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HANSARDCost of Energy: Support for FamiliesI assure the right hon. Gentleman that we are absolutely determined to ensure that support gets out to everyone in the United Kingdom as quickly as possible this Christmas. I am…15 Nov 2022HANSARDCost of Energy: Support for FamiliesI can reassure the hon. Gentleman that I have had extensive discussions with our excellent new Work and Pensions Secretary about how we support people on low incomes—precisely the…15 Nov 2022HANSARDCost of Energy: Support for FamiliesThere are all sorts of bigger reasons why we do not want to follow Labour’s plans, not least because they would bankrupt the economy. On the scheme to help people to insulate…15 Nov 2022HANSARDCost of Energy: Support for FamiliesI want to reassure the hon. Lady. My right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury spoke to John Swinney, the Scottish Finance Minister, yesterday. We are thinking very…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic StabilityInflation is the enemy of stability and this Government have acted decisively to bear down on it, including through the energy price guarantee, which will take up to 5% off the…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic StabilityMy hon. Friend is absolutely right; having run a business myself, I know that that certainty and stability is what gives the confidence to invest. I want to reassure him that what…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic StabilityI hear what the hon. Gentleman says. It is going to be a very difficult announcement on Thursday, because we are going to be asking everyone to contribute more. But we will be…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic StabilityMy hon. Friend will know that Margaret Thatcher said that there is nothing moral about spending money you do not have, precisely because of what my hon. Friend says: it passes the…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic StabilityWhat the public know is that unemployment is the lowest for nearly half a century under a Conservative Government.15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic StabilityI can absolutely give my right hon. Friend that confirmation. Indeed, I intend to meet a group of lenders later this month to discuss that very issue.15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic StabilityI can absolutely give the hon. Gentleman that undertaking. We must remember that, for those businesses, very often the most insidious taxes are those that they have to pay before…15 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic StabilityI did actually reverse most of those measures within three days of becoming Chancellor, so, among my many failings, the one thing I cannot be accused of doing is being slow to…15 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will be speaking for rather a long time on Thursday—15 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I start again and say that, subject to your agreement, Mr Speaker, I may be talking for rather a long time on Thursday, so I will be brief today? I will just say that, despite…15 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsOf course, there are lessons to be learned about the way those schemes were administered, but I am very proud that unemployment remains at a 50-year low because of the decisions…15 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is what Conservatives are all about so I am happy to give him that assurance. It is not just words; it is action: the halving of business rates for most retail, hospitality…15 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I say what a pleasure it is to do my first questions session with the right hon. Lady? I will very happily tell her about the international situation. Inflation is higher in…15 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe will have many exchanges, so I ask the hon. Lady, when she picks a statistic about next year’s growth, not to do so too selectively because this year, we have the fastest…15 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member had better listen to what we say on Thursday before she jumps to conclusions. We will approach the difficult situation that we face progressively. We will ask…15 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to point to the challenge of the past two years. Nationally, we are spending £140 billion more on energy. That is almost like supporting an…15 Nov 2022