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the Chancellor of the Exchequer
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Order! Order! Question to the
Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr 's | 0:00:20 | 0:00:32 | |
Mika, with permission I would like
Rushton 's one and two. It is right, | 0:00:32 | 0:00:39 | |
Mr Speaker, that more of our money
that is spent locally is raised | 0:00:39 | 0:00:43 | |
locally. In 2010, councils were 80%
dependent on government grants. By | 0:00:43 | 0:00:51 | |
2020, councils will largely be
funded by council tax and other | 0:00:51 | 0:00:54 | |
local revenues. I thank the Minister
for her answer but local councils | 0:00:54 | 0:01:02 | |
have faced devastating cuts. Between
20 ten and 2020 councils will of had | 0:01:02 | 0:01:07 | |
their direct funding by 79%. In
Tower Hamlets, we have lost... In | 0:01:07 | 0:01:14 | |
budget cuts since 2010. With one of
the Conservative Party's own | 0:01:14 | 0:01:19 | |
councils going bust, can the
Minister now commits finally to | 0:01:19 | 0:01:22 | |
funding locally councils properly so
they can provide vital services to | 0:01:22 | 0:01:30 | |
their communities? It is right we
rebalance local spending from | 0:01:30 | 0:01:37 | |
central government grants to locally
raised taxes to help keep councils | 0:01:37 | 0:01:41 | |
accountable and what we have seen
his councils up and down the country | 0:01:41 | 0:01:44 | |
finding new and innovative ways of
working, sharing back-office | 0:01:44 | 0:01:49 | |
services, doing things like
installing Wi-Fi, improving waste | 0:01:49 | 0:01:53 | |
collection. But what we have also
seen is Labour councils wasting | 0:01:53 | 0:01:58 | |
money. So, for example, momentum
supported Birmingham City Council | 0:01:58 | 0:02:04 | |
bin strikes, which cost the taxpayer
£40,000 per day. Order! Order! | 0:02:04 | 0:02:13 | |
Resume your seat, Mr. You answer for
government policy. You do not waste | 0:02:13 | 0:02:21 | |
the time of the House by going into
rants about the policies of other | 0:02:21 | 0:02:25 | |
parties. And if the... Thank you,
it's the speaker. My own council of | 0:02:25 | 0:02:36 | |
Brighton and Hove has had to make
£52 million worth of cuts in three | 0:02:36 | 0:02:42 | |
years. Despite superb Labour
leadership in the city. With one of | 0:02:42 | 0:02:49 | |
the Minister's own Tory councils
going bust, will the Chancellor | 0:02:49 | 0:02:53 | |
finally commits to properly funding
local government in tomorrow's local | 0:02:53 | 0:02:58 | |
government settlement? We have... To
enable them to fund spending in | 0:02:58 | 0:03:07 | |
their areas. It is absolutely right
that councils should not waste money | 0:03:07 | 0:03:12 | |
and should find savings. The fact
is, we went through an incredible... | 0:03:12 | 0:03:17 | |
Period through labour and we have
succeeded in reducing that deficit | 0:03:17 | 0:03:23 | |
by three quarters. And can I point
out to the honourable gentleman that | 0:03:23 | 0:03:29 | |
councils have reserves of £23
billion. And in fact of those | 0:03:29 | 0:03:32 | |
reserves have increased by 8 billion
since 2010. Which would have brought | 0:03:32 | 0:03:44 | |
in additional resource. However,
with the Minister agree with me it | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
is not just about resource but it is
also about council structures, | 0:03:47 | 0:03:52 | |
leadership and creating efficient
organisations? My honourable friend | 0:03:52 | 0:03:58 | |
is absolutely right. Lots of
councils have done things better and | 0:03:58 | 0:04:01 | |
more efficiently and in fact have
led the way across government. We | 0:04:01 | 0:04:05 | |
have also given more powers to local
mayors and we are giving mayors | 0:04:05 | 0:04:09 | |
across the country £4.8 billion of
new investment over the next 30 | 0:04:09 | 0:04:14 | |
years. What priority does she
attached to local authorities over | 0:04:14 | 0:04:20 | |
new housing? It is vitally important
that we see more housing built | 0:04:20 | 0:04:26 | |
across the country and that is why
at budget we committed to 300,000 | 0:04:26 | 0:04:32 | |
homes being built per year over the
next decade. Mr Speaker, with the | 0:04:32 | 0:04:43 | |
Chief Secretary join me in paying
tribute to a council that has made | 0:04:43 | 0:04:49 | |
substantial savings and efficiencies
since 2010 whilst continuing to | 0:04:49 | 0:04:52 | |
provide excellent services. He's
absolutely right. We have seen the | 0:04:52 | 0:04:58 | |
leadership of numerous Conservative
councils across the who find new and | 0:04:58 | 0:05:02 | |
efficient ways of doing things. And
that is what we need to do as a | 0:05:02 | 0:05:06 | |
government, we need to find better
ways of doing things and more | 0:05:06 | 0:05:10 | |
efficiency, rather than wasting
money and crashing the economy as | 0:05:10 | 0:05:15 | |
happened under the previous Labour
governments. My own county council | 0:05:15 | 0:05:21 | |
of Derbyshire has seen their
government funding cut by over £200 | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
million. Two thirds of their
spending goes on adult social care. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:29 | |
Does the Minister agree it should be
a postcode lottery as to which | 0:05:29 | 0:05:33 | |
counties can afford the most council
tax as to whether their elderly get | 0:05:33 | 0:05:38 | |
looked after decently? We have put
additional funding into social care | 0:05:38 | 0:05:43 | |
and we have also allowed councils to
raise a precept. I think it is a | 0:05:43 | 0:05:48 | |
very important principle that local
councils are accountable for the | 0:05:48 | 0:05:52 | |
money they spend to local voters.
And the situation we inherited in | 0:05:52 | 0:05:58 | |
2010 where 80% of the money came
from local government means that we | 0:05:58 | 0:06:03 | |
could have profligate local councils
and local taxpayers would not have | 0:06:03 | 0:06:07 | |
to foot the bill. This week having
faced the same central government | 0:06:07 | 0:06:13 | |
cuts from everywhere else,
Conservative controlled Kettering | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
Borough which am a member can expect
to freeze its council tax for the | 0:06:16 | 0:06:19 | |
eighth year in a row. Would it not
appear that other councils are | 0:06:19 | 0:06:24 | |
better at Op... What under the
previous Labour government council | 0:06:24 | 0:06:31 | |
tax doubled and we are hearing talk
from the benches opposite that if | 0:06:31 | 0:06:36 | |
they were to getting government...
