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HANSARDEconomy, Welfare and Public ServicesI welcome the hon. Member back to this place. I enjoyed sparring with him in my early days in Parliament, and it is great to see him back in the House. He is absolutely right that…22 Jul 2024HANSARDEconomy, Welfare and Public ServicesI thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. One of the biggest challenges people face with getting a mortgage is building up the deposit. That is why we have committed to a…22 Jul 2024HANSARDEconomy, Welfare and Public ServicesIt is a pleasure to open today’s King’s Speech debate on behalf of His Majesty’s Government. I always enjoy debating with the right hon. Member for Godalming and Ash (Jeremy…22 Jul 2024HANSARDEconomy, Welfare and Public ServicesOne thing is that I hope to be in post for a bit longer than some of my predecessors. As tempting as it is, I do not intend to conduct a full sweep of the past 1,000 years of…22 Jul 2024HANSARDEconomy, Welfare and Public ServicesI thank my hon. Friend for that question. He speaks powerfully, and I pay tribute to his work in the last Parliament, particularly around education and skills. This is a really…22 Jul 2024HANSARDEconomy, Welfare and Public ServicesMadam Deputy Speaker, you will be pleased to know that I will not apprise the House of every Bill that supports economic growth in the King’s Speech. Needless to say, there are…22 Jul 2024HANSARDEconomy, Welfare and Public ServicesI have already given way to the right hon. Gentleman.22 Jul 2024HANSARDEconomy, Welfare and Public ServicesAs my hon. Friend knows, we committed in our manifesto to a three percentage point uplift to the current energy profits levy, which we will use to fund the national wealth fund.…22 Jul 2024HANSARDEconomy, Welfare and Public ServicesI enjoyed campaigning for my hon. Friend in York Outer, and it is great to see him in his place today. Stability means a tough set of fiscal rules, but it also means spending…22 Jul 2024HANSARDEconomy, Welfare and Public ServicesThe Treasury Committee, as the right hon. Gentleman knows, can call in the chair and other members of the Office for Budget Responsibility, but his comments show exactly why we…22 Jul 2024HANSARDEconomy, Welfare and Public ServicesI welcome the election of my hon. Friend in Ealing Southall—I think her constituents and the whole House can see what a strong advocate she will be for her local community. She is…22 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAt the Budget, the Chancellor set out his intention to abolish national insurance—a £46 billion annual commitment with no clear plan as to how it would be paid for. One way to do…07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is strange, because the day after the Budget, the Chancellor told Sky News that “you can end that unfairness of taxing work: you can merge income tax and national insurance.”…07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Chancellor did not even attempt to answer the question. The chair of the OBR told the Treasury Committee the week after the Budget: “It was not a measure given to us to cost”.…19 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAfter the Budget, the Chancellor wrote to Conservative party members telling them that the Government planned to abolish national insurance. The Economic Secretary said that…19 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMaybe my hon. Friend has another example.07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt is interesting to have an intervention from the SNP, which is increasing taxes on ordinary working people—I would probably just stay on the Bench. This is the only Parliament…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI think taxpayers will find it pretty grating to see their tax bill go up, when that money was spent so callously and casually. Meanwhile, the Chancellor failed to do the right…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe stark reality of yesterday’s Budget is clear: taxes rising, living standards falling, growth stalling, and yet again the Tories making promises that they cannot deliver. They…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMy hon. Friend has done the maths and is absolutely right. Taking into account the changes to the tax threshold, the announcements yesterday and in November, and council tax, by…07 Mar 2024