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HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateMy hon. Friend makes a good point. There are a couple of things we are doing today to make it more cost-effective to get an electric vehicle. First, the decoupling of gas and…21 Apr 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateI thank the hon. Lady for her questions. Nick Clegg once said that it would take 10 years to get nuclear power up and running so there was no point in doing it, as it would come…24 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateI thank my hon. Friend for that question. That is why we have the energy profits levy and the electricity generator levy—so that we can claw back any excess profits. It is also…24 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateThat is a really important point. The previous Government had not done the contingency planning, so when the energy price shock came along, they said, “We are not going to provide…24 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateI thank my hon. Friend for those questions and for her campaigning work on Mossmorran to ensure that we can properly support her community, which we are also doing with our growth…24 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateOn the point about national grid infrastructure and why we end up paying for energy that cannot be used, we have to speed up those connections. That is why I spoke about…24 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateThe Conservative party once believed in fiscal discipline, but that has gradually eroded over time. It is because of the fiscal rules that I introduced that we have been able to…24 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateThat is why what we did in the Budget last year was so important. In other countries, domestic energy bills are now going up, but because of the measures that I took in my Budget…24 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateI would be very happy to see the particular details of that constituent, because energy companies—through both fixed and variable tariffs—are passing on that £150 reduction that I…24 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateMy hon. Friend is right about the importance of manufacturing in Huddersfield and more widely across Yorkshire. We are introducing the supercharger from the beginning of April,…24 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateI thank my hon. Friend for that question. From next month, families with children will benefit from the abolition of the two-child cap in the universal credit system. We have also…24 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that question. When he became Chancellor, it was on the back of lots of promises that there would be no support for energy bills. He and…24 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateSince I became Chancellor, we have had six cuts in interest rates, and for every month that I have been Chancellor, wages have risen faster than prices. Compare that with the…24 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateIt took 200 days for the previous Government to act on heating oil, and it took us under two weeks. We have put in £53 million, and that money is allocated based on heating oil…24 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateI recognise that in my hon. Friend’s constituency, like in mine and many others, more people are in private rented accommodation than own their own home. One reason for…24 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateThe two-child limit for universal credit will be lifted from next week, and food banks have said that that will reduce reliance on them from families with children. That is a very…24 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateIt is because of those concerns and not wanting to put any upward pressure on borrowing costs or inflation that we are looking at what targeted support can be offered, rather than…24 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateWe have introduced the cheaper fuel finder to ensure that my hon. Friend and, most crucially, his constituents have that information. People in France can already see the…24 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateFor my hon. Friend’s constituents in Dartford and for people around the country, there have been six interest rate cuts since the general election. The more than doubling of the…24 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateMy hon. Friend is right, but I would say it is worse than that in Scotland, where there is the legacy of two awful Governments: the Conservatives made people poorer, while the SNP…24 Mar 2026