The issue of local authorities and | 0:06:36 | 0:06:46 | |
other public bodies. Will the
Minister commits to lift in the | 0:06:46 | 0:06:51 | |
public sector pay cap and to
properly funding these pay | 0:06:51 | 0:06:54 | |
increases? I point out that we put
an extra £2 billion worth of | 0:06:54 | 0:07:01 | |
spending power into the hands of the
Scottish Government at the last | 0:07:01 | 0:07:05 | |
budget. We have also said that we
want to be flexible over public | 0:07:05 | 0:07:10 | |
sector pay to make sure we are
retaining and recruiting the best | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
possible staff. If you'll forgive
me, Mr Speaker, as we came into the | 0:07:13 | 0:07:21 | |
chamber we heard the news of... Who
coordinated a large number of | 0:07:21 | 0:07:27 | |
all-party groups. I would like to
send out simply to his family. These | 0:07:27 | 0:07:34 | |
ministerial responses demonstrate
absolutely no understanding | 0:07:34 | 0:07:36 | |
whatsoever of the crisis of cuts
over the last eight years and the | 0:07:36 | 0:07:40 | |
impact on local government. Local
councils are now facing a funding | 0:07:40 | 0:07:44 | |
gap of nearly £6 billion by 2020 and
it is the most vulnerable that are | 0:07:44 | 0:07:48 | |
suffering. The number of children
taken into care is at its highest | 0:07:48 | 0:07:52 | |
level since 1985. One in three of
councils are warning the cuts have | 0:07:52 | 0:07:57 | |
left them with insufficient
resources to support these children. | 0:07:57 | 0:08:02 | |
The leader of the Chancellor's own
Surrey council said, and I quote, | 0:08:02 | 0:08:05 | |
the government cannot stand by idly
when Rome burns. ... Commit today to | 0:08:05 | 0:08:12 | |
use next month's Spring Bateman to
address the funding crisis in our | 0:08:12 | 0:08:18 | |
local councils? First of all, the
springs statement is not a physical | 0:08:18 | 0:08:22 | |
event and it is vitally important
that we maintain the discipline that | 0:08:22 | 0:08:26 | |
we have achieved over the last eight
years, that we keep control of | 0:08:26 | 0:08:31 | |
public spending because that is what
has led to the strong economy we are | 0:08:31 | 0:08:35 | |
now seeing, record levels of
employment and increasing number of | 0:08:35 | 0:08:39 | |
new businesses starting up. And the
reality is that if the party | 0:08:39 | 0:08:43 | |
opposite where to get into power, we
would see that legacy squandered. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:49 | |
Local government will see a 2.1%
increase in cash terms between 2015 | 0:08:49 | 0:08:56 | |
and 2019. And as I pointed out, they
have will have also seen an increase | 0:08:56 | 0:09:01 | |
in local council reserves of £8
billion. Money available to spend | 0:09:01 | 0:09:06 | |
than invest on investor local
services. With the crisis in | 0:09:06 | 0:09:14 | |
children's services, this is not the
time for political knock-about | 0:09:14 | 0:09:18 | |
responses. I am not sure if the
Chief Secretary has witnessed a | 0:09:18 | 0:09:23 | |
child being taken into care. I have
and it can scar that child for life. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:28 | |
But don't listen to me, listen to
the all-party enquiry into children | 0:09:28 | 0:09:34 | |
social care which won nine out of
ten councils are struggling to meet | 0:09:34 | 0:09:37 | |
their legal duty to children. The
director of children's services says | 0:09:37 | 0:09:42 | |
we cannot go on as we are. It is
reported that over half the councils | 0:09:42 | 0:09:45 | |
in England are planning to cut
children's services further. As | 0:09:45 | 0:09:49 | |
recent estimates say the Chancellor
will have sufficient resources to | 0:09:49 | 0:09:56 | |
protect our children from further
cuts. So I'm asking again, I appeal, | 0:09:56 | 0:10:01 | |
I appeal, once again to the
Chancellor, to use the springs | 0:10:01 | 0:10:06 | |
statement, which he has the flex
ability to do, to address the £2 | 0:10:06 | 0:10:11 | |
billion funding gap in our
children's services to protect our | 0:10:11 | 0:10:14 | |
children. I think it is a bit rich
of the honourable gentleman to | 0:10:14 | 0:10:22 | |
suggest we should not bring politics
into that when it is precisely what | 0:10:22 | 0:10:25 | |
he's doing. What we're doing is
making sure that local councils have | 0:10:25 | 0:10:31 | |
the flexibility to raise council tax
in order to fund those vitally | 0:10:31 | 0:10:36 | |
important public services. But I
think the party opposite has to | 0:10:36 | 0:10:40 | |
acknowledge it's not just the money
we spend but it's the way we spend | 0:10:40 | 0:10:44 | |
it. And the reality is, if the
entire focus is on the level of | 0:10:44 | 0:10:49 | |
spending rather than what we're | 0:10:49 | 0:11:05 | |
I'll sure the oral gentleman knows
this, but just to put this in | 0:11:05 | 0:11:10 | |
context, the vast majority of
current PFI contracts were signed | 0:11:10 | 0:11:14 | |
under the last Labour Government,
86% of all current PFI projects. The | 0:11:14 | 0:11:21 | |
talented office in 2010, this
Government as a reformed the | 0:11:21 | 0:11:25 | |
approach, so they no deliver better
value for money for the taxpayers. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:39 | |
Newry PF2 project will be subjected
to... I am concerned about the | 0:11:39 | 0:11:48 | |
workers. 90% of contractors have to
disagree bulk and it tended to pay | 0:11:48 | 0:11:54 | |
staff, but only in the interim
period. What about the tempo set | 0:11:54 | 0:11:58 | |
that will not be paid, and what will
happen after the interim period? | 0:11:58 | 0:12:02 | |
While the Government guarantee the
employment status and pay of those | 0:12:02 | 0:12:05 | |
individuals? I think the gentleman
might be slightly confusing PFI | 0:12:05 | 0:12:12 | |
contracts with outsourcing contracts
that don't involve capital | 0:12:12 | 0:12:16 | |
structures, but the resolution of
Carillion continues. So far there | 0:12:16 | 0:12:20 | |
has been a very high rate of uptake
of a private cloud of Carillion to | 0:12:20 | 0:12:27 | |
continue services that are being
delivered, and we have high hopes of | 0:12:27 | 0:12:32 | |
protecting the vast majority of the
jobs involve. What is a Government | 0:12:32 | 0:12:39 | |
doing to approve transparency and
public private partnerships? We | 0:12:39 | 0:12:48 | |
absolutely value transparency. The
added important part of the overall | 0:12:48 | 0:12:52 | |
infrastructure, but as I have
explained to the House just now, | 0:12:52 | 0:12:56 | |
there are currently not PF2 project
in procurement. I think that | 0:12:56 | 0:13:00 | |
indicates that he has said the bar
for value for money and public | 0:13:00 | 0:13:05 | |
private partnership is very high,
and we will continue to do so. That | 0:13:05 | 0:13:12 | |
is a rather extraordinary state of
affairs. I hope that the honourable | 0:13:12 | 0:13:18 | |
gentleman is not and ASBOs, and if
he is I am sorry, but otherwise | 0:13:18 | 0:13:22 | |
there is absolutely no way he should
be leaving the chamber while the | 0:13:22 | 0:13:34 | |
question is being asked. It is a
discursive day to the House. It is | 0:13:34 | 0:13:37 | |
discussed it to Chancellor. The
Shadow Chancellor recently wrote to | 0:13:37 | 0:13:42 | |
the Chancellor asking if there was
devised value for money get into and | 0:13:42 | 0:13:48 | |
an updated list of PFI, as existing
data is never two years old, and | 0:13:48 | 0:13:53 | |
details of any assessment the
Government carried out on | 0:13:53 | 0:13:57 | |
Carillion's readiness to carrier
contracts. We get this? I have not | 0:13:57 | 0:14:02 | |
yet received a letter from the
Shadow Chancellor, but if he has | 0:14:02 | 0:14:06 | |
written to me, I shall of course
replied to him and answer his | 0:14:06 | 0:14:08 | |
questions. This Government has put
raising our national productivity at | 0:14:08 | 0:14:19 | |
the heart of our mission, from The
National Productivity Investment | 0:14:19 | 0:14:24 | |
Fund, we have are ready and it is
over £50 million in investment in | 0:14:24 | 0:14:27 | |
road and rail and in north-west, and
