Budget Resolutions

As I was saying before your kind advice to Members, Mr Speaker, it is right that at this pivotal ...

Will the Foreign Secretary give way?

I want to make a tiny bit of progress. I will give way many times, but let me get to the end of m...

On forging new relationships, can the Foreign Secretary explain how he will do that when the Fore...

As the right hon. Gentleman well knows, we manage to run a world-class network—the most developed...

Specifically on the issue of global Britain and our new trading relationship, does my right hon. ...

May I say how much I admire my hon. Friend for the indefatigable campaign he is running to create...

I believe that measures such as a new royal yacht—[Interruption.]

Order. Why are people making such a noise when the Foreign Secretary is saying things that might ...

I am grateful, Madam Deputy Speaker.

The new royal yacht is one of a number of measures tha...

If Labour Members will allow me, I shall say a couple more sentences.

The first of the cond...

On the point about our trading relationships, at the weekend, the right hon. Gentleman said that ...

I repeat what I said at the weekend; and I am delighted that the hon. Gentleman was paying attent...

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I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman opposes those aircraft carriers as well. Perhaps he does...

Much as I am enjoying the Foreign Secretary’s travelogue, could we get back to the business in ha...

With great respect, I think we have heard enough of that sort of stuff over the last year or so. ...

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I would be obliged if the hon. Gentleman resumed his seat. I do not intend to give way to him aga...

Will my right hon. Friend give way to me?

I will.

I am grateful. May I say how much I support the Government’s commitment to the 2% minimum on defe...

I am delighted that my hon. Friend makes that point. He reminds me that it was the leader of the ...

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I shall give way in a moment or two. I wish to return to the Budget. [Interruption.]

Order, Mr Gapes.

I will give way in due course, but I wish to make this point, because I have been asked to return...

The Foreign Secretary has mentioned the British Council. As he knows, the British Council will no...

I have to say that I am deeply disappointed that I finally gave way to the hon. Gentleman, becaus...

I am glad to hear the Foreign Secretary talk about Britain’s soft power and its global reputation...

I am terribly sorry; I missed the second half of that question. However, if the assertion was tha...

Will the Foreign Secretary give way?

I think I have already given way to the hon. Gentleman. [Interruption.] I am sorry; I have not. G...

In the context of global free trade and, in particular, the judgment of the international financi...

One would have thought that they would learn. One would have thought that the merchants of this k...

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

I will in 10 seconds.

One of the reasons for that is the active role that we play in protec...

My right hon. Friend talks of the importance of the development budget and what it brings to the ...

My hon. Friend speaks with great wisdom and authority. I know that the Foreign Affairs Committee,...

Will the Foreign Secretary give way?

Let me just conclude my thought about trade. Back in 1990, about 37% of our fellow human beings w...

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I think that the right hon. Member for Knowsley (Mr Howarth) will agree with me when I say that t...

Of course I agree with the Foreign Secretary. It is just a pity that on some occasions he does no...

With great trepidation, I must correct the right hon. Gentleman. We travelled abroad together and...

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Perhaps the hon. Gentleman will now say that he is abandoning his gloomadon-popping and that he i...

I am going to seek to support the Foreign Secretary’s getting back to the question of the Budget....

I must respectfully say to the hon. Gentleman that, again, he is being too pessimistic. If we loo...

Does the Foreign Secretary agree with the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, which just yesterd...

No, it isn’t. It is the Foreign Secretary’s Select Committee.

Madam Deputy Speaker, thank you. If I may, I will remind the hon. Lady of my optimism. I urge Lab...

I appreciate the—[Interruption.]

Order. This point might be about haggis and the House must listen to it.

I appreciate the Foreign Secretary’s concern for Scotland’s exports. Does he still believe that a...

What I certainly believe is that a free trade deal with the United States and free trade deals fo...

Will the Foreign Secretary give way?

Let me make some progress.

In that global marketplace, this Budget will allow young Britons...

On Friday—[Interruption.] Opposition Members mock, and they may mock the entrepreneurial spirit a...

Order. The Foreign Secretary will give way when he is ready to give way; meanwhile, no shouting.<...

I will conclude with these thoughts.

Last Friday, I was in my constituency of Uxbridge and ...

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I will not give way.

I believe that we have every reason to be confident in what we can ach...

