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HANSARDAutumn 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 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 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 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 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementMy hon. Friend is a big expert on education and I always listen to what he says. He is right to say that the average teacher will see an increase of £630 in their take-home pay…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 congratulate my right hon. Friend on his sterling work as a Minister. When it comes to pollution in the River Wye, he will know that the Government have made changes requiring…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementYes, there will.22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementThe UK Government will continue to do everything we can to support the restoration of power sharing in the Province. All I will say is that the Treasury is actively involved in…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 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 think the hon. Gentleman prepared his comments for the autumn statement that he wanted me to deliver, rather than the one that I actually delivered. For example, he complained…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementI thank the Father of the House for his comments, and I will look into the issue of overseas pensioners as he requested. If I may, I will write to him, but I am also happy to talk…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementI thank my hon. Friend, who speaks very wisely about the economy as Chair of the Treasury Committee. The OBR is very specific about that. It says that the measures I take today…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementI have never hidden the fact that we took difficult decisions a year ago, such as freezing the thresholds, in order to get borrowing under control and in order to tackle…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementI come today with good news: it is my wife’s birthday and, unlike me, she is looking younger every year. I turn to the statement. After a global pandemic and energy crisis, we…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementLet me gently remind the hon. Gentleman that business investment has grown by more since 2010 than it grew under the Labour Government; we have the second highest growth in the…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementThe hon. Gentleman is omitting the fact that in the autumn statement a year ago, when I was having to make big cuts in public spending going forward, I found an increase of £4.7…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementMy understanding is that this will apply to Wales in exactly the same way as it applies to the rest of the UK. As for how we do this, we need to work out the most sensible,…22 Nov 2023