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HANSARDSpring ForecastI was pleased in the Budget last year to announce the plan for Derby, alongside my hon. Friend and her neighbour the Member for Derby South (Baggy Shanker) and the Mayor of the…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastMy hon. Friend speaks with authority about mortgage costs, given the jobs that he did before he became a Member of Parliament. It is true that, since the general election,…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastThe view of the electorate just 18 months ago was that it was time to get rid of the Conservatives, because of the broken system that they had left, whether that was student…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastIt was a real pleasure after the Budget last year to join my hon. Friend at a community centre in Rugby, where I was able to talk to his constituents about the benefits of the…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastIt was a real honour for me to be able to visit my hon. Friend’s constituency and see the Type 31 frigates being built there. This Government are investing in defence, and in the…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastTo help the generation that my hon. Friend speaks about, we have introduced the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, and we are also bringing down interest rates and inflation. That makes it…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastThe previous Government presided over a 113,000 increase in the number of young people not in education, employment or training, and the number of youth apprenticeships was cut by…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastIt is not Shakespeare, but I always say, “Save the best till last.” If we can spend less money on paying the interest on debt, we will have more money to spend on our NHS, on our…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastThis Government are investing in young people, by ending the two-child limit, investing in further education—which was neglected by the last Government—and increasing the number…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastI think it can be seen from the policies that we have introduced over the past year that we are determined to address the cost of living challenges that we inherited from the…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastOil and gas will play an important part in our energy system for many years to come, including oil and gas from the North sea, but we do need to improve our energy security. That…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastThe best thing we can do to support our high streets and small businesses is ensure that more people have more of their money in their pockets to spend not on the essentials but…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastMy hon. Friend’s question goes to the heart of the issue. We have done an awful lot in the last year and a half to bring down interest rates and ensure that people have more of…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastIt is important that we wean ourselves off oil and gas prices that are set on international markets, but I absolutely accept the hon. and learned Gentleman’s point, and I am happy…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastThis Government have the right economic plan for our country, a plan that is— [ Interruption. ]03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastA plan that is even more important in a world that has become yet more uncertain in the last few days. With unfolding conflict in Iran and the middle east, it is incumbent on me…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastI hear some shouting from the Conservative Benches. Inflation went to more than 11% when they were in government, and they froze the threshold on plan 2 student loans—which they…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastI know that the OBR did not publish the forecast until I sat down, but I still think the shadow Chancellor could have done a little bit better than that. To be honest, I was…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastI thank my hon. Friend for that question. The biggest change that we can make is ensuring that growth takes place in all parts of our country, rather than just for a few people in…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastThe hon. Member gives less an economic programme and more a wish list of things that she would like to see, without any means at all of paying for them. She seems oblivious to the…03 Mar 2026