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HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThose numbers about pensioners who pay tax are from the Resolution Foundation. They were published this morning, so the hon. Gentleman can also look at them, but it is a fact that…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI will happily take another intervention, if the hon. Gentleman wants to defend higher taxes on working people. Bring it on!07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsAll I would say to the hon. Gentleman is: put that on your leaflet! The fact is that nurses, teachers and plumbers are paying more tax in Scotland. At the same time, the energy…07 Mar 2024HANSARDUK EconomyAnswer them.19 Feb 2024HANSARDUK EconomyThe Chancellor should be here explaining why Britain has fallen into recession. Will the Minister explain why he has been left to answer these questions, and where exactly the…19 Feb 2024HANSARDUK Economy(Urgent Q uestion): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the UK economy entering recession.19 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week, at Prime Minister’s questions, when asked about the Tory mortgage penalty, the Prime Minister boasted that someone coming off a fixed-rate mortgage “will be able to…06 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is under a Conservative Government that interest rates, inflation and mortgage costs have gone up. The Government need to take responsibility because, after 14 years, this…06 Feb 2024HANSARDAutumn StatementNext year, we are forecast to be the slowest growing economy in the whole of the G7. When it comes to economic growth, under the Tories, we are more world-following than…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementThey don’t bother me, Mr Speaker.22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementWhen the Government realised that they had money to spend, their first instinct was a tax cut for millionaires. In the end, even they realised that they could not get away with it…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementToday the Chancellor has lifted the lid on 13 years of economic failure. We were told that this was to be an autumn statement for growth, but the economy is now forecast to be £40…22 Nov 2023HANSARDEconomic GrowthWe have just had an hour and a half’s worth of questions on that issue. I am going to focus on how to grow the economy and tackle the cost of living crisis. I wish that today we…14 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome all the new Ministers to their roles and wish them well in them. The covid inquiry is uncovering unsavoury examples of Government mismanagement. We already know that…14 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that answer, but according to the House of Commons Library’s most recent numbers, covid fraud losses total a staggering £7.2 billion—that is…14 Nov 2023HANSARDEconomic GrowthI beg to move an amendment, at the end of the Question to add: “but respectfully regret that the Gracious Speech fails to include legislative proposals to prevent a repeat of the…14 Nov 2023HANSARDEconomic GrowthLabour’s approach is brownfield-first. We also know that there is land designated as green belt that is no such thing. For example, there is a petrol station in Tottenham that…14 Nov 2023HANSARDEconomic GrowthMy hon. Friend speaks powerfully on what he knows well. On top of the big challenges with house building and the Government getting rid of their housing targets, the number of…14 Nov 2023HANSARDEconomic GrowthI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. The truth is that the combination of austerity, which was five Prime Ministers ago, Brexit without a plan—which relates to most of…14 Nov 2023HANSARDEconomic GrowthI could not agree more with the hon. Gentleman. Our life sciences sector is key for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and yet too many businesses are looking to relocate,…14 Nov 2023