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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend and near neighbour for her question—I know that she cares deeply about the issue that she has raised. We work closely with other Departments. For example,…18 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsSix months is a meaningful period of time. Inflation is coming down. As the OBR says in its report, inflation is expected to hit target within the next few months, which will make…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am being asked to conclude, so I think I need to do that. [ Interruption. ] I have been pretty generous in giving way to just about everybody who has sought to catch my eye.…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThere is no immediate Government approach to merging income tax and national insurance, and I rather put that in the category of those comments about the apparent commitment of…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt is an entirely disingenuous statement to say that there is any such unfunded commitment. The only unfunded commitment in recent times is the £28 billion that the Labour party…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWhat I think will be absolutely outrageous is the taxpayer having to pick up the bill for a future Labour Government. I have just explained the record of the hon. Gentleman’s…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI thought I had already covered this point, but the reality is that the tax burden has had to go up to pay for all the support we provided around covid, and because of the…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. At the beginning of my speech, I invited the shadow Chancellor to explain to the House what she will do, given that the non-dom status will be…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsOne of the principal costs of running a motor vehicle is the fuel in the tank. Because of our stewardship of the economy, the Chancellor was able to announce yesterday that we are…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget Resolutionsrose—07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI have been very generous with my time, but how can I say no? I must then make some progress.07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am sorry Madam Deputy Speaker, and I am sorry for Hansard , but it was quite enjoyable. This debate is about making work pay, and the right hon. Member for Leeds West had…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI can reassure all mortgage holders up and down the country that this Government are absolutely determined to see inflation return to its target. The OBR’s economic and fiscal…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMy point clearly remains that growth is a function of both the size of the population and the level of productivity. As a consequence of all the elements that feed into growth,…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMy point is that the externalities that I referred to, such as covid and the war between Ukraine and Russia, have impacted economies around the world. Relative to other economies,…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsYou are thinking of the national minimum wage. The national living wage was a Conservative decision — [ Interruption. ] You did, but it is a pleasure to correct you on this…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI will not get into the weeds of the issue that the hon. Gentleman is attempting to draw me into, other than to say that he made at least one comment that I agree with: I am…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The right hon. Lady commenced her remarks by saying much about where Labour is on tax. She criticised the aspiration that the Government rightly…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIf our plans are half-baked and rehashed, why has the OBR confirmed that by the end of the forecast period, 371,000 fewer people will be receiving the long-term sickness and…07 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsLet me talk about the general point that the right hon. Member for Leeds West (Rachel Reeves) made about the tax burden. It is as if history has been erased from her mind. The…07 Mar 2024