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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know that that is a very important constituency issue, and my hon. Friend has championed it frequently. He will know that, through the long-term plan, there is a £33.9 billion…07 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman raises a very valid point. It is right that we maximise the opportunities from domestic suppliers; my right hon. Friend the Business Secretary is focusing on…07 Sept 2021HANSARDLiving StandardsAs the hon. Lady knows, alongside the universal credit uplift other measures of support were given. Those are not only my words; I quote the Resolution Foundation, which has said:…07 Sept 2021HANSARDLiving StandardsMy hon. Friend is right to highlight this issue, which he and I have discussed on many occasions. In July I chaired a roundtable on it across Government, and it is prioritised…07 Sept 2021HANSARDLiving StandardsHer Majesty’s Treasury analysis published alongside Budget ’21 has shown that policy interventions in response to covid-19 have, on average, supported the poorest working…07 Sept 2021HANSARDLiving StandardsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The package of measures that my right hon. Friend the Chancellor took improved on the economic scoring that was forecast for the pandemic,…07 Sept 2021HANSARDLiving StandardsI understand that by the end of October there will be reassurance on that, and I am happy to take that up with my hon. Friend following this session.07 Sept 2021HANSARDLiving StandardsAs my right hon. Friend knows, the Prime Minister will make a statement on this matter shortly, but what he and I would agree on is that the best way is to grow the economy, drive…07 Sept 2021HANSARDLiving StandardsA key way to tackle poverty is to get people into work and then skill them up in their jobs. That is what we have set out through the plan for jobs, and that plan is working.…07 Sept 2021HANSARDLiving StandardsWell, I think we should look at what my right hon. Friend the Chancellor has done. I touched a moment ago on how the covid measures have protected the poorest working households…07 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight not only the importance of restart to the long-term unemployed, but how it sits alongside the kickstart scheme, the tripling of…07 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am in no doubt about the importance and the merits of my hon. Friend’s approach to freeports, not least after an early morning meeting that he and I had—last week, I think—on…07 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do not know about the Chancellor, but I am sure my children would love to come and visit the zoo. I thank my hon. Friend for putting forward a bid for the levelling-up fund. As…07 Sept 2021HANSARDLiving StandardsI very much agree with my hon. Friend. It is as a result of those measures that unemployment has now fallen for six months in a row and that the OBR is forecasting a peak of 5% to…07 Sept 2021HANSARDLiving StandardsIt may be helpful for me to remind the House of the uplift in funding that the Scottish Government have received as a result of the ability of the UK Government to act across the…07 Sept 2021HANSARDLiving StandardsIt is a slightly odd question, because through the broad shoulders of the United Kingdom, it is Scottish jobs that have been protected through the furlough, it is Scottish…07 Sept 2021HANSARDLiving StandardsI think that £400 billion of support in response to the covid pandemic across our public services and individual businesses shows the scale of measures that the Chancellor has put…07 Sept 2021HANSARDLiving StandardsI would have thought that, having sought additional powers, the hon. Gentleman would be more interested in reminding the House how his own Government are using the powers that…07 Sept 2021HANSARDEuropean Union Finances: Annual StatementI have today laid before Parliament the “European Union Finances 2020: statement on the 2020 EU Budget and measures to counter fraud and financial mismanagement” (CP472). This is…15 Jul 2021HANSARDPublic Service Pensions: Cost Control Mechanism and Discount Rate MethodologyThe Government have today published two consultations relating to public service pensions. These consultations seek views on two important aspects of the framework governing…24 Jun 2021