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HANSARDThe EconomyI thank my right hon. Friend, who is a very good friend of mine, for his warm comments. Whatever I have been able to do over the past several months is in no small part thanks to…24 Sept 2020HANSARDThe EconomyIn terms of the arts and creative industries, we have provided over £1.5 billion of funding to support vital institutions in every part of the United Kingdom through that scheme,…24 Sept 2020HANSARDThe EconomyMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. He knows all too well what the businesses in his constituency need, which is support to get through this period of depressed demand. They need…24 Sept 2020HANSARDThe EconomyThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right about the importance of offshore wind to our economy. It is something that we have a global strategic competitive advantage in, and this…24 Sept 2020HANSARDThe EconomyI thank my hon. Friend, and I am glad that our initiatives have made such a difference on the ground to people in his constituency in protecting jobs, as I am sure they have…24 Sept 2020HANSARDThe EconomyThere is support in place for local authorities, through the NHS, for any response in areas of tightened restrictions, whether for community information or enhanced testing.…24 Sept 2020HANSARDThe EconomyI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question and for the conversations he has had with both me and the Prime Minister on the importance of supporting every part of our United…24 Sept 2020HANSARDThe EconomyThe hon. Lady is absolutely right: it is a tragedy that 700,000 people have already lost their jobs and many more will. Our focus should be, and is, on finding fresh, new…24 Sept 2020HANSARDThe EconomyThe eligibility conditions will remain as they are, with refinements to make sure that businesses are still trading over the winter and to recognise that they have suffered and…24 Sept 2020HANSARDThe EconomyI thank the hon. Lady for her comments. On the question of continued support for jobs, however, I had hoped that she would welcome strongly today’s measures, if for no other…24 Sept 2020HANSARDThe EconomyI think the hon. Lady is continuing to ask for an extension of the furlough scheme, but fundamentally I do not believe that that would be the right thing to do. At this stage of…24 Sept 2020HANSARDThe EconomyMy hon. Friend knows from his own business career the importance of cash flow, and he is absolutely right. He mentioned the almost 2,000 businesses in his constituency; on…24 Sept 2020HANSARDThe EconomyMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I am grateful to her for her instruction on the fiscal maths that we are grappling with! As we move our way through this crisis, the…24 Sept 2020HANSARDThe EconomyI am very happy to take up my hon. Friend’s invitation. She is right to highlight the very comprehensive support that we have put in place for the self-employed. Compared with…24 Sept 2020HANSARDThe EconomyI thank my right hon. Friend for his comments; I am sure he will see in much of what we have announced today some of the thinking in his latest report. I thank him and his…24 Sept 2020HANSARDThe EconomyOur response will continue to evolve as the circumstances demand. With respect to aviation, I have every sympathy for companies and employees in that sector; obviously, they have…24 Sept 2020HANSARDThe EconomyMy hon. Friend is right. I know that she has spent a lot of time focused on this issue, and businesses in her constituency are facing an especially hard time. I would be delighted…24 Sept 2020HANSARDThe EconomyI apologise to the hon. Gentleman; I will find his correspondence as soon as I can and get him the reply that he deserves. I do not think I disagree with him. It is right that we…24 Sept 2020HANSARDThe EconomyI welcome my right hon. Friend’s comments. He knows better than most what a difference our welfare system and, indeed, the Department for Work and Pensions and its phenomenal…24 Sept 2020HANSARDThe EconomyThank you for granting me permission to make this statement to the House, Mr Speaker. Earlier this week, the Prime Minister set out the next stage of the Government’s health…24 Sept 2020