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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that question. We are backing building and getting Britain building with the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which passed yesterday—I think without…09 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the right hon. Gentleman knows, we are backing Grangemouth and have put money into the Acorn carbon capture and storage project. We are taking £150 off people’s energy bills in…09 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI hosted an event last night for entrepreneurs. Speaking at it were the chief executives of Quantexa and Motorway, both of whom welcomed the changes that we made to support…09 Dec 2025HANSARDCovid Counter-Fraud Commissioner: Independent ReviewI am pleased to inform the House that the Covid Counter-Fraud Commissioner’s independent review, “Pursuing Recoveries and Preventing Reoccurrence”, CP 1462, has been laid in…09 Dec 2025HANSARDLow-income HouseholdsThe approach in the Budget provides significant support for low-income households, taking an average of £150 off people’s energy bills from April next year, freezing rail fares…09 Dec 2025HANSARDLow-income HouseholdsSince the Budget, the Co-op has cut or frozen the prices of 2,700 essential products at a cost of £1 billion, recognising the impact that the cost of living still has on families,…09 Dec 2025HANSARDLow-income HouseholdsMy hon. Friend may know that about 4,000 children in his constituency will benefit from the removal of the two-child benefit limit. That means 4,000 more children being able to go…09 Dec 2025HANSARDLow-income HouseholdsThe number of jobs has increased by 329,000 this year. That is the record of this Government in getting people back into work. The youth guarantee is dealing with the fact that…09 Dec 2025HANSARDLow-income HouseholdsThrough the financial inclusion strategy led by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, we are extending Help to Save within the universal credit system, and working with banks…09 Dec 2025HANSARDEU Exit: Economic GrowthThe Office for Budget Responsibility has estimated that productivity will be 4% lower than it would have been had the UK not withdrawn from the EU. However, alongside the trade…09 Dec 2025HANSARDEU Exit: Economic GrowthThe Office for Budget Responsibility has produced an independent analysis and confirmed that it believes that 4% is the correct number, and the OBR continues to maintain that in…09 Dec 2025HANSARDEU Exit: Economic GrowthSince we came to office last year, we have reset our relationship with the EU, which is why last May we agreed with the EU an expansive set of changes to our relationship,…09 Dec 2025HANSARDCosts for CommutersIn Tonbridge, as elsewhere, regulated fares will be frozen for a year from March next year. I know that many of the right hon. Gentleman’s constituents commute into central London…09 Dec 2025HANSARDCosts for CommutersTransport costs represent 14% of household spending, so the Government took decisive action in the Budget to freeze all regulated rail fares in England for one year from March…09 Dec 2025HANSARDCosts for Commutersrose—09 Dec 2025HANSARDCosts for CommutersI just want to talk about Stevenage, Mr Speaker. The Government’s action is saving commuters in Stevenage £285 a year on the cost of a five-day season ticket. With the uplift of…09 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsCovid fraud and error under the previous Government’s mismanagement cost the taxpayer £10.9 billion. They played fast and loose with the public purse and left the front doors wide…09 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI could not agree more. The previous Government failed to protect public money, while this Government have generated around £400 million by getting money back. We all know what…09 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsNo.09 Dec 2025HANSARDFinancial Statement and Budget ReportI would not want any hon. Member to miss this. We are chasing down that money and have almost £400 million back from dodgy pandemic spending and contracts. Tory contracts handed…26 Nov 2025