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HANSARDCovid-19: Economic SupportThe Government have taken unprecedented steps to keep as many people as possible in their existing jobs, support viable businesses to stay afloat and protect the incomes of the…07 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: young people are more likely than not to work in affected sectors and more likely than others to be furloughed, and we know from all the…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCoronavirus: EmploymentThose who call for a sector-specific approach are not always able to articulate exactly how they would define those sectors and also the supply chains that they serve. The most…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economic SupportI have said previously that, although we have not been able to help everyone in exactly the way that they would have liked, I am confident that the breadth and scale of the…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCoronavirus: EmploymentThe most important thing for all these sectors is for them to be safely reopened. That is why I am delighted that last weekend we were able to meet the target set out in our…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economic SupportI am delighted that my right hon. Friend has raised this issue with me, and of course we will look into it very quickly.07 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economic SupportEveryone in this country has benefited one way or another from what we have been able to do. Although people have not been able to be helped in exactly the way they would have…07 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis is not about picking winners or losers. This is about protecting people’s health, and where it is incumbent on the Government to step in and make sure that we can protect…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economic SupportMy right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury is in constant dialogue with his counterpart, the Finance Minister in Scotland, on these issues, but the people of…07 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am not quite sure that is right. In reality, the future jobs fund was around £1 billion. We announced yesterday the £2 billion green home grant to provide home efficiency…07 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 2020HANSARDCoronavirus: EmploymentThe hon. Lady mentioned plans from other countries. It is worth bearing in mind that those plans relate to spending commitments over many years and are actually better compared…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCoronavirus: EmploymentSome 95% of those who are majority self-employed are able to benefit from the self-employment scheme. In its design, its duration, the breadth of its coverage and the generosity…07 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI agree with the hon. Member about the importance of post-16 education and further education, which is why I was delighted to announce in the Budget a £400 million increase in…07 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI wholeheartedly agree with my right hon. Friend that we should put reaching our net zero commitments at the heart of our recovery. He will have heard our recent announcement…07 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am glad that the announcement we made yesterday was warmly welcomed across the cultural sector, by institutions large and small. I can assure the hon. Lady that the support…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCoronavirus: EmploymentThe interventions in France and Germany related to specific companies, so it obviously would not be appropriate for me to comment on those in this place at this time. The support…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCoronavirus: EmploymentThose in the creative arts, like others, can benefit from the self-employment scheme and other interventions that we have put in place, but it is important to know what happened…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCoronavirus: EmploymentThrough the coronavirus job retention scheme and the self-employment income support scheme, the Government have protected 9.4 million jobs and supported the incomes of 2.7 million…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economic SupportOn the job retention scheme, our policy is clear. We have extended the scheme all the way through to the autumn, at which point it winds down gradually and in a way that asks for…07 Jul 2020