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HANSARDEU Single Market Access: Manufacturing and the EconomyThe hon. Lady talks about the importance of manufacturing. Since the change in Government in 2010, we have seen 58% growth in auto manufacturing and 22% growth in aerospace…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI understand my hon. Friend’s concerns and he is right to raise this. He will be pleased that Highways England is conducting a supplementary consultation on the lower Thames…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI congratulate my right hon. Friend on being elected as the Chair of the Treasury Committee. I look forward to working with him and to the scrutiny that he will provide, as he is…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsOf course I will keep that in mind. I assure the hon. Gentleman that the Government are absolutely committed to spreading opportunity throughout the country—throughout each of the…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI assure the hon. Gentleman that we are working closely with the fishing industry, including salmon producers, to make sure that as we put in place our new free trade agreement,…11 Feb 2020HANSARDProductivityI thank my hon. Friend for all the work that he has done to put the UK at the forefront of the fourth industrial revolution. He is right to raise the importance of research and…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI remember that not long ago the shadow Chancellor stood here and said that he wanted to be known as the “people’s Chancellor”. I think the people had a very different idea,…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, I agree with my hon. Friend. Equivalence arrangements, done properly, would require a period of stability to be agreed, and that is exactly what we are working on with our…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can absolutely confirm that to my right hon. Friend. We are blessed with talent throughout our country. Wherever we look, we have talent. Our country is oozing with talent, and…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to raise this matter. The Government have already put in place the gigabit broadband voucher scheme and the rural gigabit connectivity scheme, which is…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have ended the uncertainty over our departure from the European Union, and we stand at the beginning of a new chapter. I know that the future is bright as we level up our…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWith respect, I think the hon. Gentleman is confusing cutting spending and tackling waste, and we know that the previous Labour Government was good at neither of those, with…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can tell the right hon. Gentleman that the announcement today was of £5 billion of fresh funding for local transport—buses and cycling. When it comes to cycling—something we all…11 Feb 2020HANSARDEU Single Market Access: Manufacturing and the EconomyWe want a relationship with the EU that is based on friendly co-operation between sovereign equals and is centred on free trade. The economy has grown every year since 2010.…11 Feb 2020HANSARDEU Single Market Access: Manufacturing and the EconomyI can assure the hon. Gentleman that we are working very closely with individual businesses and their representative groups. The one thing they have certainly welcomed in the past…11 Feb 2020HANSARDEU Single Market Access: Manufacturing and the EconomyThe hon. Gentleman needs to get his facts right. The EU has not ruled out equivalence. Indeed, it agreed in the political declaration to work at speed on an equivalence decision…11 Feb 2020HANSARDEU Single Market Access: Manufacturing and the EconomyThe hon. Lady will know that growth would have been hit by the uncertainty created in this Parliament before the general election. Since the general election, confidence is back…11 Feb 2020HANSARDECOFIN: 21 January 2020A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) Council was held in Brussels on 21 January 2020. The Council discussed the following: Early m orning s ession The…30 Jan 2020HANSARDECOFINA meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) Council will be held in Brussels on 21 January 2020. The Council will discuss the following: Early morning session The…21 Jan 2020HANSARDEconomy and JobsWe have a review into how net zero will be achieved by 2050, and when we publish it the hon. Gentleman will see exactly how we are going to achieve that. As well as securing our…20 Jan 2020