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HANSARDCost of LivingI gently point out to the hon. Lady that just a few weeks ago we announced £15 billion-worth of additional help, particularly for those on means-tested benefits, who are receiving…28 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my right hon. Friend, the Chair of the Select Committee, for his constructive and thoughtful dialogue with me on these issues. He makes an excellent point, and I direct…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Northern IrelandThe UK Government are providing £37 billion-worth of support to help families with the cost of living, and most of that support is being provided directly to households across the…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCost of LivingWe have provided significant support to the hospitality sector over the past two years, and I am glad that the sector at least emerges from the crisis in a much stronger shape—in…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Northern IrelandThe right hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point. As I said from this Dispatch Box at the time of the spring statement, we were unable to extend our VAT cut on energy-saving…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCost of LivingI am glad that my hon. Friend is supporting my right hon. Friend the Member for Tatton (Esther McVey). I will take all his recommendations under advisement. As my hon. Friend the…28 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is a champion of all the small businesses in his constituency, and rightly so. They have endured the pandemic and are bouncing back strongly on the other side, and…28 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn wage policy, this is the Government who introduced the national living wage and, this year, increased the national living wage by about £1,000 a year. Combined with the cut to…28 Jun 2022HANSARDInflationWhat the right hon. Gentleman said was very telling. We on the Conservative Benches do celebrate people being in work. It is critically the most important thing that we can do to…28 Jun 2022HANSARDInflationI am so pleased to have a chance to answer Treasury orals for the first time since we saw the Scottish Government’s spending review, which was a couple weeks ago. It was…28 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe want everyone to be paid the national living wage. That is the law in this country. I am proud that we have increased it by £1,000 this year, which, combined with our tax cuts,…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCost of LivingMy hon. Friend makes a thoughtful point, and he is right. As the Bank of England recently pointed out, the bulk of the excess inflation that we are seeing is being driven by…28 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn common with countries around the world, the UK is experiencing global inflationary forces. We are taking action to support the country through that, with £37 billion of support…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCost of LivingI gently say to the hon. Gentleman that £37 billion of support is being targeted at the most vulnerable and will come over the next few months, from the summer through the autumn…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCost of LivingAs I said, we are providing an enormous amount of support—around £1,200—which is targeted at those who most need help. Of course, no Government can make the challenges go away…28 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is right to pay tribute, as we Conservative Members do, to those who care for others. She should be reassured that of the 1 million people in receipt of carer’s…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCost of LivingAgain, 70% of workers in this country will have a net tax cut. That is what the Government are delivering. In just a couple of weeks’ time, the first £12,500 that anyone in work…28 Jun 2022HANSARDInflationWe are not immune to the global inflationary shocks that many countries are experiencing. Indeed, eurozone inflation is north of 8%, and inflation in the United States is closer…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCost of Living Payments and Welfare CapIn accordance with HM Treasury’s obligations to operate the welfare cap, set out in the charter for budget responsibility, the Treasury is required to determine items of welfare…23 Jun 2022HANSARDEconomy UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend for his questions and for his thoughtful advice on how best the Government should respond to the current situation. We put extra support into the…26 May 2022