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HANSARDEconomic UpdateI have said before that this is a matter of social justice. It is precisely because the people who work in the sectors most affected are disproportionately younger, from BAME…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateWhen it comes to capital investment, it is important to put in context what our existing budgets were for this year. I announced £88 billion at the Budget for this year. That…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend for his kind support and also for his advice. He is of course absolutely right, and I hope that he was heartened by what he heard me say in the…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI wholeheartedly agree with my right hon. Friend. He is absolutely right: these interventions are specific to the moment that we face now. They provide support for young people at…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI stood here in March saying I knew people were worried, and I know they are worried still. We have taken decisive action to protect our economy, but people are anxious about…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is important that we provide as many opportunities for young people as possible. One thing we want to improve and build on is the…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI thank the hon. Lady for her questions. I will run through them as quickly as I can. She asked about the block grant adjustment. The OBR will do final costings for these policies…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s support and am happy to talk to him about the matter that has raised. I agree with him that there must be a green recovery—something he has…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateThe right hon. Gentleman asked about the self-employed; he will know that our self-employment scheme is without doubt one of the most comprehensive and generous—if not the most…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI pay tribute to the work my hon. Friend does in this area. She is absolutely right that we must tackle corruption and fraud in procurement. It costs billions, if not tens of…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateMy hon. Friend the Economic Secretary is in close contact with the banking sector and deserves enormous credit for the measures he has put in place to show forbearance to people…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateOn the basis of the medical advice, it has been determined that the shielding population can return to work safely after the end of the month. That is already clear and has been…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is, in the long term, the market economy that will provide the growth and prosperity we need. It will provide the jobs that we need, but it…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateIn the Budget, we announced about £1 billion in support for low-emission vehicles in various different ways, including a £400-million charging infrastructure fund to spread the…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI remember that when I had the Chief Secretary’s job we discussed this very topic, and my hon. Friend is right to keep highlighting it. What I can tell him is that, as the Chief…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The analysis published today shows that we have reduced the scale of losses for working households by up to two-thirds in general, but the…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 UpdateThank you—I think—to my right hon. Friend. I share his passion for getting our campsites open. I hope that an extra incentive today will be the cut in VAT, from 20% to 5%, which…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 UpdateMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is one thing to sit here and approve budgets for things; it is more important that we get on and actually deliver them. We need to make sure…08 Jul 2020