Budget Resolutions

Many of those measures are extremely welcome, but is it not becoming clear that the economic impa...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his comments. I believe that the package announced last w...

I underline my support for the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff West (Kevin Bren...

I reassure the hon. Gentleman that, first, we are working across the four nations, because the si...

Will the Government look again at the issue of the hospitality, travel and leisure industries? So...

My right hon. Friend is right to highlight the challenges for particular sectors that are posed b...

Just to follow up on that point, I have several cases of businesses coming to me and saying that ...

My hon. Friend makes an important point. The Treasury, my hon. Friend the Economic Secretary to t...

One question I am getting from constituents who already have medical conditions is to do with the...

The NHS has robust procedures in place to ensure the continuity of medical supplies. In respect o...

I wonder whether we could consider the language that we are using around the at-risk groups of pe...

As ever, the hon. Lady makes a sensitive and sensible point. She is right that clarity in definit...

rose—

I will take one more intervention before I move on.

I thank the Minister for giving way. Clearly, we are very early into this, and we do not quite kn...

The hon. Gentleman makes a good point, which, almost to a degree, goes back to the point made by ...

I thank the Minister for giving way. I can say quite honestly that it is an impressive list of ca...

The Office for Budget Responsibility is independent of the Government and sets out its opinions a...

Halton General Hospital campus—which, as the Minister knows, is part of Warrington and Halton Tea...

I hear what the hon. Gentleman says. As ever, he is a vocal champion for his constituents and his...

Is the Minister looking to divide up hospitals—new ones and, indeed, the existing ones—into coron...

I suspect that Chinese building regulations and similar are possibly a little different from the ...

While we welcome the numbers of professionals in the range of clinical areas that the Minister ha...

I set out in my remarks just now exactly where they would come from—from a variety of different s...

I am grateful to the Minister for meeting me last week and very glad that I did not have to follo...

The hon. Gentleman and, indeed, my hon. Friend the Member for Stockton South (Matt Vickers) are b...

rose—

The hon. Lady tempts me a second time. How can I say no?

I thank the Minister; it is a very quick one. Can that list of those eligible for free parking al...

The hon. Lady will know that the four categories I have just referred to are the four categories ...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. On that point concerning people with autism and lea...

The hon. Lady makes an important point, which is that throughout this challenge that we face as a...

I point out that the statement on coronavirus will now be coming at 6 pm.

4.7 pm

First, I welcome the Minister back to his place after his period of self-isolation. I am sure tha...

A GP has been in touch with me today to say that they were in close proximity to a patient who is...

My hon. Friend makes very well the point that I was making. It is evident that if that particular...

The case that has been outlined is very important, but we also need to remember that social carew...

I will be dealing with the concerns about the social care sector in a little while, but the point...

Does my hon. Friend agree with me—I asked Defence Ministers this question—that we should be calli...

My hon. Friend makes a very important point. I think it shows the spirit of this place at the mom...

Is my hon. Friend aware of whether the Government are continuing to pursue the idea of herd immun...

That is a perfect question to put to the Secretary of State—he will be here shortly—and my hon. F...

On confusing messages coming from Government, will my hon. Friend help me seek clarity on advice ...

Again, we need a definitive answer on that from the Secretary of State. I appreciate that things ...

My hon. Friend was excellently covering council income, but one area I am concerned about, and ha...

My hon. Friend is right: a whole raft of issues will have an effect over the coming months, and a...

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way; he is being extremely generous. Does he share my concern t...

That is a very fair point. We are only beginning to understand just how precarious a lot of peopl...

The seven-minute limit will not come in until after Peter Grant, but I know the next Member will ...

I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak in this debate. Harold Wilson said that a week was ...

indicated assent.

I am pleased to see the Minister nodding; I hope that he will nod when I say that those steps sho...

I commend the right hon. Member for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (David Mundell) for h...

There are various examples of that happening. The Hug and Pint, a fantastic little venue on Great...

My hon. Friend makes a valid point. That is sometimes an indication of how important many of thes...

We now have a seven-minute limit.

5.2 pm

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am glad to be called to speak in this Budget debate, and it is go...

A dark cloud is descending on our world, threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions of peo...

There are three maiden speeches on the Government Benches, and the usual conventions apply. Altho...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to deliver my maiden speech during th...

What a great pleasure it is to follow the maiden speech of the hon. Member for Burnley (Antony Hi...

It is a pleasure to call Nick Fletcher to make his maiden speech.

5.30 pm

Thank you for letting me speak, Madam Deputy Speaker. A maiden speech and no interruptions—oh, I ...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Don Valley (Nick Fletcher). He delivered an excell...

It is a pleasure to call Lia Nici to make her maiden speech.

5.45 pm

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is with great pride that I stand in this place and speak abou...

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Lia Nici). She conveyed her p...

Order. Can we have a bit less chattering please?

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Last week, we convened a taskforce of the Sheffield city r...