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HANSARDEconomic UpdateI will not repeat my comments on an ever-extending furlough scheme. I do not think that that is the right thing to do. With regard to grants, we provided grants—£10,000 or…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI am very grateful to my hon. Friend for those comments, and he is absolutely right about how I have approached this. As I have said, for me, it is a question not just of…08 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 UpdateIt is a record to be proud of. We have cut carbon emissions by 40% in the last few years. We are now a world leader in offshore, wind, and, for the first time ever last year, we…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI sympathise with the hon. Member and agree that the best thing we can do to help these sectors is to get them to reopen. I know this is something that the Prime Minister and the…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateMy North Yorkshire constituents might have something to say about that, but I know how important tourism is to my hon. Friend’s constituency, similar to so many of our rural…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI thank my hon. Friend—and I have a feeling that might catch on—but that is exactly what we are trying to do. Through our green homes grants and through stamp duty cuts, we are…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right about the impact on young people. They are two and a half times more likely to work in a sector that has been closed down. She is right,…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateThe right hon. Lady knows this area well, and I enjoyed reading of and learning from some of the things she did at that time. In terms of a guarantee, what we have put in place is…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI know that my hon. Friend has been working very hard on behalf of his local businesses and young people, and I am glad that he welcomes today’s initiatives. He is right about…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI assure the hon. Lady that all relevant impact assessments are conducted at the time that they are required by legislation. As for the environmental impact, I gave a flavour of…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for his support. He is absolutely right; the research and the evidence lays bare the risk that young people face from scarring at this…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Just to clarify: the “eat out to help out” discount will not apply to alcohol, but 90-something per cent. of pubs serve food, so my hon. Friend…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateThe hon. Gentleman talks about seasonal businesses and whether they have or have not had support; he may have missed the fact that we have just cut VAT for those sectors from 20%…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. Those on the lowest incomes will receive grants of up to £10,000 to cover the full costs, but that is a policy that does all three things: it…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic 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 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 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 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 2020