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HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the Chancellor set out in the Budget, we are undertaking a comprehensive alcohol duty review, which will provide an opportunity to look at this issue in depth. My hon. Friend…01 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Lady should know, the income tax on these payments is actually paid to Scotland, not to Westminster. The Scottish Government have the power and the funding to gross up…01 Dec 2020HANSARDFiscal Policy: Household Income (Scotland)What economic analysis has always shown is that Scotland’s trade with the rest of the United Kingdom is much more important than its trade with Europe. However, Government Members…01 Dec 2020HANSARDUniversal Basic IncomeWe have supported those on the lowest incomes throughout this crisis by investing more than £7 billion in the welfare system, and we are focused on helping people to get into work…01 Dec 2020HANSARDFiscal Policy: Household Income (Scotland)As my right hon. Friend the Chancellor set out a moment ago, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury will be meeting that group, but we have also targeted the support, including…01 Dec 2020HANSARDFiscal Policy: Household Income (Scotland)This year, the Government have put in place an unprecedented package of support to protect incomes and jobs right across the UK. Analysis published earlier this year shows that…01 Dec 2020HANSARDLegacy Benefits: Universal CreditThe £20 per week increase in universal credit and working tax credit is benefiting claimants by a total of £6.1 billion this year and is just one part of the wide-ranging package…01 Dec 2020HANSARDLegacy Benefits: Universal CreditI recognise that the right hon. Gentleman has, as Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee, raised this issue on a number of occasions, and he will know that the uplift continues…01 Dec 2020HANSARDTax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian's AllowanceThe Government will bring forward regulations that will increase most tax credits rates and thresholds and will increase the Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance rates in line…25 Nov 2020HANSARDLevelling up the Economy: Freeport Bidding ProcessOn 16 November, the Government launched the bidding process for the allocation of freeports in England by publishing a bidding prospectus. The bidding period will close on 5…16 Nov 2020HANSARD Lockdown: Economic SupportI am slightly surprised to have a question from a former Chief Secretary that does not recognise the infrastructure investment that the Prime Minister set out in the summer and on…03 Nov 2020HANSARD Lockdown: Economic SupportI recognise the point made by my hon. Friend. I have spoken about the impact on the sectors to which he refers. That is why such a comprehensive package of support has been set…03 Nov 2020HANSARD Lockdown: Economic SupportThere is, of course, a balance to be struck between the interests of those who are renting and those who let properties and who also have financial pressures. The hon. Lady…03 Nov 2020HANSARD Lockdown: Economic SupportI very much welcome the impact that the various support measures have had on Rutland and on the businesses in my hon. Friend’s area. As for the broaden impact of the various…03 Nov 2020HANSARD Lockdown: Economic SupportI drew attention earlier to the fact that more than £13 billion had been allocated to the self-employment income support scheme and through the income support grant. That…03 Nov 2020HANSARD Lockdown: Economic SupportMy hon. Friend raises an issue that unites the House. The huge value of the work done by the hospice movement was recognised as part of the package of measures put in place by my…03 Nov 2020HANSARD Lockdown: Economic SupportNot least through the eat out to help out scheme, one can see the Chancellor’s support to this sector. Also, VAT was cut from 20% to 5%, and many within the sector have benefited,…03 Nov 2020HANSARD Lockdown: Economic SupportI draw the hon. Gentleman’s attention to the future fund, which has provided additional support. On the timing of the furlough extension, I refer him to the answer I gave earlier.…03 Nov 2020HANSARD Lockdown: Economic SupportI am aware of the concerns that my hon. Friend has raised. I point him to the fact that, to date, the Treasury has spent more than £200 billion as part of our comprehensive…03 Nov 2020HANSARD Lockdown: Economic SupportThe hon. Lady is conflating several different issues. First, the furlough had not expired; it was running until the end of October. It applied universally until that point, so the…03 Nov 2020