this is an addition to the | 0:14:27 | 0:14:31 | |
allocations in Manchester are 243
million, and Liverpool, 135 billion. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:38 | |
By my honourable friend agreed that
the £31 billion national | 0:14:38 | 0:14:44 | |
productivity investment targeted at
transport, digital communications, | 0:14:44 | 0:14:47 | |
research and developing and housing
lobbyist the infrastructure of the | 0:14:47 | 0:14:51 | |
UK economy. The latest to six sure
that we have had the best run of | 0:14:51 | 0:14:58 | |
productivity growth says before the
financial crisis, but we are | 0:14:58 | 0:15:03 | |
certainly not complacent. The
National Productivity Investment | 0:15:03 | 0:15:06 | |
Fund but invest in an Rhodes, our
broadband connections, and | 0:15:06 | 0:15:11 | |
delivering more homes, all of which
are key to raising wages and living | 0:15:11 | 0:15:15 | |
standards are people across the
country. The problem is that the | 0:15:15 | 0:15:21 | |
fund is not doing anything to solve
the problems on our roads and | 0:15:21 | 0:15:26 | |
motorways, and it is amply not
giving enough money to councils to | 0:15:26 | 0:15:30 | |
make sure your peers are done. --
repairs to motorways and awards are | 0:15:30 | 0:15:37 | |
done. We're having a greater crisis
than we have seen for some time. I | 0:15:37 | 0:15:43 | |
am afraid I don't agree with the
analysis. The Government has made | 0:15:43 | 0:15:48 | |
record amounts of investment into
our roads, as indeed into error | 0:15:48 | 0:15:52 | |
rail, and that its ads will announce
in the autumn, there is for the | 0:15:52 | 0:15:58 | |
money. £30 billion in total to
improve transport across the north | 0:15:58 | 0:16:01 | |
of England. -- 13 billion. This
Government has done nothing to | 0:16:01 | 0:16:11 | |
deliver local rail infrastructure in
the north-west, which is vital for | 0:16:11 | 0:16:15 | |
jobs and the economy, so when is the
Government going to invest in a | 0:16:15 | 0:16:20 | |
decent quality services, including
services by my constituents from | 0:16:20 | 0:16:25 | |
Southport to Manchester, because F
they want to do it, they should | 0:16:25 | 0:16:27 | |
stand aside and let us get on with
the job. The Government has been | 0:16:27 | 0:16:34 | |
investing more in railways across
the country than any Government | 0:16:34 | 0:16:37 | |
since Victorian times, and that
includes in northern England. Across | 0:16:37 | 0:16:41 | |
the country, the Government has been
investing a quarter of the Chilean | 0:16:41 | 0:16:45 | |
pounds and infrastructure projects
is 2010, 4500 of which have already | 0:16:45 | 0:16:49 | |
been completed. With your
permission, I would like to add to | 0:16:49 | 0:16:57 | |
this question together with question
seven and eight, and as my | 0:16:57 | 0:17:00 | |
honourable friend has just told us,
since 2010 there has been over a | 0:17:00 | 0:17:04 | |
quarter of a Gillian pounds are
public and private investment in | 0:17:04 | 0:17:08 | |
infrastructure. We continue to
invest in infrastructure. In the | 0:17:08 | 0:17:12 | |
autumn budget 2017, by expanding the
national productivity investment | 0:17:12 | 0:17:16 | |
funds that it will not provide £31
billion additional investment, | 0:17:16 | 0:17:21 | |
including more than doubling the
Housing infrastructure fund, to | 0:17:21 | 0:17:25 | |
fibre compounds. The ad has set out
at the budget, Mr Speaker, that our | 0:17:25 | 0:17:30 | |
plans was a public investment
entries to levels not sustained in | 0:17:30 | 0:17:33 | |
40 years. Through the major roads
network, vehicle excise duty will be | 0:17:33 | 0:17:43 | |
made available for investment for
strategic roads outside the beam at | 0:17:43 | 0:17:48 | |
the highways agency. I understand
that economic growth must be a | 0:17:48 | 0:17:50 | |
priority, but how much will the
pressure of future housing | 0:17:50 | 0:17:55 | |
development be considered in any of
these future schemes, such as in my | 0:17:55 | 0:17:59 | |
constituency in New York, surrounded
by the Northern Renwick, when we | 0:17:59 | 0:18:03 | |
have a lot of housing? The major
roads network will support the | 0:18:03 | 0:18:09 | |
creation of new housing developments
by improving access to future | 0:18:09 | 0:18:15 | |
development sites and boosting
suitable land capacity, so | 0:18:15 | 0:18:18 | |
investment decisions for this
funding will include considerations | 0:18:18 | 0:18:24 | |
of high proposal schemes will unlock
plans for housing development and | 0:18:24 | 0:18:28 | |
help to improve how transport is
planned for new developments at the | 0:18:28 | 0:18:32 | |
outset, and the ring road that he
refers to is of course part of the | 0:18:32 | 0:18:36 | |
proposed major roads network. The
Chancellor will not the great | 0:18:36 | 0:18:41 | |
Eastern realign task force which has
made the economic and business case | 0:18:41 | 0:18:44 | |
for rail infrastructure directly to
the Treasury. He will also note that | 0:18:44 | 0:18:49 | |
Draco Anglican teenagers are forking
out a lot of money to the tragedy | 0:18:49 | 0:18:55 | |
under the current franchise. Can the
Chancellor is generally get some of | 0:18:55 | 0:19:01 | |
this money back to invest in a | 0:19:01 | 0:19:03 | |
much-needed improvements that are
commuters are not getting? My | 0:19:03 | 0:19:06 | |
honourable friend is a great
champion of infrastructure, and I | 0:19:06 | 0:19:10 | |
see how was to create a more
dependable rear wing with entries | 0:19:10 | 0:19:13 | |
focus on punctuality and
reliability, and that is why the | 0:19:13 | 0:19:17 | |
Government is pushing the beggars
feel investment since Victorian | 0:19:17 | 0:19:21 | |
times. Under the Greater Anglia
franchise that is a commitment to | 0:19:21 | 0:19:27 | |
deliver more services, faster
journey times, including two Norwich | 0:19:27 | 0:19:29 | |
with trains each weight from 2019.
And a great Eastern Menai proposal | 0:19:29 | 0:19:36 | |
is currently in an early stage of
development, but we will consider | 0:19:36 | 0:19:41 | |
the case this year has been
followed. Can the Chancellor update | 0:19:41 | 0:19:47 | |
has on the steps being taken to
ensure the Government's ambitious | 0:19:47 | 0:19:51 | |
plans for housing are supported by
the local infrastructure | 0:19:51 | 0:19:54 | |
investments, such as through housing
infrastructure fund? My honourable | 0:19:54 | 0:20:01 | |
friend is right to observe that the
conduct build the homes is continued | 0:20:01 | 0:20:05 | |
without infrastructure, and often it
is back from local communities to | 0:20:05 | 0:20:09 | |
the idea of accommodating greater
number of homes is if you're that | 0:20:09 | 0:20:13 | |
infrastructure will not keep it. To
budget 2017 more than doubled the | 0:20:13 | 0:20:18 | |
housing infrastructure fund, taking
it to a total of £5 billion, and in | 0:20:18 | 0:20:23 | |
February the 1st, we announced a by
compounds of investment from that | 0:20:23 | 0:20:29 | |
fund, supporting 133 project that
will unlock infrastructure for up to | 0:20:29 | 0:20:34 | |
200,000 new homes. It is now two
years and two months since Boxing | 0:20:34 | 0:20:40 | |
Day fact that hit much of Yorkshire,
including my constituency of Leeds | 0:20:40 | 0:20:45 | |
West, took still in Leeds West is no
better protected from floods than it | 0:20:45 | 0:20:49 | |
was on Boxing Day 2015, and the
Government still have not signed off | 0:20:49 | 0:20:54 | |
money for the face to alleviation
scheme. -- phase two alleviation | 0:20:54 | 0:21:01 | |
scheme. Buy more that happen,
because it is ardently needed? My | 0:21:01 | 0:21:09 | |
constituency also has been affected
by flooding, and some of the | 0:21:09 | 0:21:13 | |
response projects and major
engineering projects which take time | 0:21:13 | 0:21:16 | |
to develop, and of course Defra and
the Environment Agency has funding | 0:21:16 | 0:21:21 | |
for flood relief projects, but these
have to be prioritised, and have to | 0:21:21 | 0:21:25 | |
be worked up into proper business
cases, but I will look at this | 0:21:25 | 0:21:28 | |
preserve the case, and if I may, I
will write to have a busy copy in a | 0:21:28 | 0:21:34 | |