Let me start by saying that, like many other Members, it was my privilege this afternoon to atten...

My hon. Friend is making a powerful case about the hollowing out of the FCO’s budget. On the ques...

It is because I have read that report that I mention Russian language capabilities. In my view, t...

The hon. Lady is making a reasonably cogent case—[Hon. Members: “Ooh!”] She is most welcome—

Order. Hon. Members must not object when a Member is polite to someone on the other side of the H...

That is a rare phenomenon in respect of the hon. Lady, sometimes, Madam Deputy Speaker. On a seri...

I am surprised to find myself agreeing with the hon. Gentleman to the extent that I do. It is imp...

The hon. Lady is making her points from the Opposition Front Bench, but does she not agree that t...

That is to be acknowledged, but we must also look at what is happening within the various mission...

Order. It will be obvious to colleagues that a great many people want to speak and, although we h...

I totally agree with the Foreign Secretary that today—at this moment—we are presented with a mass...

Does my hon. Friend agree that foreign language skills are one of the most important things that ...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Foreign languages are one key component, but the challenge in...

It is a pleasure to speak in this Budget debate. I had the same pleasure last year, and I appreci...

Just to put this into perspective, the Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecasts are for infla...

I am talking about putting more money into infrastructure, things that actually create jobs, and ...

May I just say that we will introduce a six-minute limit, so if Members could stay tight to that,...

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Aberdeen North (Kirsty Blackman), although I...

The test of the Budget should be whether it tackles the big challenges facing our country now and...

It is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Bury South (Mr Lewis), though, in contrast to him, ...

May I begin by agreeing with the comments of the hon. Member for Mid Worcestershire (Nigel Huddle...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Luton South (Mr Shuker). I have to say that althou...

I listened carefully to the contribution from the hon. Member for Erewash (Maggie Throup), who br...

It is a real honour to follow the right hon. Member for Doncaster Central (Dame Rosie Winterton),...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Stafford (Jeremy Lefroy).

We have heard many...

The Budget’s measures include those that will be welcomed by constituents of mine who are concern...

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Witney (Robert Courts). I warmly endorse muc...

It is a great pleasure to speak in this debate. It is interesting that the Opposition keep tellin...

George Howarth: follow that.

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It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Neil Parish), He described t...

In his contribution, the Foreign Secretary undertook a global perambulation, bumbling for Britain...

I welcome this debate. One thing that the Budget shows is that we cannot have properly funded sch...

In the Foreign Secretary’s introduction to the debate today, we heard his typical bluster, lack o...

I do not want to accuse the Chancellor of any dodgy activity, but I would love to know where he h...

Order. I am sorry, colleagues, but at least 15 hon. Members are seeking to contribute, and if I a...

It is always a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham),...

Order.

I shall finish there.

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That excellent speech by my hon. Friend the Member for Norwich South (Clive Lewis) was certainly ...

As my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen North (Kirsty Blackman) said so eloquently, there is so...

On Wednesday, I listened to the Chancellor’s statement and waited for the elephants in the room t...

This is my first Budget in the House. I sat here last week with real hope and anticipation, only ...

Order.

The fine print tells us—

Order. A Member must not continue when told to sit down, otherwise we will have anarchy in this p...

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for calling me this evening. As has already been—

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The de...

As has been spelled out by my hon. Friend the Member for Swansea West (Geraint Davies), the econo...

It has not taken long for the gloss to come off this Budget. We have learned just how clueless th...

It is astounding that as we face a harsh cliff-edge Brexit there was practically no mention of th...

This year’s Budget coincided with International Women’s Day, whose theme was “Women in the Changi...

This was supposed to be a new start with a new Chancellor, yet we have ended up with the same sha...

The Chancellor made several errors in his Budget. Somehow within hours he managed—in one of the t...

I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this debate on the Budget and Britain’s place ...

Since the Budget statement last week, this Government have been heckled by headteachers, nobbled ...

The first thing that we should celebrate is the fact that the European Union (Notification of Wit...

It has been a privilege to listen to the Budget debate today and to be able to respond on behalf ...

This debate has focused on our future. It has asked what kind of Britain we want to be as we writ...

Will the Minister give way?

I will not give way.

Let me move beyond tax, because there are many other ways in which we ...