Autumn Statement Resolutions

On that point, will the hon. Lady give way?

Let me make some progress. It has been a difficult few years for all families, up and down this c...

I welcome the hon. Lady to her new post. I hope she has an enjoyable time at the Treasury, as I d...

I am sure the hon. Lady will be interested to know that taxes for the average worker have gone do...

You’ve said that already.

I will say it lots of times, believe me.

This Conservative Government are the party of busi...

I call the Opposition spokesman.

2.53 pm

Today, the Chancellor confirmed what the British people already know—that there is nothing the Co...

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Is it appropriate for the Opposition spokesman to be t...

That is a perfectly reasonable point of order and I am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising it. ...

Thank you very much for your guidance, Madam Deputy Speaker. In fact, I was about to say that we ...

All our constituents who pay mortgages are concerned about the increase in rates. Did the hon. Me...

The Opposition accept the independence of the Bank of England, unlike some Government Members, bu...

My hon. Friend is making some important points. Does he agree that, if it is the decisions of the...

As always, my right hon. Friend makes an important point. The Government are trying to have it bo...

Will the hon. Member give way?

No, I will make some progress.

The truth is that the Conservatives’ fingerprints are all ov...

What a difference a year has made to this country’s finances and to the economy. Last year, our i...

Does the hon. Lady remember the Budget of just over a year ago, which crashed the economy, sent i...

I am very glad the right hon. Gentleman made that intervention because it allows me to repeat the...

Does my hon. Friend reflect, as I do, that the US federal rate is currently very similar to our o...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Central banks around the world have lessons to learn from thi...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady and the hon. Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster) because they have ma...

The right hon. Gentleman might think the UK should join the euro, but I shall fight strongly agai...

I call Scottish National party spokesman Drew Hendry.

3.17 pm

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for West Worcestershire (Harriett Baldwin), the Chair ...

One of the inequities we suffer from is the regional distribution market, which means that people...

I could not agree more with my right hon. Friend. According to the House of Commons Library, in e...

I warmly welcome the Chancellor’s statement as a move back towards some sound Conservative princi...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

If the hon. Lady will answer that specific question on behalf of her Front Benchers, which they w...

The right hon. Gentleman talks about which questions will be asked during a general election camp...

Unsurprisingly, the hon. Lady was both incapable of answering the question and unable to do so. T...

rose—

The hon. Member gave his side of the case. I am just pointing to the fact that individuals in Sco...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Sevenoaks (Laura Trott) on her appointment as Chief Secretary ...

It is always a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for East Ham (Sir Stephen Timms). I had t...

Before launching into my speech, I will pick up some comments made by the right hon. Member for N...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech, and has just made an important point. My local hosp...

It is a real concern. Those 32 hospitals are just the tip of the iceberg of what is needed, and n...

I am pleased to follow the hon. Member for Hackney South and Shoreditch (Dame Meg Hillier). She h...

Does the right hon. Lady agree that will create a burden for those people who will then have to c...

The right hon. Lady is correct and makes an important point. I do not want to be boxing the ears ...

I encourage the right hon. Lady on what she said about the integration of tax and national insura...

We could have a separate debate on a single income tax and all sorts of other measures. I would l...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Witham (Priti Patel), who made an interestin...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Wallasey (Dame Angela Eagle). As I listened to her...

Order. I am trying not to put a time limit on speeches, but as Members can see, we have 10 speake...

Thank you for your guidance, Mr Deputy Speaker, and I will try to be brief.

The first point...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for letting me catch your eye in the debate. I am delighted to foll...

Order. We have eight more speakers, so there is more pressure than I thought. I am afraid that Me...

Let me say first of all that I welcome the Chancellor’s statement. It is good to see that, at lon...

Order. I am going to be very generous and see what happens if I put the time limit back up to 10 ...

You tempt me in the wrong direction, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am sure that, in a few minutes, thos...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for North East Bedfordshire (Richard Fuller). I unders...

Order. I do have to pull people up if they go over. I call Maggie Throup.

5.55 pm

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am sure that I will be able to remain within the time you have...

I concur with the commitment of the hon. Member for Erewash (Maggie Throup) to public health meas...

I am afraid that I will have to take the limit down to nine minutes.

6.11 pm

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate. It is always easy to throw stones from the Opposition B...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster), and I fully concur with his...

The hon. Lady is exactly right on that. We have to have the courage to understand that there are ...

As you will know with your lifetime of experience in social care and other sorts of public servic...

As the hon. Lady’s speech was a little shorter, I shall allow the final speaker 10 minutes—just t...

You are most generous, Madam Deputy Speaker. So often I have stood here and seen my time go from ...

Listening to the Chancellor today, one would believe that the economy has turned a corner and the...

If it is because of the Government’s economic mismanagement that the Bank of England’s rates are ...

I think the right hon. Gentleman is trying to absolve himself of the fact that it was his former ...

Order. Before I call the Minister, may I say how important it is for Members to return to the Cha...

I am delighted to bring today’s debate on the measures in the autumn statement to a close, and al...

I miss him!

Don’t miss him; he’s still here.

Make no mistake, Madam Deputy Speaker: this is an autumn s...

I welcome the Minister to his position. Will he not acknowledge that, under the current plans, it...

The measures here are designed to grow the economy, to make us more prosperous, to make businesse...

I also welcome the Minister to his position. Does he not distinguish between borrowing for capita...

Of course I understand that distinction, but that does not take away from the fact that if we are...

Will the Minister give way?

I will not.

Members may wonder how we are able to cut taxes and bring our debt down at the ...