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HANSARDEngagementsWhen you cut out the blather, is not the reality that this Labour Government have condemned us to higher taxes, more debt, fewer jobs and more pain for businesses up and down our…25 Jun 2025HANSARDSpending Review 2025This spending review is not worth the paper it is written on, because the Chancellor has completely lost control. This is the “spend now, tax later” review, because the right hon.…11 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat many up and down the country are asking is why that manifesto pledge not to impose taxes on working people was broken. Last week the Pensions Minister confirmed to the House…20 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill the Chancellor explain what the Economic Secretary to the Treasury meant last week when she said that there will be no tax rises on individuals at the autumn Budget? Will the…20 May 2025HANSARDBusiness Costs: Impact of Autumn BudgetOnly last week the right hon. Lady was trumpeting that the economy had turned a corner, but, as she has just said, it is barely a month since her disastrous jobs tax started to…20 May 2025HANSARD Mansion House Accord(Urgent Question): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if she will make a statement on the Mansion House accord.13 May 2025HANSARD Mansion House AccordMay I start by associating myself with the very fine tributes made to Sir Roy Stone? My condolences go to his family. No response from the Chancellor, we see, but I thank the…13 May 2025HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementI thank the right hon. Lady for advance notice of her comments. This is a time of great concern for millions of people up and down our country, for businesses, and, as an…08 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsYou are quite right about that, Mr Speaker, as you are about everything. Indeed, the right hon. Gentleman is completely wrong when he says that he inherited less headroom than was…08 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt was obvious to many before the emergency Budget that the President of the United States was going to be slapping tariffs on our exports. May I therefore ask the Chancellor why…08 Apr 2025HANSARDSpring StatementMay I just point out that all the Chancellor’s fiscal headroom disappeared, not just some of it? In fact, she went underwater to the tune of £4.1 billion. Reeling from one fiscal…26 Mar 2025HANSARDSpring StatementAt the last Budget, the right hon. Lady said that she would bring stability to the public finances, but this statement, more appropriately referred to as an emergency Budget, has…26 Mar 2025HANSARDSpring StatementThis emergency Budget has brought the right hon. Lady to a cold hard reckoning. She has become fond recently of talking about the world having changed, and indeed it has. This…26 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsHow many jobs will the right hon. Lady destroy as a result of her jobs tax?04 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am surprised that the right hon. Lady did not reference the fact that the OBR also said that there would be 50,000 fewer jobs as a result of the NICs increase; indeed, Bloomberg…04 Mar 2025HANSARDFamily BusinessesAs the party that increased the personal allowance, doubling it between 2010 and the present day, taking millions of people out of tax altogether, and that brought in the national…26 Feb 2025HANSARDFamily BusinessesMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right, and we see that in the surveys to which I referred; business confidence is at virtually an all-time low. Before this whirlwind of…26 Feb 2025HANSARDFamily BusinessesThe hon. Gentleman asks a very fair question. The Bill will create a situation where employers are fearful of taking on new hires because of the consequences that may follow,…26 Feb 2025HANSARDFamily BusinessesThe hon. Gentleman may or may not be aware of this, but, at the time of the mini-Budget, I was the Chair of the Treasury Committee. I had a lot to say about what was being…26 Feb 2025HANSARDFamily BusinessesTo paraphrase the leader of the hon. Gentleman’s party, I have already answered his questions. I do note his serial offence of being a member of several trade unions at the…26 Feb 2025