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HANSARD Autumn StatementI am very happy to confirm both those points. I have park homes in my own constituency.17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementI thank my right hon. Friend—I always listen very carefully to what he says because of his enormous experience in economic posts in Government and in spending posts. The reason…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementWhat I can tell the hon. Gentleman is that families in the UK, including families in Scotland and in his own constituency, will get an enormous amount of help this year and next,…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementWe may have political disagreements on the Union, but I hope the hon. Gentleman will welcome the fact that we have made enormous progress with our national living wage. Today’s…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementThere is no more formidable advocate for big nuclear investment on Ynys Môn than my hon. Friend. Indeed, when I went on a family holiday to Ynys Môn this summer, she tried to…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementIt was a tough choice to increase taxes by £25 billion, largely for the well-off, so that we could find more money for schools in the hon. Lady’s constituency.17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementAs ever, my right hon. Friend speaks very wisely. Today’s statement was long, and I did not have time to go into the details, but my right hon. Friend the Business Secretary will…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementThe hon. Gentleman may have heard me say that we are going to have an independently verified long-term workforce plan to ensure that we are training enough doctors and nurses in…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementI reassure the hon. Gentleman that the business support for companies this winter is happening. There is no waiting until Christmas; it is happening now and we have made that…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementThe first part of what the hon. Member said is broadly correct. There will be a very big fall— [ Interruption. ] Would Members like me to answer the question or not? There will be…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementWe always keep our funding formula under review, but I am absolutely certain that the person whom the hon. Lady has quoted will have welcomed the fact that there was a £4.7…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementWe have announced a lot of measures to help people on low incomes. Anyone in receipt of means- tested benefits will receive £900 to help them with the cost of living, along with…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementWe are reducing the bank surcharge because we are increasing corporation tax from 19% to 25%, so banks are contributing to our having more money for the NHS and schools in the…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementI do not accept that for one second, because these are terrible tragedies on which we have acted very quickly, with support worth £62 billion this year to help families deal with…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementIt feels as though the hon. Lady might have written that question before she heard the statement and not changed it. We talked about a £4.7 billion increase in the social care…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementMy right hon. Friend always speaks wisely on these issues. I think that if we are going to go to the British people as a party that can deliver a plan for our economy, they need…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementMy hon. Friend is a brilliant MP for Gloucester. I do not want to pre-empt what the independently verified workforce review will say, but we will need all the places that are now…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementMy right hon. Friend understands this extremely well, and he has done very good work with his Committee. This is a national ambition, which means that the Government and every…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementWhat represents the strength of the Union is £4 billion being spent to build the new frigates in Scotland and £4 billion being spent to support Scottish families with the cost of…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementThe hon. Lady makes an important point. I am in constant discussion with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities about the importance of housing policy…17 Nov 2022