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HANSARDCovid-19: Ineligibility for Income Support SchemesIn order to support people through the next stages of the pandemic, the Government have extended both the furlough scheme and the self-employment income support scheme through to…09 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Support for Job RetentionI urge the hon. Lady to be a little bit careful about what she reads in the newspaper. At all steps in this crisis, we have indeed taken the advice of our scientific advisers. Let…09 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Support for Job RetentionMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about the importance of protecting jobs. The extension of the furlough scheme on generous terms beyond the end of the road map is designed to…09 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Support for BusinessMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that we must get support to businesses as quickly as possible. I am pleased to confirm to her that guidance will be published, hopefully by the…09 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial StatementMadam Deputy Speaker, a year ago, in my first Budget, I announced our initial response to coronavirus. What was originally thought to be a temporary disruption to our way of life…03 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman can write to me with the specific issue he has with the guidance, but in general the grants have been functioning, I think, very well and local authorities are…26 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am happy to look at the specific question the hon. Lady raises, but she will know that in the last Budget we introduced a manifesto commitment to bring in neonatal leave, which…26 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is absolutely right that businesses get the funds as quickly as possible. What I would say is that central Government have disbursed that funding to local councils across the…26 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend will I hope appreciate that the various things he just mentioned total about, I think, £20 billion or £30 billion, so he will understand it is reasonable that we…26 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will have to go and check the exact figures, if the hon. Lady will forgive me for not knowing the specific paragraph that she refers to. In general HMRC is providing easements…26 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am not entirely sure I know the figures that the hon. Lady is referring to. What I can say is that, since this scheme was announced at the beginning of July and opened for…26 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right about needing the private sector to drive growth and create jobs. I am pleased to tell him that the Prime Minister and I chaired the first meeting of the…26 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am happy to tell the hon. Lady that my right hon. Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury met the authors of the report back in December and is considering it alongside…26 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady should not believe everything she reads in the newspapers. The Treasury and this Government have put in place a comprehensive and generous set of support to help…26 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThroughout this crisis, our overriding economic priority has been to support people’s jobs and businesses through a range of measures worth more than £280 billion, including the…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Regional EffectNo one can doubt the Government’s commitment to uniting and levelling up across our United Kingdom, with an unprecedented infrastructure investment programme. Notably in the…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Regional EffectWe have secured an unprecedented free trade agreement with the European Union—the first free trade agreement that the EU has ever reached based on zero tariffs and zero quotas.…26 Jan 2021HANSARDEnvironmentally Sustainable Economic GrowthWe are doing the technical work required to make sure that the launch of our green gilts is successful. I hope to provide an update at the Budget, but the hon. Lady can rest…26 Jan 2021HANSARDEnvironmentally Sustainable Economic GrowthMy hon. Friend is absolutely right—our 10-point plan can create hundreds of thousands of jobs up and down the country. He is also right that we can lead the world in this journey.…26 Jan 2021HANSARDEnvironmentally Sustainable Economic GrowthThe Government are clear that we will drive growth by investing in infrastructure, innovation and skills. In doing so, we will build back better and greener as we recover from the…26 Jan 2021