Budget Resolutions

I will not give way yet; I want to make some progress.

That package was part of a wider £30...

Again, I want to make a bit of progress, because I am aware that many hon. Members want to speak ...

I wholly support following the evidence and scientific advice, but the Government’s advice yester...

The hon. Member speaks for the concerns of many across the House and across the country. I do not...

The Secretary of State will know that other countries have pledged to support every business so t...

As I said in pre-empting the hon. Gentleman’s intervention, the Chancellor will say more about al...

Clearly we all await the Chancellor’s announcement tonight with interest. I hope that it surpasse...

The hon. Gentleman is right to say that the principle should be that, as far as we can make it wo...

On the proposal to reduce the number of trains, buses and tubes that are running, given that so m...

The right hon. Lady makes an excellent point, as ever. The reality is that, because of social dis...

As my right hon. Friend knows, I am pressing for a better deal for the Isle of Wight. What are th...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. As many Members across the House will know, people often...

Strategic investment in infrastructure is very welcome, but another Budget measure that the Chanc...

The hon. Gentleman, who has questioned me passionately many times about greening the economy, wil...

I very much welcome the investment that my right hon. Friend has announced. However, if we do not...

I do not want to pre-empt what the Chancellor might say later, but I am grateful to my hon. Frien...

Order. Before I call the shadow Secretary of State, let me say that it will be obvious to the Hou...

Clearly these are extraordinary times, and everything that we say and do is said and done through...

My hon. Friend is making some important and constructive points. I do not know whether he is awar...

Those are indeed the sorts of responses that we hope to see emerge from the Government Dispatch B...

Does my hon. Friend agree that those with the broadest shoulders should bear the biggest burden i...

My hon. Friend must have read my speech in advance. I was about to ask the Secretary of State to ...

It gives me great pleasure to call Gagan Mohindra to make his maiden speech.

2.40 pm

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for allowing me the opportunity to make my maiden speech as the ...

I congratulate the hon. Member for South West Hertfordshire (Mr Mohindra) on his tremendous maide...

I rise to support my right hon. Friend the Chancellor’s Budget. We are facing an unprecedented an...

We have seen nothing like this in our lifetimes. We are in a situation where six days after heari...

I am very pleased to call, to make his maiden speech, Ian Levy.

3.15 pm

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I give my sincere sympathy to anyone affected by the coronavirus...

It is an immense privilege to stand in the House today as the Member of Parliament for Liverpool,...

It is a pleasure to call Mark Logan to make his maiden speech.

3.29 pm

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for calling me to speak in this most important of debates on the...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bolton North East (Mark Logan), and I particularly...

It is a pleasure to call Sarah Dines to make her maiden speech.

3.48 pm

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to make this speech today. It is an importan...

Order. I remind the House that if Members do not stick to seven minutes, I will have to impose a ...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Derbyshire Dales (Miss Dines). I congratulate her ...

The backdrop to the debate is very much one of a serious crisis with huge implications for us ind...

Although the investment that this Budget provides in our public services is welcome, it does not ...

Does my hon. Friend agree that we need support for not just small businesses, but one-person busi...

I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend on that. Indeed, only yesterday, I received an email from ...

It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to speak in this debate as part of a Government who unde...

The Budget that the Chancellor introduced six days ago is already out of date. While I appreciate...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse). I offer congratulations, too...

I start by paying tribute to all the staff of our national health and social care services, who a...

I would like to echo many of the words of my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Aar...

I am always keen to start speeches with a note of consensus where that is possible and I am sure ...

I was pleased to be here this afternoon to listen to a number of maiden speeches from colleagues....

This is my first Budget as a Member of Parliament. When I registered to speak in the debate more ...

I am grateful to have the opportunity to speak in this debate. It has been a real honour to hear ...

While I welcome the Government’s delayed decision finally to ramp up some measures yesterday, I a...

I am delighted to speak in this debate about levelling up, especially in relation to the Budget. ...

I congratulate the Whip on duty, the hon. Member for Walsall North (Eddie Hughes), on having resi...

