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HANSARDEconomy UpdateI am happy to give my hon. Friend that assurance and to work with him and the industry, because we want to create a pro-investment environment. On energy efficiency, we are…26 May 2022HANSARDEconomy UpdateThat is why, as well as the very generous support for those on means-tested benefits, we have put in place universal support to ensure that all households receive an extra £200 on…26 May 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 2022HANSARDEconomy UpdateI am sure my right hon. Friend the Work and Pensions Secretary is the best person to talk about the implementation of benefits, but the right hon. Gentleman will know that next…26 May 2022HANSARDEconomy UpdateI know that is something my hon. Friend rightly cares passionately about for her community. She is right that the best way of helping people with the cost of living—indeed, the…26 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI urge the British people to judge me by my actions. Over the past two years, the record of this Conservative Government stands for itself. We were there to help this country…17 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsSadly, nothing we can do from this Dispatch Box can change global oil prices, but we can reduce the taxes that we are responsible for. That tax cut, together with the freeze, is…17 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady cherry-picks the statistics. Last year we were the fastest-growing economy in the G7 and this year the second fastest. After the other countries have caught us up…17 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I thank him for his support in championing policies that support his hard-working constituents. This Government will always be on the side…17 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my right hon. Friend the Chair of the Select Committee for his important intervention. I agree with him wholeheartedly. While we face challenges at the moment, the record…17 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady says that we should be asking those with the broadest shoulders to pay, but that is exactly what we are doing. The NHS and social care levy means that those with the…17 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady fails to mention what is about to happen, which is the biggest tax cut for working people that we have seen in decades: the rise in the national insurance threshold…17 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe track record of this Government and previous Conservative Governments is very strong on reducing the number of people in poverty, because that is of course something that we…17 May 2022HANSARDReducing Economic InequalityThe hon. Lady talks about the record of previous Governments over the past decade but, as I have mentioned to her previously, the number of people living in absolute poverty has…17 May 2022HANSARDReducing Economic InequalityThe hon. Gentleman is simply wrong. By raising the primary threshold to £12,500, we have ensured that the first £12,500 that anyone earns is completely free of national insurance…17 May 2022HANSARDReducing Economic InequalityI am very proud of the record of this Government and previous Conservative-led Governments over the past decade of significantly reducing the number of people living in poverty…17 May 2022HANSARDReducing Economic InequalityThere is an enormous amount to correct in the hon. Lady’s question. In aggregate, across the economy, savings increased over the past two years by more than £250 billion. Of…17 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhether it is expansion of the school breakfast club programme, the holiday activities and food programme or healthy start vouchers, this Government are supporting families in…17 May 2022HANSARDTackling Short-term and Long-term Cost of Living IncreasesI am proud to speak today in support of a Queen’s Speech that will both ease the cost of living with billions of pounds of support for families and grow the economy, creating more…17 May 2022HANSARDTackling Short-term and Long-term Cost of Living IncreasesI will give way in a second. To suggest that no help is available, as some have said today, is both misleading and irresponsible.17 May 2022