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HANSARDEconomic UpdateAnother of the promises I now vainly wish I had not made in the summer as to policies we should do is a fundamental review of business rates, so I have a great deal of sympathy…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateMr Speaker, the central responsibility of any Government is to do what is necessary for economic stability. Behind the decisions we take and the issues on which we vote are jobs…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateI will provide further details on how alcohol duty rates will be uprated shortly. Secondly, the Government are currently committed to cutting the basic rate of income tax to 19%…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateI thank the hon. Lady for her questions, and I am sorry that, given the speed with which things moved at the weekend, I have not had time to sit down with her one to one as would…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend, who in recent weeks has spoken wisely about the difficult issues that we face. I can absolutely give him that assurance. I want, to be frank, to…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateBecause the policy did not work, and we will get more tax from rich bankers with the policy that we now have.17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateI am absolutely committed to protecting our green spaces and boosting biodiversity, but I also think it is important to look at environmental regulations to see if they can be…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateI will.17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateMy hon. Friend has actually answered the previous question much better than I did—the answer is yes.17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateI am very aware of how many vulnerable pensioners there are, and of the importance of the triple lock. As I said earlier, I am not making any commitments on any individual policy…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateI have listened carefully to what the hon. Gentleman has said, as I did to my right hon. Friend the Member for Forest of Dean (Mr Harper), and we will certainly look carefully at…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateIt is a pleasure to exchange comments with the hon. Lady and I look forward to working with her closely in the months ahead. I remind her that this Conservative Government are…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateI will publish the economic forecasts from the OBR when I make my statement in a fortnight’s time. I think it is better for me to wait until I hear that. The proper answer to my…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateI have a great deal of respect for the campaigning the right hon. Lady has done over many years against people illicitly hiding wealth and not paying their share of tax. I totally…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateYes and yes.17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateLet me tell the right hon. Gentleman that I am not against the principle of taxing profits that are genuine windfalls, but as he will know well, the energy industry is very…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateI absolutely want to give my right hon. Friend that reassurance and I thank him, as someone who has enormous experience of how the City works, for the advice that he gave me over…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateWe have an absolute responsibility as a Government to do everything we can to hold increases in mortgage rates down as much as is possible, insofar as the Government have an…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateAs my hon. Friend will know—sorry; my voice is a bit croaky at the moment, because I have probably been talking too much over the last few days—there are very important projects…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateThe right hon. Gentleman asks a very important question. I remind him that what I have announced today has been very largely the cancellation of planned tax cuts, rather than…17 Oct 2022