hazmat. The most important national
infrastructure project is a network | 0:21:34 | 0:21:40 | |
of tidal lagoons for low-carbon
energy. Since Jay-Z apparently | 0:21:40 | 0:21:45 | |
uprooted project as good value for
money, why isn't allowing dinosaurs | 0:21:45 | 0:21:49 | |
in the energy Department to block
it? I imagine that the honourable | 0:21:49 | 0:21:57 | |
gentleman is offending to the
Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project, | 0:21:57 | 0:22:01 | |
which as he knows, is under
consideration by the Government, and | 0:22:01 | 0:22:05 | |
on an item will be made in due
course. Contrary to the Treasury's | 0:22:05 | 0:22:13 | |
on assessment, be visibly found that
a sport investment in London is 2.5 | 0:22:13 | 0:22:19 | |
times per capita higher than it is
in the north. An knowledge -- in | 0:22:19 | 0:22:25 | |
knowledge, we know companies are
shedding jobs and citing the | 0:22:25 | 0:22:28 | |
transport as a cause. What action
will minister stick to Ederson is an | 0:22:28 | 0:22:34 | |
just imbalance, and how it will be,
to working with the mirrors of | 0:22:34 | 0:22:38 | |
Manchester and Liverpool on the
convention of the north and eyes | 0:22:38 | 0:22:41 | |
this morning? I just recognise an
agree with the honourable | 0:22:41 | 0:22:49 | |
gentleman's figures. The analysis
shows that actively infrastructure | 0:22:49 | 0:22:52 | |
investment in the north per capita
is higher than in the south-east. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:59 | |
The Chancellor has spoken out in
favour of rebalancing the economy | 0:22:59 | 0:23:04 | |
via a fairer redistribution of tyres
were spending, we did therefore | 0:23:04 | 0:23:10 | |
consider the strategic jazz pipe was
cause for a specific entries and | 0:23:10 | 0:23:14 | |
transport spending across the north
of England? The Government is | 0:23:14 | 0:23:18 | |
committed to the northern powerhouse
project, and recognises that that | 0:23:18 | 0:23:23 | |
has to be supported through
infrastructure investment. We are | 0:23:23 | 0:23:28 | |
looking at northern powerhouse
infrastructure investment projects | 0:23:28 | 0:23:31 | |
on a case-by-case basis, and will
continue to support the development | 0:23:31 | 0:23:34 | |
of the northern powerhouse. Question
six, Mr Speaker. The Government is | 0:23:34 | 0:23:46 | |
undertaking a wide-ranging set of
analysis of the impact of our | 0:23:46 | 0:23:51 | |
departure from the European Union.
This is changing through time as we | 0:23:51 | 0:23:55 | |
develop an approach going forward,
and as we move to a bold and | 0:23:55 | 0:23:59 | |
Scarborough heads of agreement with
the union partners -- all that | 0:23:59 | 0:24:04 | |
comprehensive agreement. The
Chancellor new in 2016 that the | 0:24:04 | 0:24:10 | |
majority of people with proof that a
soft Brexit a hard-won, and people | 0:24:10 | 0:24:17 | |
like the Foreign Secretary who said
he would have for a single market, | 0:24:17 | 0:24:21 | |
but neither Chancellor knows that it
will cost us £45 billion in lost tax | 0:24:21 | 0:24:27 | |
receipts Didier hard Brexit, while
he at least acknowledge that the | 0:24:27 | 0:24:30 | |
people like me and across the
chamber who support us remaining and | 0:24:30 | 0:24:35 | |
both a customs union and the single
market do it in the name of | 0:24:35 | 0:24:39 | |
prosperity and in the name of
upholding democracy? The Government | 0:24:39 | 0:24:43 | |
has made its position very clear. We
are leaving the European Union, that | 0:24:43 | 0:24:47 | |
means we are leaving the customs
union and the single market, however | 0:24:47 | 0:24:50 | |
we are determined to negotiate a
deal which will give us fragilis | 0:24:50 | 0:24:55 | |
trade with the EU 27 as possible,
postal aligning herself as a | 0:24:55 | 0:25:00 | |
globally facing mission to go out
and conduct and secure free trade | 0:25:00 | 0:25:04 | |
agreements with other countries
around the world. Could the | 0:25:04 | 0:25:11 | |
Government minister please confirm
that it will be a Conservative | 0:25:11 | 0:25:14 | |
Government that is and will continue
to be the voice of British business, | 0:25:14 | 0:25:18 | |
and that securing a strong economic
future will be at the heart of the | 0:25:18 | 0:25:22 | |
Brexit negotiations? I thank my
right honourable friend for that | 0:25:22 | 0:25:27 | |
question. I can of course confirm
that we remain entirely committed to | 0:25:27 | 0:25:32 | |
the strength of our economy, to
supporting businesses up and down | 0:25:32 | 0:25:36 | |
our country, not least in our
negotiations over the European | 0:25:36 | 0:25:39 | |
Union, and in a customs respect to
that, for which I have some aspire | 0:25:39 | 0:25:45 | |
to do with us some responsibility in
making sure that the move as | 0:25:45 | 0:25:47 | |
effectively as possible across the
EU 27 post our departure. I believe | 0:25:47 | 0:25:54 | |
that the best way forward for
Britain is to negotiate a new | 0:25:54 | 0:25:59 | |
relationship with the European
Union, one based on an economic | 0:25:59 | 0:26:02 | |
partnership involving a customs
union and the single market and | 0:26:02 | 0:26:05 | |
goods and services. Not my words, Mr
Speaker, but the member of | 0:26:05 | 0:26:10 | |
Parliament for North Somerset, the
Secretary of State for International | 0:26:10 | 0:26:12 | |
Development, from his website just
now. Can I ask the Minister, what | 0:26:12 | 0:26:19 | |
representation as he had from the
Secretary of State for International | 0:26:19 | 0:26:23 | |
Development and supportive
membership of the customs union and | 0:26:23 | 0:26:25 | |
the single market? | 0:26:25 | 0:26:39 | |
On the customs union and on trade.
We are taking forward legislation to | 0:26:39 | 0:26:44 | |
make sure that the aspirations that
we have in that respect in terms of | 0:26:44 | 0:26:48 | |
our negotiations with the EU can...
When those deals are concluded. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:57 | |
Yesterday I met a delegation of
business representatives from my | 0:26:57 | 0:27:00 | |
constituency who are optimistic
about our prospects when we leave | 0:27:00 | 0:27:04 | |
the single market and Customs union.
They are currently examining the | 0:27:04 | 0:27:09 | |
concept of Freeport. Will the
Minister agree to meet them when | 0:27:09 | 0:27:13 | |
they have developed their thoughts
further and try and overcome | 0:27:13 | 0:27:17 | |
possible obstacles? I thank the
honourable member for his question. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:25 | |
Of course, I or indeed the Chief
Secretary to the Treasury will be | 0:27:25 | 0:27:29 | |
happy to meet him and his business
colleagues. We are potentially | 0:27:29 | 0:27:35 | |
interested in Freeport go forward
and we will keep that under review. | 0:27:35 | 0:27:39 | |
Many members of the cabinets have
made their views clear on this | 0:27:39 | 0:27:42 | |
issue. The Chancellor has said that
after we leave the EU he would like | 0:27:42 | 0:27:46 | |
to see no tariffs with Europe and no
hard border with Northern Ireland. | 0:27:46 | 0:27:50 | |
To quote he said he wanted a deal
that would facilitate the freest | 0:27:50 | 0:27:56 | |
deal with the EU and allow us to
forge new relationships around the | 0:27:56 | 0:28:02 | |
world. ... In a speech made
yesterday by the Leader of the | 0:28:02 | 0:28:10 | |
Opposition which to quote the
Chancellor will facilitate the | 0:28:10 | 0:28:17 | |
freest... And allow us to forge new
trade agreements with our partners | 0:28:17 | 0:28:23 | |
are unwell. Well, I'm clearly here
to speak about government policy. | 0:28:23 | 0:28:32 | |
The zigzag in that we have seen from
members opposite on the position of | 0:28:32 | 0:28:37 | |
the customs union has been quite
extraordinary. And it does seem to | 0:28:37 | 0:28:42 | |
me at first take if I understand
what has been suggested that this | 0:28:42 | 0:28:45 | |
idea that you can be in the customs
union and yet go out and have very | 0:28:45 | 0:28:50 | |
high level of control over doing
deals with other countries, I just | 0:28:50 | 0:28:53 | |
do not think tanks together.
