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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to highlight the importance of the aerospace industry to our economy. It is, in common with aerospace industries across the globe,…15 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Manufacturing and exports, especially from the west midlands and the Black Country, will play a key part in driving our recovery. I am pleased…15 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis Government’s comprehensive and generous package of support in response to the coronavirus has protected millions of livelihoods and supported hundreds of thousands of…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Job Support SchemesI hear what the hon. Lady says and will certainly reflect on it. I refer her to my response to the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge (Miriam…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Fiscal SupportThe hon. Lady claims that it was woefully inadequate; the VAT reduction was the single biggest ask from the UK hospitality industry. Not only was that delivered, but it was…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Fiscal SupportThe hon. Lady mentions hospitality and tourism, which is an industry disproportionately represented in Scotland. That is why the Government took steps in the summer to support the…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Fiscal SupportAs ever, I am grateful for the advice from my right hon. Friend. He is right: businesses do need support, which is why many of the interventions that we have put in place—for…15 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government and I remain committed to getting a deal, and will continue to engage constructively with our European partners in pursuit of that aim. With regard to funding for…15 Sept 2020HANSARDOffice for Budget Responsibility: Economic and Fiscal ForecastToday I can inform the House that I have asked the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to prepare an economic and fiscal forecast to be published in mid to late November.…11 Sept 2020HANSARDOBR 2020 Fiscal Sustainability Report and response to OBR 2019 Fiscal Risks ReportToday’s publication of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) 2020 Fiscal Sustainability Report (FSR) fulfils the OBR’s legal obligation to publish an analysis of the…14 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateThe right hon. Member is right to highlight the important work that Leeds council does. Having spent some time there, seeing how they do early intervention in children’s services…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We cannot afford to lose this generation; they cannot be the generation that is defined and scarred by coronavirus. That is why, as he rightly…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateScotland has benefited extraordinarily from the interventions that this Government have put in place during this crisis. I talked earlier about the Barnett consequentials and the…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateThe good news is that we already have. The Prime Minister announced it, and I talked about it at the Budget: the affordable homes programme will increase from £9 billion to £12…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI thank my hon. Friend for her support. She has spent a lot of time in this place championing the futures of young people. I am pleased to tell her that the kick-start scheme will…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateMy right hon. Friend is right about the difficulties facing the aviation and aerospace industries, and of course I will keep them very much uppermost in my mind as we go through…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateThe right hon. Gentleman will know that during the transition period this year we are still constrained, but he can rest assured that from next year, when we have our full…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateMy right hon. Friend knows this subject particularly well, so I am grateful to him for his comments. He makes two very interesting suggestions and I look forward to discussing…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateMy hon. Friend knows well how important tourism is to Wales’s economy. In fact, it may well be more reliant on tourism than any other part of the UK, from memory, so I fully…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateThere are a few remaining closed sectors, and I agree with the hon. Lady that it is absolutely right that we get those open. Indeed, the Prime Minister has said recently that that…08 Jul 2020