Contributions
1,334 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueI thank my hon. Friend for what she has just said. On behalf of the whole House, I want to send our best wishes to the family of Jimmy Lai at this difficult time. I had the…14 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueI will always stand up for Britain’s national and economic interest, which is why I am helping some of our best businesses to export around the world. That is what I did in China…14 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, and I raised such issues with my counterparts in China at the weekend. It is really important that, whenever we engage with foreign…14 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueWhen our Prime Minister met President Xi Jinping in Rio last year, they agreed that one of the points of re-engagement is that we were able to make clear our concerns on a range…14 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueMy right hon. Friend the Business Secretary has met Mr Li, from Jingye, on a number of occasions. Talks are ongoing, but I am not able to provide an update on that today.14 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueMany of the benefits that we secured last week were for the financial services sector, and both Edinburgh and Glasgow are important hubs of financial services in the UK.…14 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueI am not going to write five years’ worth of Budgets in the first six months of a Labour Government, but I am absolutely committed to meeting the fiscal rules that I set out in…14 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueWhat is really important is that we take decisions in Britain’s national interest. Taking decisions in the national interest means engaging with our trading partners all around…14 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueI was not seeking assurance from any foreign Government on the performance of this Government. What I was seeking—I achieved this in China—were tangible outputs for British…14 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. There have been movements in international markets in the past week or so, and they have been global in nature. In the UK, we must do what we…14 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueI thought for a moment that the hon. Lady was going to apologise for Liz Truss’s mini-Budget. Maybe she will do so on another occasion.14 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that economic growth has to be built on strong foundations, which is the approach of this Government. Our mission to make Britain a clean…14 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that question; I know how seriously he takes this issue, like so many other Members on both sides of the House. Listing of companies in the UK…14 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueWe just have to look at what the businesses have already said about the deal we managed to secure last week. There are tangible benefits for British businesses exporting to China,…14 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueAs I have already said in the House today, I raised the issue of Chinese companies supplying the Russian Government. Indeed, the hon. Gentleman will know that last week, alongside…14 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueI am glad that my hon. Friend has used the 50 minutes of the statement to come up with such a good line. He is right that many people working in Harlow work in the financial…14 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueAs I have already set out, one of the issues I was able to raise with my counterparts in China was forced labour, particularly in Xinjiang. As I said in answer to the question…14 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueI thank the hon. Gentleman for that thoughtful question. It is important that when we engage with China, we co-operate where we can, we compete where necessary, but we challenge…14 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueMy hon. Friend is exactly right. We managed to secure tangible benefits for the UK economy and British exporters. At the same time, we were able to raise difficult issues that we…14 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueWe have committed to having just one Budget a year to provide businesses with the certainty they need to invest, so we will have an update from the Office for Budget…14 Jan 2025