Questioned nine, Mr Speaker. Thank | 0:28:53 | 0:29:02 | |
you, Mr Speaker. My honourable
friend will know that in the budget | 0:29:02 | 0:29:05 | |
might honourable friend the
Chancellor announced an additional | 0:29:05 | 0:29:08 | |
one point. The. Billion we ensure
our position of the Welsh government | 0:29:08 | 0:29:16 | |
that our funding is above that the
rate in England and as a consequence | 0:29:16 | 0:29:19 | |
of those and other measures, Wales
is now one of the fastest-growing | 0:29:19 | 0:29:23 | |
nations within the nations and
regions of the United Kingdom. Will | 0:29:23 | 0:29:30 | |
he further agree with me that
leaving the UK single market would | 0:29:30 | 0:29:36 | |
leave of far bigger risk to the
economy the lead in the EU single | 0:29:36 | 0:29:41 | |
market? It is entirely right.
Competitors 12% going into the | 0:29:41 | 0:29:52 | |
European Union. I think those
figures, Mr Speaker, speak for | 0:29:52 | 0:29:56 | |
themselves. Traditionally Wales has
lower wages than the rest of the | 0:29:56 | 0:30:01 | |
economy. In light of low
productivity and low growth | 0:30:01 | 0:30:04 | |
forecast, what is the government
ensuring that high-quality jobs can | 0:30:04 | 0:30:08 | |
be attracted to the Welsh economy?
We're doing a great deal in terms of | 0:30:08 | 0:30:16 | |
productivity across the country. We
have agreed to city deals within | 0:30:16 | 0:30:20 | |
Wales, £500 million for Cardiff,
more for Swansea. Employment is up | 0:30:20 | 0:30:28 | |
in Wales by 7.3% since 2010 and
unemployment in Wales is down by 39% | 0:30:28 | 0:30:34 | |
since that time. The question is,
what investment? They have promised | 0:30:34 | 0:30:43 | |
to electrify the main line between
the two cities. They will not commit | 0:30:43 | 0:30:49 | |
to the Swansea Bay lagoon... Welsh
at the same time as subsidising the | 0:30:49 | 0:30:56 | |
most expensive row when the world in
England. When will the government | 0:30:56 | 0:31:00 | |
stop taking Wales were right? Am
very surprised, Mr Speaker, to hear | 0:31:00 | 0:31:06 | |
the honourable member levelled those
accusations against a government. | 0:31:06 | 0:31:08 | |
I've already explained we have set
aside another 1.2 billion for Wales | 0:31:08 | 0:31:12 | |
in the recent budget, the two city
deals that I have referred to were | 0:31:12 | 0:31:17 | |
also back back in a South Wales
metro and we're big committed to | 0:31:17 | 0:31:23 | |
agree on further growth deals with
North and south Wales. Version ten, | 0:31:23 | 0:31:28 | |
Mr Speaker. Mr Speaker, the cross
Whitehall analysis referred to is | 0:31:28 | 0:31:34 | |
provisional internal analysis, part
of on growing analysis and further | 0:31:34 | 0:31:38 | |
work is in train. This analysis has
been developed as a tool to inform | 0:31:38 | 0:31:43 | |
Ministers on the European Union exit
trade committee and subcommittees | 0:31:43 | 0:31:47 | |
about the choices that must be made
as negotiations progress. Thank you | 0:31:47 | 0:31:53 | |
for that answer. Does the Chancellor
agree with the former international | 0:31:53 | 0:31:57 | |
trade permanent secretary that
giving up the single market and | 0:31:57 | 0:32:00 | |
customs union is like giving up a
three course meal for packet of | 0:32:00 | 0:32:03 | |
crisps in the future? If he does not
agree, can he agree what specific | 0:32:03 | 0:32:09 | |
evidence his department has seen
that future trade agreements will | 0:32:09 | 0:32:12 | |
outweigh the damage of leaving the
single market customs union for | 0:32:12 | 0:32:16 | |
businesses and jobs across the
country but particularly in the | 0:32:16 | 0:32:19 | |
north-east? It is the government's
intention to maintain the highest | 0:32:19 | 0:32:27 | |
possible access for British
businesses to European Union | 0:32:27 | 0:32:30 | |
markets. And the honourable lady is
right that we should approach this | 0:32:30 | 0:32:34 | |
on an evidence basis. We should look
for the evidence of value of our | 0:32:34 | 0:32:39 | |
trade flows with Europe, what that
is generating UK in terms of jobs | 0:32:39 | 0:32:42 | |
and we should look objectively at
the opportunities that lie with | 0:32:42 | 0:32:49 | |
third country trade deals and the
likely profile of new jobs and new | 0:32:49 | 0:32:54 | |
trade and new opportunities that can
be created and we should weigh those | 0:32:54 | 0:32:57 | |
carefully. Mr Speaker, leaks from
the Brexit analysis showed that UK | 0:32:57 | 0:33:05 | |
Government's borrowing will rise
dramatically under bricks fit. Can | 0:33:05 | 0:33:12 | |
the Chancellor reassures that he
will cut vital public services to | 0:33:12 | 0:33:17 | |
plug this gap? As the honourable
lady knows, the analysis she refers | 0:33:17 | 0:33:22 | |
to models standardised off-the-shelf
trade models. The government is | 0:33:22 | 0:33:30 | |
seeking a bespoke deal with the
European Union to deliver a deep | 0:33:30 | 0:33:35 | |
economic partnership, which would
have a completely different set of | 0:33:35 | 0:33:38 | |
outcomes. That remains our
objective. Mr Speaker, it is for | 0:33:38 | 0:33:46 | |
departments to consider the
equalities impact of their proposals | 0:33:46 | 0:33:50 | |
on workforce strategy and pay. The
important thing is we reward public | 0:33:50 | 0:33:54 | |
servants fairly for the work they
do. Public sector servants certainly | 0:33:54 | 0:33:59 | |
have not been fairly. Can I return
to the private sector. Is the chief | 0:33:59 | 0:34:07 | |
secretary concerned as I am that
many private-sector firms in their | 0:34:07 | 0:34:10 | |
reporting obligations on the gender
pay gap are excluding partners | 0:34:10 | 0:34:15 | |
income on the basis that they are
not employees. What will government | 0:34:15 | 0:34:18 | |
do to close a loophole? We have
announced new policies on reporting | 0:34:18 | 0:34:26 | |
the private sector pay gap. The pay
gap has come down under this | 0:34:26 | 0:34:31 | |
government and we are now seeing a
record number of women in work. And | 0:34:31 | 0:34:34 | |
the reason that is is we have taken
the difficult economic decisions to | 0:34:34 | 0:34:40 | |
close the deficit and to make sure
we have allowed the private sector | 0:34:40 | 0:34:43 | |
to flourish. With inflation at 3%
and government cut council tax and | 0:34:43 | 0:34:51 | |
police budgets forcing up precepts,
why should low paid workers | 0:34:51 | 0:34:55 | |
predominantly who are women have an
increase of only 1% next year after | 0:34:55 | 0:34:59 | |
four years of 1% already? First of
all I would point out that those on | 0:34:59 | 0:35:05 | |
the lowest pay have seen their real
wages rise by 7% since 2015. The | 0:35:05 | 0:35:12 | |
highest level for some time. And
also, it is the women that we are | 0:35:12 | 0:35:17 | |
seeing more likely to be in work, a
record level of employment and we | 0:35:17 | 0:35:22 | |
have also given additional
flexibility to public services to | 0:35:22 | 0:35:25 | |
make sure they are able to recruit
and retain. The government is taking | 0:35:25 | 0:35:35 | |
a proactive approach to support
borrowers and to aid people to | 0:35:35 | 0:35:38 | |
manage their money well and help
those in problem debt. We reformed | 0:35:38 | 0:35:42 | |
the regulation giving the FC a
considerable regulatory powers and | 0:35:42 | 0:35:48 | |
we are setting up a new single
financial guidance policy to make it | 0:35:48 | 0:35:51 | |
easier for people to get help with
money matters. After seven years, | 0:35:51 | 0:35:58 | |
wages are still flowing 2010.