This Budget has been presented at a time of national and global crisis relating to coronavirus. I...

It is a great pleasure to speak in this Budget debate. It is also a great pleasure to speak after...

It is my understanding that the Chancellor has just made an announcement in relation to support f...

The hon. Member has very much made his point, and I suspect that our Ministers and the Secretary ...

My hon. Friend knows me well.

And, of course, I know the Chief Secretary very well.

I am encouraged by the tireless effor...

On further education, does my hon. Friend agree that it is so important that we continue with lev...

I could not agree with my hon. Friend more on level 2 schemes. Going back to nursing and all thos...

Can I remind my hon. Friend that I think hydrogen cars will be making a big entry into the market...

My hon. Friend may have to wait a little while for the hydrogen car. I think that there will be s...

On that topic, I invite the hon. Gentleman to Aberdeen, where we have hydrogen lorries, hydrogen ...

Putting my hat on as the Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, and having d...

Forgive my ignorance, but does a hydrogen-propelled vehicle work on the same principle generally ...

I do not have the detail to give an exact answer to my right hon. Friend, but I do know that hydr...

It is always a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Neil Parish...

I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. In Stoke-on-Trent we have the ceramic valley enterpri...

Yes, definitely. That will level up in the process, but we have to get private sector involvement...

That is an admirable ambition to have and I do hope that the Government accept that ambition, but...

My right hon. Friend makes a very good point. One of the difficulties with the announcement last ...

We need to urge the banks to make sure that they offer commercial loans at very competitive rates...

I absolutely agree with that, and we must have oversight of that. We also have to make sure that ...

I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate. Last week’s Budget focused on two issues: the ...

The hon. Gentleman is making an excellent speech, and although we differed on the question of Bre...

I agree with the hon. Gentleman to a large extent, and we need more companies to be investing in,...

There is a huge opportunity as we leave the European Union; we will gain much more fish for our f...

My hon. Friend is spot on. To make the most of this opportunity, we need to invest in infra- stru...

I wonder whether my hon. Friend might add to his thinking on this subject support for the interna...

I thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention. I have internal drainage boards in my constit...

My hon. Friend briefly mentioned the Green Book. One of the reasons the A64 in my constituency ha...

I thank my hon. Friend for raising that issue. The Green Book is long overdue a complete overhaul...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous), who spoke passio...

Milton Keynes may not have much coastline, but it does have a lot of people. My hon. Friend could...

That is an excellent point and it is well made. The nutrition of the people of Milton Keynes is w...

Does my hon. Friend recall a poster from the 2010 election campaign? It had a picture of a baby a...

My right hon. Friend refers to the bail-out of the banks over a decade ago, which cost our econom...

Like my hon. Friend, I welcome the wide range of investments, particularly in local transport, co...

Order. For future reference, we are not desperately stuck for time, and therefore I have allowed ...

The intervention may have been long, but it was well put and I appreciate it. In broad terms, my ...

As a Member who lacks a social media adviser, and as the pioneer of the Government’s electric car...

I thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention. Of course, the productivity gap is core to le...

Does my hon. Friend agree that we need a good-quality mixture of housing, from one and two-bedroo...

Absolutely. The point is well made, but I will not dwell on it, because, finally, I want to say t...

Let me begin by welcoming the Chief Secretary to his position. As the former Secretary of State f...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Just a moment. I will come back to the hon. Gentleman.

The Financial Times reported:

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Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

In a moment.

It has to be said that the Government simply underestimated the challenge faci...

Order. The House is being unfair to the hon. Gentleman. There is too much noise going on, and we ...

Well, they are Tories.

Let me give the Chancellor a word of advice: I suggest that, for the...

I thank the hon. Member for Bootle (Peter Dowd) for his warm welcome to me in my new role. I join...

Order. The House is too noisy. As I said with regard to Mr Dowd, the House must listen to the Min...

Infrastructure is an issue that concerns all Members of the House. We are committed in this Budge...

I must inform the House that for the purposes of Standing Order 83U and on the basis of material ...