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HANSARD Autumn StatementI have enormous respect for the right hon. Lady, but I do not think that those comments really did her justice. These were £11 billion of spending increases for the NHS and…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementI welcome my hon. Friend to her chairmanship of the Select Committee; I know she will do a brilliant job. She makes an important point. It is essential that we work hand in glove…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementI thank the hon. Lady for her comments. She is complaining about economic instability damaging business in Scotland, but she supports the most destabilising policy of all:…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementMy right hon. Friend is an immensely experienced colleague. She is right to point out that there is always inaccuracy in any forecast, and there is always variation from fiscal…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementYes. The hon. Member said it was at the doorstep of No. 10. I think that is to ignore the reality staring him in the face.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 StatementThose are details—within the structures we have, we give schools a lot of autonomy as to how they spend their budgets—but I am happy to write to my hon. Friend on those specific…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 StatementBecause of the way the Barnett consequentials work, this is a cash amount that the Welsh Government will receive, but if they do what the English Government are doing with schools…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right to focus on this issue, because every 1% increase in interest rates is about £850 more on the average mortgage, so it is hugely important…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementI will happily look into that issue and write to the hon. Member. She will know that one of the growth industries that I identified was advanced manufacturing. There is much that…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementWhat I can confirm is that people on universal credit will see an inflation uplift that will be worth about £600 to the average family; people on benefits will receive £900 of…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementMy hon. Friend has campaigned hard for East West Rail and I am happy to confirm that, as a result of the difficult decisions that we have taken today in the round, it will…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementI do not deny for one second that Brexit will be a change in our economic model, but whether we make a success of it is up to us. This Government will make a success of it and…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementMy hon. Friend was an extraordinary advocate for Medway Hospital when I was Health Secretary. That is continuing, and rightly so. I will take away what he says. I am not sure…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementI confirm that what the hon. Gentleman said is wrong. The plans I announced today show that we are protecting public spending in real terms over the next five years.17 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsLord Deben speaks extremely wisely on environmental and climate change issues, and we would always take what he says with the utmost seriousness.15 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsLet me just say to my right hon. Friend that he and I both agree on the vital responsibility of any Government to defend their shores and their peoples, and we are committed to…15 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAbsolutely. I say to my right hon. Friend that it is the good voters of middle England who want us to be a country that pays its way, that does not borrow at the expense of future…15 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI always listen very carefully to anything that Sir John Major says. I know that he took difficult decisions that put the economy in excellent shape. The one thing that I do not…15 Nov 2022