Self-employed people are on average | 0:35:58 | 0:36:03 | |
paid less than they were a
generation ago. Does the Minister | 0:36:03 | 0:36:08 | |
share my alarm that too many people
are having to worry about buying | 0:36:08 | 0:36:11 | |
school uniform, affording a family
holiday or even just paying for | 0:36:11 | 0:36:15 | |
their rent or mortgage? The
government recognises it's very | 0:36:15 | 0:36:21 | |
important that we focus on the
poorest people in our society, that | 0:36:21 | 0:36:24 | |
is why we have increased the
national living wage by 4.7% which | 0:36:24 | 0:36:28 | |
will mean a pay rise of £600 for
those working full-time. We have | 0:36:28 | 0:36:34 | |
also increased the personal
allowance, frozen the fuel duty and | 0:36:34 | 0:36:38 | |
increased childcare support to
attend to the concerns raised. As | 0:36:38 | 0:36:45 | |
part of our enquiry into household
finances, the Treasury committee is | 0:36:45 | 0:36:48 | |
looking at the problems facing
financially vulnerable households | 0:36:48 | 0:36:51 | |
and last week I and my committee
colleague visited the citizens | 0:36:51 | 0:36:56 | |
advice bureau in Nottingham. There
they told as the problems caused by | 0:36:56 | 0:37:01 | |
banks and companies but the harshest
of always the government. There is | 0:37:01 | 0:37:05 | |
forbearance for... Over parents. A
live is often the first port of call | 0:37:05 | 0:37:09 | |
rather than a last resort. Is the
Minister concerned by this heavy | 0:37:09 | 0:37:14 | |
handedness and as you not agree that
the local... Should lead... As part | 0:37:14 | 0:37:25 | |
of the work of the single finance
guidance body, we will be | 0:37:25 | 0:37:30 | |
implementing a breathing space. That
work is... That Bill is going | 0:37:30 | 0:37:35 | |
through committee as you know and I
am determined that we will get this | 0:37:35 | 0:37:38 | |
right, listen to best practice
across the country. We are committed | 0:37:38 | 0:37:41 | |
in our manifesto to a six-week
breathing space and we will look | 0:37:41 | 0:37:46 | |
very carefully at representations
received from across the country. | 0:37:46 | 0:37:52 | |
Citizens advice report on Universal
Credit claimants who are having more | 0:37:52 | 0:37:55 | |
than 40% of their standard allowance
taken from the monthly payment. | 0:37:55 | 0:37:59 | |
There is a 40% cap on repayments to
third parties but it does not appear | 0:37:59 | 0:38:04 | |
to include payments of advanced
budgeting loans and it is living | 0:38:04 | 0:38:07 | |
people and able to look make ends
meet. Will the Minister agreed to | 0:38:07 | 0:38:11 | |
meet with DWP colleagues to ensure
people are not pushed into debt by | 0:38:11 | 0:38:17 | |
the government's own rules? Of
course I will meet with colleagues | 0:38:17 | 0:38:23 | |
across government. I meeting with
the Minister as we seek to get this | 0:38:23 | 0:38:26 | |
legislation right. Mr Speaker,
membership of the European Economic | 0:38:26 | 0:38:34 | |
Area would require free member of
people with the rest of the European | 0:38:34 | 0:38:40 | |
Union and the UK Government has been
clear that the free movement of | 0:38:40 | 0:38:43 | |
people cannot continue as it is now.
So we are seeking a bespoke, | 0:38:43 | 0:38:48 | |
comprehensive and ambitious
partnership in the neutral interests | 0:38:48 | 0:38:52 | |
of the UK and the EU. The
government's own forecast at suggest | 0:38:52 | 0:39:00 | |
that no deal Brexit will cut GDP
growth in the north-west of England. | 0:39:00 | 0:39:04 | |
What steps is he taking to reduce
the impacts of no deal? As I said | 0:39:04 | 0:39:13 | |
earlier in answer to a previous
question, the figures to which my | 0:39:13 | 0:39:17 | |
honourable friend refers are based
on standardised trade models, not | 0:39:17 | 0:39:21 | |
that its bespoke deal that we are
seeking to achieve. She asked me | 0:39:21 | 0:39:24 | |
what steps I am taking to protect
her constituents's interest. I am | 0:39:24 | 0:39:30 | |
supporting my colleagues in seeking
to strike an ambitious partnership | 0:39:30 | 0:39:35 | |
with the EU that delivers maximum
benefits for the EU and the UK. What | 0:39:35 | 0:39:43 | |
assessment has the Chancellor made
in particular of the potential | 0:39:43 | 0:39:46 | |
benefits of EUA benefits... UK
economy of the creative industries, | 0:39:46 | 0:39:54 | |
so important for my constituents in
Bristol West? The creative | 0:39:54 | 0:40:00 | |
industries and one of Britain's a
great success stories and more | 0:40:00 | 0:40:04 | |
broadly our services sector is our
strategic strength in many respects. | 0:40:04 | 0:40:09 | |
We have to ensure that as we
negotiate a future relationship with | 0:40:09 | 0:40:13 | |
the European Union, we protect not
only the marketing goods but the | 0:40:13 | 0:40:17 | |
marketing services where Britain has
such significant comparative | 0:40:17 | 0:40:20 | |
advantage. By helping all places to
access the benefits of technological | 0:40:20 | 0:40:28 | |
progress and reach their full
potential, we can drive growth at | 0:40:28 | 0:40:33 | |
national level. Sizzled in 2016 the
government has announced an | 0:40:33 | 0:40:37 | |
additional £7 billion for science
and innovation... To total | 0:40:37 | 0:40:41 | |
government are indeed spending by
2021. Does he agree with me that | 0:40:41 | 0:40:50 | |
digital technology enables further
devolution away from London of | 0:40:50 | 0:40:53 | |
high-tech industries but what is the
government doing to support a? The | 0:40:53 | 0:41:00 | |
government's are expanding... By
investing 21 million over four years | 0:41:00 | 0:41:06 | |
to help people grow a digital
business and this includes a | 0:41:06 | 0:41:09 | |
large-scale city the demonstrated in
Manchester which demonstrates how | 0:41:09 | 0:41:14 | |
Internet links can improve energy
and health and culture. | 0:41:14 | 0:41:26 | |
In those centres of excellence in
gaydar, health and energy, key | 0:41:26 | 0:41:32 | |
drivers of future economy. And
Saturday, I had a meeting with Sadiq | 0:41:32 | 0:41:36 | |
can wear start-up is identified
attracting investment as a key | 0:41:36 | 0:41:42 | |
barrier to their growth. What is
this Government doing to attract | 0:41:42 | 0:41:47 | |
investment to businesses in
Newcastle, and those that the good | 0:41:47 | 0:41:50 | |
image in a bank has supported by
Labour? We certainly have a national | 0:41:50 | 0:41:57 | |
bank to encourage investment in
small businesses. We also have the | 0:41:57 | 0:42:02 | |
£400 million digital infrastructure
fund, and as a minister, I am doing | 0:42:02 | 0:42:05 | |
all I can to make sure we find the
best conditions for investing across | 0:42:05 | 0:42:09 | |
the country. ICI FS have confirmed,
under our plan, public investment | 0:42:09 | 0:42:22 | |
will reach levels not sustained
until the late 1970s by the end of | 0:42:22 | 0:42:26 | |
this Parliament, and we want to see
that investment across United | 0:42:26 | 0:42:30 | |
