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HANSARDFood InflationI think £94 billion of support to help families up and down the country, including with food prices and energy prices, is a rather different answer from saying that we are doing…14 Nov 2023HANSARDEconomic GrowthThe first big infrastructure decision that I took was on nuclear, when I assigned £700 million to Sizewell C. I completely agree with the hon. Member about the potential of SMR.…14 Nov 2023HANSARDPension Scheme InvestmentIn my speech at Mansion House in July, I announced reforms to boost pensions, increase investment in UK businesses, and improve UK capital market competitiveness. Those reforms…14 Nov 2023HANSARDEconomic GrowthOur policies are increasing economic growth, as the Office for Budget Responsibility confirmed following last year’s autumn statement and the spring Budget, but the only way to…14 Nov 2023HANSARDPension Scheme InvestmentI thank my hon. Friend for his interest in this issue—of course, he has great experience of local government. Working with the former Economic Secretary to the Treasury, my hon.…14 Nov 2023HANSARDFood InflationMy hon. Friend is right to say that our food industry is very important to food security. We need to keep the priorities constantly under review. Nature is a very important part…14 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be happy to do that. The hon. Gentleman is right: if we are to grow faster as an economy, the other side of the coin is we that need to save more, and we should be…14 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for raising the support we give to small businesses. As he will know, supporting small businesses, particularly by rolling over the retail, hospitality and…14 Nov 2023HANSARDEconomic GrowthI do not accept that we are not an extremely attractive place. We have third largest renewables sector in Europe and are the largest European provider of offshore wind. Can we do…14 Nov 2023HANSARDEconomic GrowthI remind the hon. Gentleman of what the OBR actually said about the spring Budget: “the overall impact on GDP is around 0.2 per cent in 2027-28. This is the largest upward…14 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome my hon. Friend’s expertise in this area, which is of great benefit to the House and to me as I consider fiscal measures. As we are so close to the autumn statement, I…14 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend the Member for Salisbury (John Glen) did an excellent job and we all salute his brilliant work. If he were here now, he would remind the hon. Gentleman that…14 Nov 2023HANSARDEconomic GrowthAs the hon. Member might have heard if she had been at oral questions, we are acting on this and have been consulting on a solution since March this year—I started that at the…14 Nov 2023HANSARDEconomic GrowthIt might help the hon. Gentleman if I tell him some of the facts on infrastructure. Since we made some reforms to the asset pooling framework in 2015, UK and global infrastructure…14 Nov 2023HANSARDEconomic GrowthIt is an honour to speak in the first King’s Speech debate for more than 70 years. Her late Majesty was a figure of grace and continuity, and we now look forward to His Majesty…14 Nov 2023HANSARDEconomic GrowthMy hon. Friend has talked to me consistently and powerfully since I became Chancellor about the issues facing the steel industry. She is a strong advocate for her constituents. It…14 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI shall be happy to look into that issue in detail and get back to my hon. Friend.14 Nov 2023HANSARDFood InflationThe lesson I have learned is straightforward: if we had not reduced the deficit by 80% between 2010 and the start of the pandemic, we would not have been able to help families…14 Nov 2023HANSARDFood InflationThe hon. Lady is absolutely right to draw attention to the pressures on families caused by very high food inflation in a number of areas, but I can tell her that the Competition…14 Nov 2023HANSARDFood InflationUK food inflation has been driven largely by global factors and has already fallen from 19.6% to 12.3%, and external forecasts expect it to continue to fall.14 Nov 2023