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HANSARDAnglesey Freeport: North Wales EconomyI am happy to join my hon. Friend in thanking all those involved in promoting the Anglesey freeport, which we think may create 5,500 jobs. We are working closely with the Welsh…19 Dec 2023HANSARDAnglesey Freeport: North Wales EconomyI would be happy to ask one of my colleagues to meet the hon. Gentleman to discuss why freeports are not appropriate in his part of Leicestershire.19 Dec 2023HANSARDReducing TaxesI thank my right hon. Friend for her question. She will know that 70% of trading businesses only pay the lower corporation tax rate of 19%. That covers the vast majority of small…19 Dec 2023HANSARDAnglesey Freeport: North Wales EconomyMerry Christmas, Mr Speaker. Today is the funeral of former Chancellor Lord Darling, and if I may, I will make some comments about that in my topicals statement. Anglesey freeport…19 Dec 2023HANSARDReducing TaxesWhat I can confirm is that, as a result of the measures I took in the autumn statement, it will be lower at the end of the scorecard period than it would otherwise have been, and…19 Dec 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. High inflation is destabilising for an economy: it stops businesses investing, it stops families spending, and it causes misery to people…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementWhat I can confirm is that after today’s measures we will have the lowest income tax burden for someone on average pay in the G7—lower than Japan, America, France, Germany, Italy…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementIt is not celebrating that has halved inflation from 11.1% a year ago; it is hard work and difficult decisions, which unfortunately were mainly opposed by Labour.22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementI commit to my right hon. Friend that I will not just continue to engage with the sector, but continue to enjoy the odd glass of Penderyn, which is my favourite whisky.22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementThe shadow Chancellor cannot hear these things too many times. She loves copying and pasting our policies, and there is another that she could merrily get copying and pasting.…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementI have had many discussions with my hon. Friend on this issue and he is absolutely right. There is a danger with over-zealous regulation that people are focused more on cost than…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementHaving only just delivered the autumn statement I do not want to pre-empt what might be in the spring Budget, but there will be another fiscal event before the end of the…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementI am happy to discuss that matter with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. I recognise that the hon. Lady has campaigned on the issue sincerely for some time. I will…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementWe are obviously monitoring the situation extremely carefully, but it is our priority to support the oil and gas and refinery industries. We have made some big changes to do that,…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementI could not agree more with my hon. Friend. The whole purpose of our approach is to make it easier for people who are prepared to take risks to work hard, and no one exemplifies…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementI reassure my hon. Friend that we want to do everything possible to make our tourism and retail industry competitive. We want to encourage international visitors. We changed…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementI can confirm that for reserved matters there obviously would not be Barnett consequentials, but where matters are not reserved, there would be consequentials. Our priority in…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementWhat the Prime Minister wanted to do then is what he has delivered as Prime Minister, which was to find a way to deliver extra funding to the NHS. What we as Conservatives believe…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementI thought my right hon. Friend might ask a question of that ilk. I would gently say to him that not just the OBR found that its forecasts were wrong; nearly every commentator as…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementI know that the hon. Lady would not ask me to comment on an individual case, but I say to her that what we are introducing is not workfare; it is support to help people into work.…22 Nov 2023