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HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponseI thank the Chancellor for advance sight of her statement—although the press, of course, got even more advanced sight of it. The decision taken to cancel the increase in fuel duty…21 May 2026HANSARD Costs for Motorists(Urgent Question): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if she will make a statement on the Government’s plan for costs for motorists.21 May 2026HANSARD Costs for MotoristsMay I begin by agreeing with you, Mr Speaker, and saying how disrespectful it is that this U-turn on fuel duty has already been released to the media earlier this week? The news…21 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthAs I will come on to argue, our problems actually rest a little closer to home, rather than having anything to do with our relationship with the European Union. The Labour party…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthI will in a moment.18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthBriefly.18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthI am always ready to give way, Mr Speaker, and to take your direction.18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthI do indeed. I have been up to Aberdeen, met my hon. Friend and heard at first hand about the economic effect this is having. It is utter madness. If we have an opportunity in…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthThis King’s Speech is an empty vessel, which is a surprise, because only last week the Prime Minister was telling anybody who cared to listen that the Government would be leaning…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthMy hon. Friend is entirely right. It is like trying to apply the accelerator while having the brake on fully. That is what this Government are doing. That is the total…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I have had the great pleasure of visiting her constituency to speak to businesses, and that is exactly what they complain of. The Government…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthAll these flashbacks to the 1980s are a slightly desperate attempt to get away from the 2020s, I think. The other thing that socialists love to do is borrow, borrow, borrow, and…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthThe current account went into a slight surplus just around 2015-16. [ Interruption. ] It did, actually. That was on the back of our inheriting a £160 billion deficit in 2010,…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthThat is a rather unfortunate example of doubling down or continuing to dig, if I may say so. Also, the hon. Lady’s comments pale in comparison with Andy Burnham’s comments in the…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthI am afraid that what I see coming is what is already baked in: business rates going through the roof. In some cases, small businesses on our high streets are facing 140%…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthThat is entirely right. The Conservatives know that work matters, and getting people off benefits matters. People’s mental health is improved by going to work, and by having the…18 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn response to the question from my right hon. Friend the Member for Godalming and Ash (Sir Jeremy Hunt) on borrowing, the right hon. Lady suggested that she was following a…28 Apr 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Lady does not seem to know how much additional borrowing this Government are undertaking compared with the plans of the last Government, so I will tell her: it is…28 Apr 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateI thank the right hon. Lady for advance sight of her statement. The UK has some of the highest energy prices in the world. That is crippling our economy and pushing up the cost of…21 Apr 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateI thank the Chancellor for advance sight of her statement. The right hon. Lady comes to the House with an economy in tatters. She would have us believe that she has delivered the…24 Mar 2026