Kingdom. We are delivering £30
billion of transport investment in | 0:42:30 | 0:42:34 | |
the north, and we will launch a
transport as much as what fun to | 0:42:34 | 0:42:38 | |
kasbah migrate to cities. Devolution
in the greatest city scatter | 0:42:38 | 0:42:46 | |
Manchester region is beginning to
unlock opportunities for investment | 0:42:46 | 0:42:50 | |
and infrastructure, research and
development and innovation in the | 0:42:50 | 0:42:52 | |
north-west. It will allow facilities
in my constituency to prosper. | 0:42:52 | 0:42:59 | |
There's a minister and agree, that
FBI able to realise the full | 0:42:59 | 0:43:03 | |
potential of our regions, devolution
has to extend further. I'm delighted | 0:43:03 | 0:43:12 | |
to hear the positive story that the
honourable gentleman is giving that | 0:43:12 | 0:43:15 | |
we have created as a Government. In
the last make, I have met with the | 0:43:15 | 0:43:20 | |
Mayor of Greater Manchester, and we
are committed to working with anyone | 0:43:20 | 0:43:24 | |
who shares our commitment to
economic growth and prosperity in | 0:43:24 | 0:43:26 | |
the north of England. The Government
is committed to picking up | 0:43:26 | 0:43:35 | |
investment in Scotland and it did
the Chancellor announced an | 0:43:35 | 0:43:40 | |
additional £2 billion at Dinas
budget. We have boosted city deals | 0:43:40 | 0:43:45 | |
are ready by £1 billion, and we have
committed for the city deals in | 0:43:45 | 0:43:51 | |
sterling, the case it is, and the
Borders. As shown by honourable | 0:43:51 | 0:43:57 | |
friend will share my concern and the
consent of my constituents activity | 0:43:57 | 0:44:02 | |
stats were at a recent systematic
sure that -- showed a decline below | 0:44:02 | 0:44:09 | |
the levels of the UK. Does he not
agree with me that instead of making | 0:44:09 | 0:44:13 | |
Scotland the highest tax part of the
UK, and increasing taxes, he should | 0:44:13 | 0:44:18 | |
be encouraging the Scottish
Government to follow this | 0:44:18 | 0:44:22 | |
Government's lead, encouraging
enterprise and growing UK | 0:44:22 | 0:44:26 | |
productivity if that's what it ties
levels in ten years. You're | 0:44:26 | 0:44:32 | |
absolutely right to raise the
critical as you are productivity, | 0:44:32 | 0:44:38 | |
and it is of course the
responsibility of both Government | 0:44:38 | 0:44:40 | |
and that respect. On the matter of
tax that you raise, I totally agree, | 0:44:40 | 0:44:45 | |
that it is important to keep tax
down, add to the extent that that | 0:44:45 | 0:44:49 | |
has achieved in Scotland as been to
a last degree the changes we have | 0:44:49 | 0:44:54 | |
made to personal allowance. | 0:44:54 | 0:45:05 | |
Mr Speaker, we have made sure that
local councils have the reliability | 0:45:11 | 0:45:17 | |
to serve local residents by giving
them additional council tax | 0:45:17 | 0:45:20 | |
flexibility. I thank the Minister
for that answer, but between 2010 | 0:45:20 | 0:45:29 | |
and 2020, bit of a cancer will have
had their direct funding cut by 70%. | 0:45:29 | 0:45:38 | |
Can the minister explain how they
are expected to meet the rising | 0:45:38 | 0:45:43 | |
children service and adult social
care demands? As they died, councils | 0:45:43 | 0:45:47 | |
have been given the ability to
increase council tax levels to pay | 0:45:47 | 0:45:52 | |
for those services, and what is
vitally important is that those | 0:45:52 | 0:45:56 | |
taxes are raised locally so that
local councillors are accountable | 0:45:56 | 0:45:59 | |
for the decisions they make. Can you
confirm that the Government will now | 0:45:59 | 0:46:07 | |
probably to improve their funding
for local government to replace the | 0:46:07 | 0:46:11 | |
transparent and advert system, and
what you look closely at the | 0:46:11 | 0:46:16 | |
Leicestershire model for dinner. It
is a good point. Local government | 0:46:16 | 0:46:19 | |
funding has not been fair, and that
is why we have been consulting on | 0:46:19 | 0:46:24 | |
affair from you at the moment,
analyst with interest that has | 0:46:24 | 0:46:27 | |
representations. With the Minister
give... Number 20, Mr Speaker. Since | 0:46:27 | 0:46:40 | |
2010, when we had a post-war record
level of deficit of 9.9%, we have | 0:46:40 | 0:46:46 | |
reduced that to 2.2% as of last
year, and a forecast in November | 0:46:46 | 0:46:52 | |
that this deficit bolt for the
decline to 1.1% of GDP by 2022, | 0:46:52 | 0:47:00 | |
2023. With the Minister give an
estimate of his recent assessment of | 0:47:00 | 0:47:04 | |
his effect that our deficit
reduction measures have taking up on | 0:47:04 | 0:47:07 | |
relieving the tax burden for younger
generations? My honourable friend | 0:47:07 | 0:47:12 | |
rate is an absolutely critical point
about the borders of getting the | 0:47:12 | 0:47:15 | |
debts down in order to make sure
that future generations do not carry | 0:47:15 | 0:47:19 | |
the burden of that debt, which is
why we have reduced the deficit by | 0:47:19 | 0:47:23 | |
three quarters, it is why we are
going to hit our reduction and the | 0:47:23 | 0:47:27 | |
level of debt to years early in
2020. The an agenda for Huddersfield | 0:47:27 | 0:47:37 | |
is very eager, and I think we ought
to hear the fellow. Some people in | 0:47:37 | 0:47:46 | |
the us will not I am not the most
radical member of the pages, but can | 0:47:46 | 0:47:49 | |
I tell the Minister that if we had
been successful in reducing the | 0:47:49 | 0:47:54 | |
budget of this Government, my
constituents in Yorkshire could | 0:47:54 | 0:48:00 | |
forget that, but the fact of the
matter is that we have had the money | 0:48:00 | 0:48:04 | |
for the electrification of the
trans-Pennine relied stolen from us, | 0:48:04 | 0:48:09 | |
and as Chancellor refuses to give it
back. When will he make amends? As | 0:48:09 | 0:48:15 | |
the honourable member but not, that
we are awaiting the business case | 0:48:15 | 0:48:24 | |
for this project, and when we
receive that, we will accept that | 0:48:24 | 0:48:28 | |
most closely. Thank you so much, Mr
Speaker. In summer 2015, the summer | 0:48:28 | 0:48:45 | |
as the CEO of virgin money to bleed
a view to gender diversity. And | 0:48:45 | 0:48:53 | |
response, she lodged the women's
finance Charter, which as pharmacy, | 0:48:53 | 0:49:01 | |
to four. I thank the Minister for
that excellent answer, and following | 0:49:01 | 0:49:10 | |
the Royal mind's appointment of its
first funeral Chief Executive in its | 0:49:10 | 0:49:17 | |
1001 year history, but the Secretary
of State journey in congratulating | 0:49:17 | 0:49:20 | |
her on her new role? Yes, I would be
delighted to congratulate Art, and I | 0:49:20 | 0:49:27 | |
wish her all the best in the new
role. If I may, I would also like to | 0:49:27 | 0:49:32 | |
take this opportunity to apply to
congratulate my own constituents who | 0:49:32 | 0:49:38 | |
was elected the first woman
president... I wish the Secretary of | 0:49:38 | 0:49:46 | |
State are the best with that.
