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HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportThe hon. Gentleman talks about transparency for the Welsh Government. The Chancellor had a call last Friday, which I joined, with the First Minister of Wales as part of our…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportIn some ways, that is slightly more of a Health question than a Treasury question, but I recognise that there is read-across from those businesses into the economy. In short, the…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportThe right hon. Gentleman speaks to an important issue, which was at the heart of the job support scheme’s design: recognising businesses that are not in closure, but which have…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportMy hon. Friend raises an important point. There is a strong interplay between the workforce challenges and the financial viability of the care home sector. One of the biggest risk…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportIn part, it is our winter plan to support those businesses in terms of the staff they are able to bring back. There is no gap between the end of the furlough scheme, which has run…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question; I think the Chancellor has demonstrated throughout the health pandemic that he has both kept an open mind and consulted widely,…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportWe did address this issue. I recognise that many hon. Members have raised it on behalf of councils where the initial estimate was at odds with the actual number of grants issued,…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportThere is always a balance between the operability of schemes, the speed at which one can deploy them and how bespoke one makes them. I know that my hon. Friend is a huge champion…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportWe have addressed this already in a number of questions. The point is that it is not simply two thirds; it is dynamic, aligned with universal credit, which then moves to top that…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportThe fact that, in the course of this urgent question, we have been criticised both for not locking down enough and for locking down too much indicates that these are balanced…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportAgain, I appreciate the concerns the hon. Gentleman raises on behalf of businesses in his constituency, but, as I said to the hon. Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth (Debbie…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportIt has not. It has provided a universal offer to all firms that are able to be open, for exactly the reason that is at the heart of the hon. and learned Lady’s question. She is…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about the importance of benefiting from the local knowledge on track and trace, which is why the Prime Minister and the Chancellor announced an…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportThe hon. Gentleman raises a legitimate concern that is shared across the House. It is wrong for companies to act in that way. One purpose of the furlough is to retain that link…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportIt is a slightly odd premise to say that the Conservative Government are not supporting the response when we have spent more than £200 billion as part of that response, when we…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportWe have to balance the evidence that the Government receive from a range of quarters. My right hon. Friend will recall that following the initial advice from the Scientific…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportMy hon. Friend is quite right: this is about not only working together to retain as many jobs as possible, but looking to the jobs of the future. He has constructive views on how…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportOn the wider point, my right hon Friend, as a former Government Chief Whip, knows full well that in government one balances these Budget submissions alongside the wider fiscal…13 Oct 2020HANSARDFreeports Consultation ResponseOn 7 October, the Government responded to the recently closed public consultation on freeports. A freeport is a place to carry out business inside a country’s land border but…07 Oct 2020HANSARDPublic Service Pensions: Indexation ConsultationThe Government are today publishing a consultation on “Public Service Pensions, Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) indexation”. The consultation sets out how the Government propose…07 Oct 2020