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HANSARDFinancial StatementMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point and he is absolutely right: we want people to be able to keep more of their own money. The tax plan announced today represents the biggest…23 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementWe are grateful to carers everywhere for the fantastic job that they do. I am confident that they and their families will benefit from the policies that we have announced today.23 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementI thank the hon. Member for Leeds West (Rachel Reeves) for her reply. She raised several points that I will come to in due course, but listening to her speech it sounded as though…23 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementI thank my hon. Friend for his support and he is right to highlight some of the independent commentators who have supported the policies announced today. I will touch on one of…23 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementThe hon. Lady said that there is nothing for Scotland in this statement, but maybe she missed the part about the UK-wide fuel duty cut, which, together with the freeze, will save…23 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementI have a lot of respect for the hon. Lady, but on this matter I believe she is wrong. She has incredible hindsight to point out now issues that neither she nor anybody else raised…23 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementI thank my right hon. Friend for his support; I know that this is an area of particular interest and concern for him. The 2.4% comprises two things: what the Government spend and…23 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementNo, we have provided over £2 billion-worth of support for energy-intensive industries over the past several years—including, I believe, over £600 million for the steel industry.…23 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementI thank my hon. Friend, as ever, for his support. He is right: the fuel duty cut will benefit all our constituents, particularly those in more rural areas and on lower incomes. He…23 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementUnemployment is at an almost record low level of 3.9% at the moment. The OBR’s forecasts overall are lower than its October forecasts and are still at very low levels of 4.2%-ish…23 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementThe hon. Gentleman is right, and I have specifically highlighted the deficiencies of the protocol. I look forward to having those discussions with the Commission. Obviously these…23 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementThe hon. Lady may not realise that for 70% of people, this is more generous than doing what she suggests. Those people will pay less tax as a result of this policy as opposed to…23 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementI thank my hon. Friend for what he has said, and look forward to discussing those topics with him over the coming months. The document outlines a range of options for cutting…23 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementObviously it is hard for me to comment on individual circumstances, but in general I am proud of this Government’s support for those who are disabled. We have spent some £58…23 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementAll the people the right hon. Gentleman mentioned will benefit from the proposals we put forward last month, with £9 million to help everybody. The doubling in size of the…23 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementI congratulate my hon. Friend on his new appointment and look forward to working with him in both his committees over the coming months, particularly to flesh out the business tax…23 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We started in October, and we have made progress today. The tax plan published today shows that we will continue to make progress, cutting…23 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementI thank my hon. Friend for that. I strongly believe that the best way to help people sustainably is to move them off welfare and into work. That is what this Government are doing.…23 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. She is absolutely right; the increase in debt payments is historic and it gives a glimpse of some of the risks facing us going forward.…23 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementIn the autumn spending review we announced record funding settlements, not just for health, but across the board. That resulted in Barnett consequentials of, if I recall it…23 Mar 2022