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HANSARDBrexit: Economic ImpactI welcome the hon. Gentleman to his position. His constituency predecessor served as a Minister in the Treasury—whatever greatness the hon. Gentleman goes on to, I am sure he will…05 Sept 2023HANSARDBrexit: Economic ImpactI gently say to the hon. Lady, who I have a lot of time for, that the last thing business wants is the upheaval of a huge renegotiation of our trading arrangement with the EU,…05 Sept 2023HANSARDBrexit: Economic ImpactI thank my right hon. Friend for her question. Thanks to the excellent work of the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, we have repealed 100 EU rules and regulations in the…05 Sept 2023HANSARDBrexit: Economic ImpactNo one knows more about regulatory reform than my right hon. Friend, who wrote an excellent booklet on it. We look at that booklet ahead of every fiscal event, be it autumn…05 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI agree with what my hon. Friend says. The Bank of England itself has said there were problems with its inflation forecasting. It is learning the lessons from that and we must…05 Sept 2023HANSARDBrexit: Economic ImpactMay I gently say to the hon. Lady that this country has actually grown faster than France or Germany since we left the single market? This is a bit of a smokescreen for the SNP’s…05 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am absolutely happy to do that, and I agree with my right hon. Friend about the enormous potential of those areas.05 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are always ferociously determined to recover money obtained through fraud, but because of those bounce back loans we have the fastest recovery of any major European country.05 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs a Conservative, I want to bring taxes down as soon as we can afford to do so, and I am very proud that for the first time ever people can earn £1,000 a month without paying a…05 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise that issue. I actually had a breakfast with clean energy industry representatives this morning to discuss their concerns. There is a…05 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is very simply this: since 2010, we have become the strongest economy in Europe in film and television, life sciences and technology, and the opportunities are great with a…05 Sept 2023HANSARDBrexit: Economic ImpactNo, but of course we are sensitive about the timing of introducing those changes because of cost of living pressures. I am sad to have seen, since we last met in the House, the…05 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsCapital spending at the Department for Education went up 16% in real terms in that review. Is the difference not that, with the fastest recovery in Europe, the Conservatives build…05 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsLet me start by reassuring the right hon. Lady that the vast majority of pupils in the 156 schools affected are at school normally, and we are acting fast to minimise the impact…05 Sept 2023HANSARDBrexit: Economic ImpactGood morning, Mr Speaker. Brexit was a choice made by the British people and it remains a big opportunity for the economy. Rather than relitigating that debate, this Government…05 Sept 2023HANSARDConsultation on tax incentives for occupational healthThe Government are consulting on the case for further support through the tax system to encourage greater employer provision of occupational health services, as a means of…20 Jul 2023HANSARDFiscal Risks and Sustainability Report 2023The Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) Fiscal Risks and Sustainability Report (FRS) [CP 870] has been laid today. It examines three main risks to the public finances through…13 Jul 2023HANSARDFinancial Services ReformsOn 10 July 2023, I set out in a speech at Mansion House the Government’s progress in delivering a financial services sector that is globally competitive, while retaining our…11 Jul 2023HANSARDMortgage CharterThe right hon. Lady is absolutely right. It is taking too long for the increases in interest rates to be passed on to savers, particularly with instant access accounts. The rates…26 Jun 2023HANSARDMortgage CharterI do not have any private forecasts that I have not shared with the House. What I can say is that about 0.9% of families with mortgages are currently in arrears, and that is…26 Jun 2023