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HANSARDSpring ForecastOur country will continue to rely on oil and gas from the North sea for many years to come, but I encourage the hon. Lady to read the documents properly. The reason why the money…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastBy controlling public spending, we can get the cost of borrowing down, as we saw in the most recent public finance numbers. They showed the biggest ever January surplus—in fact,…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastI am happy to ask the Secretary of State for Transport or one of her Ministers to meet the hon. Gentleman to talk about that specific issue in his constituency. As he knows, as a…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastI can confirm that because of the choices in today’s spring forecast, the settlement for the Welsh Government over the next three fiscal years will mean an additional £514 million…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastWe are only a couple of days into this conflict, and it is important to see where things go in the next few days. As I said in my statement, I am in regular contact with…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastThere are huge opportunities in the Cornish economy—in defence, energy and critical minerals—as I saw when I was in Camborne and Redruth and in other parts of Cornwall last…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastAs I said after last year’s Budget, if a person just gets the basic state pension, they will not be paying tax. We will set out more details in the coming months.03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastI know that my hon. Friend’s Portsmouth constituency will benefit from Pride in Place funding to invest in those places that were forgotten by the previous Government. It will…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastI have always been clear that any policies that this Government announce will always be fully costed and fully funded. It was not until last year’s Budget that I was able to…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastI know that families and young people in West Bromwich and across the country want to get on the housing ladder. That is why we have committed to build 1.5 million new homes in…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastThe OBR has revised down the level of debt in every year of the forecast.03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastAs the hon. Gentleman knows, we are conducting a review of how the Valuation Office Agency calculates business rates, including for our hospitality sector. The last time that the…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastIn every month since I became Chancellor of the Exchequer wages have risen faster than inflation. We have increased the national minimum wage and the national living wage to put…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastI was very pleased recently to spend some time in my hon. Friend’s constituency, where we met a family who are now able to get on the housing ladder because of the reduction in…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastAs Chancellor, it was my responsibility to make sure that we had fair settlements in the spending review for every Department. That included a big uplift in the settlement for the…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastI am meeting representatives of the North sea oil and gas sector tomorrow because of the huge volatility we are seeing in oil and gas prices. Since the Budget, the OBR forecasts…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 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 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 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 2026