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HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe mention the £22 billion because that is the inheritance that the Government now have to address. We have published a line-by-line account of the £22 billion black hole that the…03 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsJust today, the Government launched the disability finance code for entrepreneurship—something championed by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business and Trade—to…03 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI happily join my hon. Friend in welcoming Mansfield’s success. We have launched a revamped fair payment code, under which signatories commit to paying their suppliers on time,…03 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn the past four weeks since the Leader of the Opposition was elected, the Conservatives have made £7 billion of commitments to cut taxes, but with no idea of how they would cut…03 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will head to the Great Northern conference in Hull later this afternoon to speak about the impact of this Government’s policies on Yorkshire and the wider north of England. We…03 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe tax rises in the Budget were used to provide a £22.6 billion uplift in the Department of Health and Social Care budget to ensure that our NHS is properly funded. The NHS will…03 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsNo Chancellor of the Exchequer would write five years’ worth of Budget in their first five months in post, but I can say that we will never have to deliver a Budget like that…03 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the right hon. Member to his place, and look forward to many exchanges with him across the Dispatch Box. At the Budget in October, as he knows, we had to fix a £22…03 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs my hon. Friend will know, in the autumn Budget and phase 1 of the spending review, more than £1 billion was made available to local government, including £600 million for…03 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAt the Budget, I wiped the slate clean after 14 years of chaos and mismanagement of our public finances, and I have brought stability back to our economy, so that we can get on…03 Dec 2024HANSARDManagement of Public FinancesThe hon. Gentleman will know that there is more headroom in our Budget in October than was left by the previous Government. The lesson I have learned is that I will never play…03 Dec 2024HANSARDManagement of Public FinancesThe hon. Gentleman talks about uncertainty, but he was a Minister in the Treasury under Liz Truss, when huge damage was done to families’ and businesses’ finances. Frankly, I will…03 Dec 2024HANSARDManagement of Public FinancesAt the Budget in October, we had to fill a £22 billion black hole left by the previous Government. We will never have to repeat a Budget like this one, because we will not have to…03 Dec 2024HANSARDManagement of Public FinancesI am happy to arrange a meeting between my hon. Friend and the relevant Minister.03 Dec 2024HANSARDManagement of Public FinancesWe have published the detail of how that money is raised, but the numbers from His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs are very clear: only a quarter of estates will pay any additional…03 Dec 2024HANSARDManagement of Public FinancesSound management of the public finances means spending wisely and not sending money to fraudsters. Today, I have appointed the health expert Tom Hayhoe as our new covid…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNotification of Contingent LiabilityThe independent Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England decided at its meeting ending on 3 February 2022 to reduce the stocks of UK Government bonds and sterling…12 Nov 2024HANSARDFinancial Statement and Budget ReportMadam Deputy Speaker, on 4 July, the country voted for change. This Government were given a mandate: to restore stability to our economy and to begin a decade of national renewal;…30 Oct 2024HANSARDFinancial Statement and Budget ReportI would politely suggest that hon. Members listen to this, because it includes funding for vital compensation schemes for victims of two terrible injustices: the infected blood…30 Oct 2024HANSARDFinancial Statement and Budget ReportIn the circumstances I have inherited, it is the right choice to make. Successful businesses depend on successful schools, healthy businesses depend on a healthy NHS, and a strong…30 Oct 2024