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HANSARDEconomic UpdateThose numbers have been published. As I said, £4.6 billion is the total amount of Barnett funding that has been provided to Scotland throughout the crisis. The block grant…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI am grateful for the right hon. Gentleman’s support. Perhaps alongside the “eat out to help out” scheme, we can make progress on reopening our gyms, to deal with that side of 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 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 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 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 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 UpdateMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and the OECD agrees with her. We should not be peddling false hope to people. We should be providing a better future for them, and that is what…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateWe are investing an extra £1 billion in the DWP this year, specifically, among other things, to double the number of work coaches from 13,500. I am pleased to say that work has…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 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI know my colleague the Financial Secretary has been abreast of this issue for a while, and he has just reminded me that we have invested £37 million in debt advisory services…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateNo, I do not believe that now is the time, or ever would be the time, for a wealth tax. Now is the time to recognise the acute challenge that we face of unemployment and now is…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his very kind words. I am glad it will make a difference to his constituents, as I hope it will to communities up and down the country…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI am very happy to accept my hon. Friend’s invitation. He is absolutely right. The best way for us to provide opportunity for people is to give them the skills and the education…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateI commend and applaud all the efforts the Work and Pensions Secretary and her team are doing at the moment. Just for reference, they are doubling the number of work coaches and…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 UpdateProcedures are in place for any employee to talk to HMRC if they believe that they themselves have been the victim of fraud or that the company for which they work has not acted…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 2020HANSARDCoronavirus: EmploymentMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. No support scheme can substitute for safely reopening our economy. I enjoyed seeing his Facebook page with his tour of Sutton, Eastwood and…07 Jul 2020