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HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. It shows a complete lack of understanding of business, and it reflects the lack of true business experience on the Government Front…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillI beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “That” to the end of the Question and add “this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Finance (No. 2) Bill because the Bill…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillI notice that my right hon. Friend is being restrained in his use of language, given the severity of the matters we are discussing. He is absolutely right. Business property…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillHow could I resist my right hon. and gallant Friend?16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillMy hon. Friend is right to suggest that we have become an economy that has closed the door on international investment. In fact, the door has been blown wide open by those fleeing…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillMy hon. Friend is right. I was out there this morning speaking to farmers, including a group up from Newbury, who have taken the trouble to come here to make exactly that case…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillSadly, I think the gravediggers are still alive and well under this Government. We are seeing that in the destruction of jobs, businesses, farms and livelihoods up and down this…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillI welcome the hon. Lady’s intervention. She is absolutely right on the matter of APR, but the issue is not just APR.16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillI would not naturally defer to the results of a Lib Dem survey over the work of His Majesty’s Treasury. However, I get the gist of what the hon. Lady is saying—perhaps a bar chart…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. The value of farming goes above and beyond successful businesses simply contributing to the economy in the traditional way. Farming also…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. What businesses, including farms, need to succeed is lower taxes and not to be spending most of their time worrying about how they will…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerOn the matter of picking and choosing, the right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that on 4 November, the Chancellor did point out that there was a downgrade in productivity; we…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right, which is why that behaviour was so irresponsible. There are people who would have drawn down on their pensions because they were…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerI will take one final intervention, and there is none better than my right hon. Friend.10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequerrose—10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerYou are quite right, Madam Deputy Speaker; I meant to say the right hon. Member for Islington North and Liz Truss. The Chancellor is not so much the wilting lettuce as a complete…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerI beg to move, That this House calls on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to apologise for misleading the country about the state of the public finances, rolling the pitch for…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerYes, not bad, but I have to say that the tie runs in a close second—that is pretty shocking too. I now turn from the substance of the Budget to the chaotic pantomime that we had…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerThe right hon. Gentleman is being very generous with his time. Does he accept that on 4 November, the Chancellor knew that there was an upgrade to the state of the public finances…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerI think the less said about the socks the better, Madam Deputy Speaker.10 Dec 2025