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HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastAccording to the latest figures, there are 100,000 fewer children in absolute poverty than in 2010 and 750,000 fewer children living in workless households than in 2010. The hon.…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastI completely agree with my right hon. Friend that we will build our recovery through the dynamism of the private sector, and he is right about the power of entrepreneurship.…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastLet me run through the hon. Lady’s questions in turn. She asked about my favourite hoodie. I can tell her that it is not the one in the picture, but actually the kickstart hoodie…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his thoughtful and powerful contribution. I respect what he has to say on aid. He is right about the language that was used. He will know the…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for welcoming the £900 million in Barnett funding for Northern Ireland. He will be pleased to know that we have had productive…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his comments. I would distinguish between two things. The borrowing that we are carrying out this year, which is, as he knows, at a…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastAll I would say is that our teams are hard at work, and I am very hopeful that we can reach a constructive agreement with our European friends and partners. Our wishes in this…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastAlmost uniquely among other countries during this crisis, we have provided enormous financial support for our charity sector. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. This spending review is about focusing on the priorities of our constituents. I am sure that he and his constituents will be pleased to know…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastI believe we have, with £1.3 billion of extra funding next year for the Welsh Government to spend as they see fit on their devolved competences, of which flood management is one.…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastI thank my hon. Friend for his comment. He is right—I think the average aid spending of the last Labour Government was 0.36%, so it will be sufficiently ahead of that. As I said,…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastI look forward to hearing from my hon. Friend about the plans and the ambitions he has for his local hospital. The Secretary of State for Health will also be interested. My hon.…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastI know that this is a topic about which my hon. Friend feels passionately, and rightly so. As she will have heard me say, we do this with a heavy heart. It enables us to make…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastThe hon. Lady mentioned the relative pay premium. It is worth bearing in mind that there still is a pay premium. The latest numbers we have, from 2019, show a 7% pay premium…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastI thank my hon. Friend for his kind words of support. He is absolutely right: we want to ensure that this record investment in infrastructure brings tangible benefits to our…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastThe reason I talk about the things that we have done is that they last all the way through the winter to next spring, whether it is the VAT cut or the business rates holiday. I…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point, and the way he framed it was spot on. He will be reassured to know that the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has written to IPSA on…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastFor the record, no one is trying to pit anyone against anyone else. This is simply about doing what is fair for the country. It is the right decision to make. It is a difficult…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastI can give the right hon. Gentleman that assurance. Those are UK-wide programmes and we hope to have more details about the infrastructure bank in the spring, so that we can get…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastIt would be wrong to describe this policy as a blanket pay freeze when a majority of those working in the public sector will see an increase in their pay next year, because they…25 Nov 2020