Economy Update

Not just “hopeless”.

Not just “hopeless”. People have given up so much over the last year. We have pulled together and...

May I first echo the remembrance by the hon. Lady and colleagues across the House of Jo Cox? I al...

I welcome the Minister’s statement. He is right: the latest employment and job vacancy figures do...

My right hon. Friend draws attention to exactly why the attack from the Opposition is misplaced a...

My thoughts are also with the family and friends of Jo Cox.

Over the past 15 months, compan...

The Scottish Government are still not using all the powers available to them on tax and welfare, ...

Thanks to decisions made by this Government, recent ONS data shows that UK unemployment is among ...

We want to ensure that the whole of the UK can benefit from freeports, and that is why we remain ...

My thoughts and sympathies are with the family of Jo Cox on what must be a very difficult day for...

No one is saying that next month those businesses have to repay their bounce back loans. We have ...

Visiting businesses across Barrow and Furness last weekend, I had one clear message from both tho...

One thing my right hon. Friend the Chancellor has shown throughout the challenges of the pandemic...

For as long as the health restrictions mean that businesses must stay closed, it is right that th...

With respect to the hon. Lady, the number on the furlough has come down. As I mentioned in my ope...

As the Chief Secretary has mentioned, unemployment is down. It is 2 million people fewer than ori...

I agree with my hon. Friend that the plan for jobs is working. We see that in the furlough data f...

At the weekend, I visited Tip Top Linen Services in Luton North, which is a fantastic part of the...

I do not accept that. Looking at the vaccine programme that the UK has had thanks to the huge eff...

I call Dame Andrea, whom I congratulate on her extremely well deserved honour.

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. My right hon. Friend will be aware that some people who have bee...

First, may I join you, Madam Deputy Speaker, in offering congratulations to my right hon. Friend ...

In addition to addressing the public health emergency of covid-19, there is a pressing need for G...

Future spending commitments on net zero will be matters for the spending review, but the hon. Gen...

I thank the Chief Secretary to the Treasury for the £352 billion for jobs and businesses. Will he...

As my hon. Friend will know, Treasury Ministers and colleagues across the Government are always k...

People and businesses, especially in the hospitality sector, still need urgent and ongoing help t...

The support package announced by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor was designed to anticipate a...

The business rates holiday last year delivered a tax cut worth £10 billion for businesses in the ...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right that businesses will continue to benefit from support. It is a...

Both the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed and the CBI have this wee...

We have already covered the point that furlough has been extended until the end of September. As ...

I appreciate that these are complex issues and that the Chief Secretary is being most assiduous i...

Nobody in this House, or indeed in Blackpool South, wanted to see a pause in our road map of easi...

Yes, I agree with my hon. Friend. The key is that it will allow time for more second vaccinations...

My constituents will be very disappointed that the Chancellor has not bothered to come to this Ch...

It is slightly odd to criticise me when I am literally in the Chamber answering the hon. Lady’s q...

I welcome the measures announced today to help business tenants resolve any arrears disputes with...

Today’s announcement clearly pertains to commercial rents. Of course, colleagues continue to list...

I thank my right hon. Friend for the assistance and tax cuts that he has given to businesses. Unl...

I strongly welcome my hon. Friend’s question. She is absolutely right to focus on that. That is w...

In December, the UK Government provided a quarantine exemption to people flying business class, a...

Where there is a balance between protecting the unlocking of the wider UK economy versus a toughe...

At the Budget in March, the Chancellor made it clear that he was taking a long-term approach to t...

Very much. I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that question, and he is absolutely right. That wa...

Nightclubs and live music venues across Birmingham have been busy preparing and selling tickets f...

I have set out the comprehensive package of support that applies to businesses with restart grant...

I continue to meet businesses in Bosworth, most recently those from the Hinckley business improve...

As my hon. Friend touched on in his question, the Government have committed to conclude the busin...

It is wonderful to see cafés, restaurants, pubs and bars in my constituency reopening their doors...

First, I am very grateful to the hon. Member for the kind invitation, and I hope one day to be ab...

East Devon is back open for business, but step into any pub, café, hotel or restaurant and it is ...

My hon. Friend is right to highlight the importance of the review of social distancing that the G...

Last year, when faced with the second wave of covid-19, the Scottish Government called for an ext...

The furlough is available—it extends to the end of September—but the hon. Gentleman seems to be s...

May I commend my right hon. Friend for the Treasury’s response to the immediate challenge of covi...

Of course, decisions on quantitative easing are for the Bank of England, which is independent. Th...

The impact of these restrictions on Britain’s pubs has been very tough indeed, but it has been ev...

The hon. Gentleman raises a perfectly legitimate point about how acutely that sector in particula...

This morning’s ONS inflation report highlights the risk we face of rising rates, given the amount...

I absolutely agree, and I think that the importance of securing private investment is a very good...

I thank the Chief Secretary and everyone who took part in the statement for getting through it in...