through the successful auction round 7 that we have…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastThere is definitely a correlation between the number of years that the Conservatives are in office and how much worse off working people are.03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastIn last year’s spending review, we set out a record settlement for the Scottish Government, as well as for the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive. I can tell the…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastSome 95,000 children in Scotland will be lifted out of poverty, and today we have been able to announce a further uplift in the budget available for the Scottish Government. We…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastMay I be the first to congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on his new role? I know that it was not the first job that he wanted, or indeed the second, but he makes a spirited…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastThe OBR confirmed today that, by the end of this Parliament, people will be £1,000 a year better off. That is compared with the fall in living standards under the previous…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastIt is a little rich for the Conservatives to talk about dither and delay when it comes to defence spending. They had 14 years and defence spending fell as a share of GDP. We are…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastA year and a half ago, the right hon. Gentleman stood on a manifesto that had absolutely no explanation of how his party would increase defence spending. This Government have…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastIn my hon. Friend’s constituency, thousands of children will be lifted out of poverty from next month because this Labour Government have chosen to get rid of the two-child policy…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastMy hon. Friend is right about the shadow Chancellor’s blood pressure—but, frankly, I am worried about his future employment prospects. NHS waiting lists are falling because of the…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastThis Labour Government have permanently reduced the multiplier faced by small businesses and high street businesses—the business rates system that we inherited from the previous…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastMy hon. Friend is a strong advocate for his constituents in Rossendale and Darwen, and he was also a big advocate for the reforms to the Green Book that we managed to bring in at…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastTo be honest, when the SNP gets involved in infrastructure projects like trying to build a couple of ferries, it all seems to go horribly wrong. That is why, despite the fact that…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastThe Northern Ireland Executive came to us asking for additional money this year to fund their priorities, which we have provided. Today’s settlement includes an extra £380 million…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastIt is good to see the hon. Member still on the Conservative Benches—I thought she was going to be joining her Tory tribute act friends over there with the right hon. Member for…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastMy hon. Friend knows that if we can improve living standards and also reduce how much we are spending on servicing the debt racked up by the Conservatives, we will have more money…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastWe are spending £100 billion a year on interest payments on Government debt. That is spending not on reducing Government debt, but just on the interest on Government debt, which…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastI believe in fair taxes, and I believe the wealthy should pay their fair share, but I believe in bringing that about in a credible way that actually delivers for our constituents.…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastThat is just completely wrong. What the OBR says today is that people will be £1,000 a year better off by the end of the forecast period and that GDP per capita will increase by…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastWhen I visited Kettering with my hon. Friend recently, it was just ahead of the capital investment in new SEND provision in her constituency, so that more young people—some of the…03 Mar 2026