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HANSARDEconomic Growth: YorkshireWe are seeing mayors across the country driving their regions’ economic strategy, including great mayors like Ben Houchen in the Tees Valley and Andy Street in the West Midlands.…29 Jan 2019HANSARDEconomic Growth: YorkshireThrough our productivity plan, we are investing more in the skills base in all parts of the country, whether that be through apprenticeships, the national retraining scheme or…29 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is incorrect. Over the course of this Parliament, infrastructure spending will be highest in the north of England—higher than in London, higher than in the…29 Jan 2019HANSARDNew Business CreationThe Government are making a range of plans to support businesses in the event of all Brexit outcomes. For example, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs is increasing its guidance to…29 Jan 2019HANSARDNew Business CreationWe have taken action already to ensure that banks, including Santander, work more closely with post offices, so that there are always banking services available in all parts of…29 Jan 2019HANSARDNew Business CreationI concur with everything my right hon. Friend has said. This is of course a country of entrepreneurs. All our most recent statistics have shown that the UK is attracting…29 Jan 2019HANSARDNew Business CreationI would be very happy to meet the hon. Lady. We are continually pressing the Payment Systems Regulator and the LINK organisation, which manages the ATM network, to ensure a good…29 Jan 2019HANSARDEconomic Growth: YorkshireMy hon. Friend and I have discussed the Shipley eastern bypass on several occasions. We have put a record amount of money into our strategic roads network. By hypothecating…29 Jan 2019HANSARDEconomic Growth: YorkshireMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government is reviewing the proposals of the One Yorkshire consortium. It is our priority—I think it…29 Jan 2019HANSARDEconomic Growth: YorkshireThere are 200,000 more people in employment in Yorkshire and the Humber today than in 2010. Unemployment has fallen by over 45%, and it is currently the second fastest growing…29 Jan 2019HANSARDNew Business CreationWe do agree with that. All the evidence suggests that small businesses would benefit from better quality advice across a range of areas. Recently in the Budget, we have supported…29 Jan 2019HANSARD Balanced Budget RuleI will not comment on the previous Chancellor, but he came into office to restore our public finances.23 Jan 2019HANSARD Balanced Budget RuleAs we have already heard today, a great deal of progress has been made in that respect. Of course there is more to do, but we have to recognise the considerable progress that we…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Balanced Budget RuleOf course there was a macroeconomic shock in 2008, but what I think the hon. Gentleman is asking is whether the then Government had prepared for that shock. Of course they had…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Balanced Budget RuleThe hon. Gentleman was not here for the debate—he has come at the last minute—but I am happy to give way.23 Jan 2019HANSARD Balanced Budget RuleNo, I do not accept that for one minute. It is exactly as a result of this Government’s fiscal responsibility in that period that the public finances have now improved,…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Balanced Budget RuleThank you, Mr McCabe—it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. When I saw that so few colleagues from both sides of the House had attended this debate, I thought that my…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Balanced Budget RuleThe hon. Gentleman rather makes the point that my hon. Friend the Member for Cheltenham (Alex Chalk) made. He cannot have it both ways. Either the hon. Gentleman supports debt…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Balanced Budget RuleI will give way one last time, but then I must make progress.23 Jan 2019HANSARD Balanced Budget RuleI have tried to answer. We are meeting our fiscal rules, as the OBR states—in fact, we are meeting them three years early. That has given us room in the Budget to invest at record…23 Jan 2019