Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.

We are in the middle of a debate, so I hope that it is a good one.

Given my references to children in care, I forgot, in my haste, to declare my interest as chairma...

That counts; fair enough. I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for putting that on the record.

I think it is fair to say that there are few surprises in the Budget. Many of the announcements w...

I rise in support of the Chancellor’s spring Budget and today’s debate, focused on technology and...

This was a business-as-usual Budget, but after 13 years of economic failure, what my constituents...

I remind the Chamber of my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. For 22 years be...

I call Stewart McDonald.

6.24 pm

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a sign that God is shining on the House to see you back in...

I expected to spend longer talking about corporation tax following this Budget, but I will not ta...

And it is 5 miles from the town of Gainsborough.

Yes, of course, and Gainsborough is a very important town to us locally. It fits within our local...

I am sorry that I cannot be as enthusiastic about the Budget as the hon. Member for Bassetlaw (Br...

On the earlier theme, it is important that I declare that I do not have a science degree, but it ...

Hallelujah!

Indeed, indeed. Whether he exercises them wisely is a matter for debate—I think even some Opposit...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Hazel Grove (Mr Wragg). I look forward to catching...

I would like to add my name to the growing list of Members with a science degree. My hon. Friend ...

May I, too, welcome you back to the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker? It is good to see you there.

I am delighted to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Bassetlaw (Brendan Clarke-Smith) in praisi...

It is a pleasure to see you back in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Politics is about prio...

It is wonderful to see you in your rightful place, Madam Deputy Speaker.

This Budget is an ...

It is good to see you back, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Today, the United Nations Intergovernment...

I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I am in the parliam...

I call Liz Saville Roberts.

7.32 pm

Diolch yn fawr iawn, Madam Ddirprwy Lefarydd. May I say that it really is a pleasure to see you b...

It is great to see you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Like my hon. Friend the Member f...

It is good to see you back, Madam Deputy Speaker.

This Budget has been described as being “...

I am delighted that the Chancellor has set aside £4 billion to help families with young children....

Order. I remind the House that the wind-ups will start no later than 9.40 pm, and that everybody ...

I will keep my comments tightly focused on how I see the Budget impacting my constituents. When I...

This Budget is about cementing stability in the economy after the turmoil of the pandemic, the lo...

This Budget is quite easy to characterise. Under the Tories we have had a lost decade, and under ...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Portsmouth South (Stephen Morgan). I welcome the B...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Aaron Bell), although I gent...

I rise to support last week’s excellent Budget, but also to provide some context about why it is ...

I am grateful for the chance to speak in this Budget debate and to give voice to the concerns of ...

We are speaking today about science and technology, but I want to speak first about some of the i...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Don Valley (Nick Fletcher) and to disagree with ne...

There was an extraordinary omission in last Wednesday’s Budget: absolutely nothing to deal with t...

The Chancellor’s statement last week, which was the first proper Budget in 17 long and chaotic mo...

In his Budget speech, the Chancellor explained that the economic outlook is not quite as bad as i...

Just because, unlike the previous Budget, this one has not unravelled in about 20 minutes and led...

In his Budget statement, the Chancellor set out his four Es that make up the priorities for econo...

Today, the Resolution Foundation reported that workers in the UK are £11,000 worse off per year, ...

As outgoing chair of the Scotch whisky all-party parliamentary group, I was interested that there...

When we are the only economy in the G7 that is still smaller than it was pre-pandemic, it is not ...

This is a terrible Budget from a busted-flush Government. We have heard from the other side, “Giv...

Could Members who have taken part in today’s debate please make their way to the Chamber, as this...

Thank you for calling me, Mr Deputy Speaker. I think I am the Duracell bunny; I seem to go on lon...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for the chance to close today’s Budget debate on behalf of the Oppo...

I thank colleagues across the House for a spirited debate, in which we discussed some profoundly ...

Does the Minister share the concerns that I set out earlier about the fraud involved in the R&D t...

Not only do I agree with the hon. Lady, but I am going even further than the changes that we have...