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HANSARDCharter for Budget ResponsibilityToday I have laid before Parliament the Charter for Budget Responsibility. The charter sets out the new fiscal framework announced at autumn statement 2022 and codifies the…26 Jan 2023HANSARDAsset Purchase FacilityThe Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England (“the Bank”) decided at its meeting ending on 3 February 2022 to reduce the stocks of UK Government bonds and sterling…18 Jan 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Fiscal StepsBecause of these unprecedented and difficult times, the Government have chosen to make more than £100 billion of additional support available to families this winter and next…20 Dec 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Fiscal StepsI am very grateful that the hon. Lady asked that question. She is absolutely right; a number of businesses, charities and organisations such as care homes are extremely vulnerable…20 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Costs: Fiscal SupportMerry Christmas to you and your staff, Mr Speaker; as your fourth Chancellor of the year, I sincerely hope that I am here this time next year to wish you merry Christmas as well.…20 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Costs: Fiscal SupportWe have announced a package of support for businesses this winter worth nearly £20 billion; it will help businesses throughout the United Kingdom, including in Scotland. It…20 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Costs: Fiscal SupportI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that issue. There are 4.1 million people across the country on prepayment meters, and the Ofgem energy price cap covers all prepayment meter…20 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Costs: Fiscal SupportI am grateful to the hon. Lady for asking that question because I have a number of park home residents in my constituency. The answer is that they can apply online for that…20 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Costs: Fiscal SupportWe have reaffirmed our commitment to help hard-pressed families this winter with support for energy bills. We have introduced a range of measures to help those families, including…20 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Costs: Fiscal SupportI am grateful to my hon. Friend for standing up for businesses and charities in Warrington, as he always does so ably. As he knows, this winter the energy business relief scheme…20 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is right about the importance of retention. That is why we are pleased to have 32,000 more nursing staff than at the start of the Parliament, which takes us some way…20 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Costs: Fiscal SupportI wish my hon. Friend and all members of the Treasury Committee a merry Christmas. I have read a summary of their report, but I have saved the entire document for my Christmas…20 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy Christmas wish for the economy is that 2023 is the year when we bring down inflation, and that means staying the course outlined in the autumn statement and giving people as…20 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI enjoyed working with the hon. Gentleman on the Select Committee. One thing that we both said needed to happen was to have an independently reviewed workforce plan for the NHS,…20 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend always asks important and challenging questions. I do not agree with the way forward that he has outlined, but Ken Clarke revolutionised our education system…20 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can absolutely confirm that the House will not have to wait very long for that announcement—and yes, it will have a chance to scrutinise the announcement in detail.20 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe will certainly do that. I know that the 75% discount we announced for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses will make an enormous difference to businesses in Gloucester,…20 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very proud of the fact that, having inherited an economy that was bankrupted by the hon. Lady’s party, we have given it one of the strongest growth rates in the developed…20 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsFirst of all, may I wish the shadow Chancellor, the right hon. Member for Leeds West (Rachel Reeves), a merry Christmas in her absence and a speedy recovery from the lurgy that I…20 Dec 2022HANSARDOBR Forecast: Spring BudgetToday I can inform the House that I have asked the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to prepare a forecast for 15 March 2023 to accompany a spring Budget. This forecast, in…19 Dec 2022