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HANSARDCost of LivingOver the last two years, cost of living support has totalled £96 billion, or an average of £3,400 per household. As a result, living standards, which were predicted to fall 2%…07 May 2024HANSARDCost of LivingWe can absolutely do that. I thank my hon. Friend for pointing out that the biggest single thing we can do to help people with cost of living pressures is to bring down inflation.…07 May 2024HANSARDCost of LivingCould I suggest, if the hon. Member really thinks that inflation falling from 11% to 3.2% is little comfort to her constituents, that she might want to talk to a few more of them,…07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is why we need to build more houses. The hon. Lady will be reassured to know that we are building record numbers of houses—in fact, more in the last year than in any single…07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe shadow Chancellor often likes to ask what has improved over the past 14 years, so I thought I would update the House on some of the latest statistics about the British…07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf the hon. Lady is concerned about economic inequalities, she will be horrified to know that they were even worse under the last Labour Government. They have been reduced under…07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can confirm that we are very alive to cost of living pressures caused by fuel duty. In fact, we spent £6.4 billion freezing the duties on fuel, which will save the average…07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhich is why it is not our policy.07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf the right hon. Lady listened to my comments carefully, and I do not always give her credit for that, she would know that our policy is to abolish employees’ national insurance,…07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that the Government are taking this issue very seriously, and we completely understand that speed is of the essence. It is now only a…07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat I would say to those families is that the most damaging thing of all is to have inflation at 11%. Now we have reduced it to 3.2%, and indeed we expect it to go lower.…07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I say what a pleasure it is to be asked a question by my hon. Friend? I think this is the first time it has happened since he has been back. There is no more formidable a…07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right: violence reduction units reduce crime and save lives. I want to thank him, because he was one of the first colleagues who, ahead of the…07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman knows perfectly well that he has taken my comments out of context. I will tell him what is really out of touch: the shadow Chancellor saying it is not a big…07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. The hon. Lady may have misunderstood me. What I said was that economic inequality had fallen since the last Labour Government.07 May 2024HANSARDNotification of Contingent LiabilityThe independent Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England decided at its meeting ending on 3 February 2022 to reduce the stocks of UK Government bonds and sterling…30 Apr 2024HANSARDCreative IndustriesAt the spring Budget, the Government announced a package of tax reliefs for our world-leading creative industries worth £1 billion over the next five years, including a 40% relief…19 Mar 2024HANSARDCreative IndustriesNo one knows more about high-end TV than my hon. Friend. Whoever said that politics is showbusiness for ugly people was absolutely wrong in his case. I will take away what he says…19 Mar 2024HANSARDCreative IndustriesThat is a very tempting offer, and I will see whether my diary permits me to visit the hon. Gentleman in his constituency. I have not seen the film, but I have seen a film on a…19 Mar 2024HANSARDStrength of the EconomyThe economy is beginning to turn a corner after a series of unprecedented shocks. Inflation has more than halved, GDP grew in January and the economy is on a path to long-term…19 Mar 2024