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HANSARDEngagementsThe vast majority of the families we helped in the Budget are in work. Three quarters of children in poverty are in working families. The Conservatives’ policy of nearly 10 years…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising this, and I am delighted that her constituency will benefit from one of the 250 new centres. Neighbourhood health centres will provide simpler,…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Gentleman raises an important point; let me address it. At the heart of this issue is that temporary business rate relief was put in by the last Government during the…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe put in place a strategy for small businesses, which was broadly welcomed by small businesses, because they contributed to it. That involves some of the key asks they made of…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsWhat the right hon. Lady does not understand is that picking up a £16 billion tab for the Conservatives’ failure is not a good starting point for any Budget. The OBR said…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsLast year, the Conservatives left us with a £22 billion black hole. This year, at the beginning of the process, the OBR did a productivity review on their record in office, and…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising that. I was in his constituency just the other week, and we could see the impact that this measure would have on children in Peterborough where,…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsCan I first join the Leader of the Opposition in her comments about Sir John? I am sure I speak for the whole House in that respect. I was very proud to lead this party at the…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Lady is completely losing the plot. May I pay tribute to Richard Hughes for his leadership of the OBR? He made very clear why he stepped down and I have made very…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising those examples of hatred in his constituency. He is right to raise them and we should all condemn them. Hatred in all its forms should be…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsI have said repeatedly that bringing down child poverty is a moral mission, a political mission and a personal mission. The Conservatives drove hundreds of thousands of children…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for his question and for sharing his personal interest. We are focused on bringing down waiting lists and making sure every patient receives the best…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Lady for raising that. We are implementing the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, which is long overdue, providing homeowners with greater rights, powers and…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend raised this case with me in the Lobby last night. It is a really shocking case of two years leading to someone being in prison for over 20 years and not yet…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend talks about poverty in his constituency, and the Opposition heckle him. They should be ashamed. It is our moral mission to tackle poverty. We have abolished the…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsOur Budget took important measures to tackle the cost of living. That is why we have frozen rail fares and prescription charges, and cut energy bills for every family by £150.…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for fighting hard for her constituents who are facing awful uncertainty, which is bad enough at any time of the year but really bad at this time of the…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Lady for raising this awful case. We are putting in further protection and support, but I will take this up. It is important for her to discuss this with the…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising this important issue. We need to work cross party where we can on deepfake, on AI and on other issues that need to be addressed. I am afraid…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Conservatives left a broken criminal justice system in which victims of rape and serious sexual violence wait three or four years for trial. Only this week I have heard…03 Dec 2025