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HANSARDEconomy UpdateI can confirm that all our job schemes work on a UK-wide basis, treating everyone equally wherever they live, and that will continue always to be the case. I am also pleased to…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomy UpdateOn Monday, the Prime Minister set out the action we need to take between now and the start of December to control the spread of coronavirus. In response, we are providing…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomy UpdateMy hon. Friend puts it incredibly well. This is a crisis that has engulfed our entire United Kingdom, and we will get through it together as one United Kingdom. This Government…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomy UpdateI can give my hon. Friend that assurance. Those are three-month grants for the self-employed. The system will open in November so that grants can be paid in December, in time for…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomy UpdateObviously, the Scottish Government are due to outline a budget at some point soon and, in respect of future tax and welfare policy, if that is something that the hon. Gentleman…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomy UpdateI am always happy to hear suggestions from my hon. Friend, particularly on improvements to technical language or drafting and guidance. If he has some suggestions, I look forward…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomy UpdateWhat I say to Hannah and Hettie is that if they are registered for business rates themselves, they will be eligible directly for one of the business grants of up to £3,000 for…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomy UpdateThe hon. Lady refers to gaps, but, as I have explained in previous answers, some of those are deliberate policy decisions to target support at those who need it most, which is the…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomy UpdateI am pleased to tell the hon. Lady that the business grants schemes that were outlined—up to £3,000 a month for closed businesses and 70% of that for open businesses—have been…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomy UpdateMy hon. Friend is right that, in aggregate, the sum is more than £1 billion for the country, with Barnett funding for the devolved Administrations. That can be used at the…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomy UpdateThere is equity across the Union. I thank the hon. Gentleman for welcoming the measures, but there is equity because everyone is treated exactly the same under these nationwide…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomy UpdateI am glad the hon. Lady welcomed the extension of job support through to next year. With regard to Scotland, it is clear, as even the First Minister has conceded, that the…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomy UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend for his comments and I absolutely agree. He knows better than most the power of the Union and has seen it demonstrated countless times over the years…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomy UpdateI am glad that over 10,000 of the hon. Lady’s constituents have had their jobs supported by the furlough scheme that the UK Government have provided. I am also glad that the Welsh…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomy UpdateMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. For almost the first time, there is now a cash incentive for businesses to take on older apprentices, given the particular nature of the crisis…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomy UpdateI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. What I can tell him is that the new CJRS date for eligibility will be 30 October, which means that those who were notified to HMRC at…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomy UpdateThe hon. Lady talks about justice. We have spent over £14 billion to protect and support the self-employed, over 3 million of whom have been eligible for support. That is more…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomy UpdateMy hon. Friend is a fantastic champion for his local area and his local small businesses. I know how important tourism and hospitality is to his local economy. He will know that I…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomy UpdateI say to the right hon. Lady, as I have said before, that all the interventions we have made apply on a UK-wide basis; they treat people the same, equally and fairly, wherever…05 Nov 2020HANSARDEconomy UpdateMy right hon. Friend is right, and there will be a time when it is appropriate to do exactly as she suggests. Given the uncertainty at the moment, particularly with the economic…05 Nov 2020