LAUGHTER | 0:49:46 | 0:49:48 | |
. I'm sure he'll be back with some
anxiety. My principal responsibility | 0:49:48 | 0:50:03 | |
is to ensure economic responsibility
and the continued prosperity of the | 0:50:03 | 0:50:05 | |
British people and I will do so by
building on the plan set out in the | 0:50:05 | 0:50:10 | |
autumn budget. This Government is
determined to meet the important | 0:50:10 | 0:50:13 | |
challenges we face as well as to
seize the opportunities ahead, as we | 0:50:13 | 0:50:17 | |
create an economy fit for the
future. And I balanced approach to | 0:50:17 | 0:50:22 | |
the public finances enables ASBO to
give households and businesses | 0:50:22 | 0:50:26 | |
supporting the near term, and to
invest in the future of this country | 0:50:26 | 0:50:30 | |
while also being fair to the next
generation by reducing the national | 0:50:30 | 0:50:34 | |
debt that remains far too large.
Reducing to raise VAT to 5% after | 0:50:34 | 0:50:42 | |
really the European Union would
create an extra 121,000 jobs and | 0:50:42 | 0:50:47 | |
£4.6 billion in revenue to the
tragedy of a tenuous. It will be a | 0:50:47 | 0:50:51 | |
great boost to our cities and also
our coastal towns. While he commit | 0:50:51 | 0:50:59 | |
to looking at this edgy as we leave
the EU? My honourable friend is | 0:50:59 | 0:51:05 | |
nothing if not persistent and
consistent. At that can never have | 0:51:05 | 0:51:09 | |
maintained he has raised this issue.
There have been numerous requests | 0:51:09 | 0:51:12 | |
for new VAT believes since the
referendum, some of which is | 0:51:12 | 0:51:17 | |
currently not permitted under EU
law. And have that everywhere to | 0:51:17 | 0:51:22 | |
gather the VAT relief request that
we have received, that has come to | 0:51:22 | 0:51:26 | |
more than £38 billion a year. On VAT
and tourism, the Government has | 0:51:26 | 0:51:33 | |
received representations on this
issue. We are looking again at the | 0:51:33 | 0:51:36 | |
case for change, and we have issued
a call for evidence on the impact of | 0:51:36 | 0:51:40 | |
the 80 on tourism in Northern
Ireland, analyst at the keep this | 0:51:40 | 0:51:44 | |
issue and a careful review. The
chief secretary gave a speech last | 0:51:44 | 0:51:50 | |
year, far better value for money
from public finances, and are not | 0:51:50 | 0:51:54 | |
spending money we don't have. He
talked about not wasting money. So | 0:51:54 | 0:51:59 | |
how can she justify spending
hundreds of millions of pounds on | 0:51:59 | 0:52:03 | |
for the tax giveaways was £2000 per
child via the tax free childcare | 0:52:03 | 0:52:08 | |
scheme to the wealthiest families
using, for example, private schools. | 0:52:08 | 0:52:14 | |
Isn't that a waste of money? Is that
not spending money we don't have? I | 0:52:14 | 0:52:19 | |
will point out that the voucher
scheme invented by the previous | 0:52:19 | 0:52:24 | |
Labour Government only benefited
600,000 families, whereas our scheme | 0:52:24 | 0:52:31 | |
is much broader. It benefits 1.5
million people. And... And the skin | 0:52:31 | 0:52:43 | |
of the Labour Government was open to
private schools and private | 0:52:43 | 0:52:48 | |
mercenaries as well. Last weekend
the chamber, we had an opposition MP | 0:52:48 | 0:52:55 | |
complained that they believe they
should be personally be paying far | 0:52:55 | 0:52:58 | |
more tax. Can the Minister confirm
the mechanism by which anybody can | 0:52:58 | 0:53:03 | |
currently voluntarily do exactly
that? As a minister of the tragedy, | 0:53:03 | 0:53:10 | |
I would be delighted if the people
voluntarily stepped forward to pay | 0:53:10 | 0:53:15 | |
more tax than they argue, that is, I
am pleased to inform my honourable | 0:53:15 | 0:53:20 | |
friend, about the possible by way of
a gifted to the Crown, and I am | 0:53:20 | 0:53:24 | |
looking at ways to raise awareness
of that particular opportunity. I | 0:53:24 | 0:53:28 | |
would be happy to meet with him to
discuss those options with them. I | 0:53:28 | 0:53:32 | |
would also to all members are very
generous gift aid relief that the | 0:53:32 | 0:53:35 | |
Treasury provides for those to which
to make direct contributions to | 0:53:35 | 0:53:40 | |
charities of their choice. Four
intent of Enfield's children are | 0:53:40 | 0:53:45 | |
living below the poverty line. But
on a 34 children -- that is almost | 0:53:45 | 0:53:54 | |
34 thousand children. My
constituency is in the top 20 | 0:53:54 | 0:53:57 | |
constituencies in the country with
the fastest growing level of child | 0:53:57 | 0:54:00 | |
poverty. If the Chancellor pursuing
any kind of joined up policies with | 0:54:00 | 0:54:06 | |
other relevant departments didn't by
the Prime Minister said and make | 0:54:06 | 0:54:10 | |
Britain a country that works not for
a privileged few but for every one | 0:54:10 | 0:54:14 | |
of us, including those 34,000? The
Government believes that one of the | 0:54:14 | 0:54:20 | |
most important divers are bringing
people out of poverty is work, and | 0:54:20 | 0:54:24 | |
we are rolling out Universal Credit
as a consequence, with it is ever is | 0:54:24 | 0:54:28 | |
that that is more successful online
and legacy benefits. Since 2010, the | 0:54:28 | 0:54:34 | |
honourable lady will probably know
that 200,000 fewer children are now | 0:54:34 | 0:54:41 | |
in absolute poverty than was the
case in 2010. What preparations as | 0:54:41 | 0:54:46 | |
the Treasury be making for leaving
the European Union, and by the | 0:54:46 | 0:54:51 | |
tragedy be ready on day one to
adjure frictionless borders when we | 0:54:51 | 0:54:54 | |
leave the European Union, Deal or no
Deal? The Government is continuing | 0:54:54 | 0:55:01 | |
with data preparations for all
possible March 20 scenarios, and | 0:55:01 | 0:55:08 | |
this includes adjourning the
partners have adequate resources to | 0:55:08 | 0:55:10 | |
prepare for a year at it. To date,
the Treasury has allocated | 0:55:10 | 0:55:16 | |
departments nearly £790 for
preparation activity, and we are | 0:55:16 | 0:55:18 | |
currently in the process of
allocating the 18-19 funding from | 0:55:18 | 0:55:25 | |
the additional funding INS in the
autumn budget. The health and social | 0:55:25 | 0:55:31 | |
care system has been pushed to its
limit in recent weeks, not my words, | 0:55:31 | 0:55:36 | |
but those of my local hospital
trust, and last month they were | 0:55:36 | 0:55:39 | |
forced to cancel and 9025 operators,
and 640 outpatient appointment. -- | 0:55:39 | 0:55:48 | |
325 operations. It also makes it
just's challenge and financial | 0:55:48 | 0:55:57 | |
situation even worse. When will he
get the system be sustainable | 0:55:57 | 0:56:00 | |
funding it needs? | 0:56:00 | 0:56:06 | |
The NHS has been rated the best
health care system in the world but | 0:56:06 | 0:56:09 | |
we do recognise there are extra
demands on the help system which is | 0:56:09 | 0:56:13 | |
why at the budget we put in an extra
£6.3 billion worth of funding. What | 0:56:13 | 0:56:20 | |
progress has been made in reducing
the level of corporation tax | 0:56:20 | 0:56:23 | |
evasion? I'm delighted to warm the
House considerable progress has been | 0:56:23 | 0:56:31 | |
made in reducing the level of tax
evasion amongst the corporate | 0:56:31 | 0:56:36 | |
sector. We have been at the
forefront of the initiative's | 0:56:36 | 0:56:40 | |
launched with the... The profit
diversion tax was brought in in 2015 | 0:56:40 | 0:56:48 | |
as a consequence we have brought in
£53 billion in by clamping on this | 0:56:48 | 0:56:54 | |
area since 2010. Members have
already raised the insufficient | 0:56:54 | 0:57:00 | |
funding of local authorities by this
government. The local campaign in | 0:57:00 | 0:57:06 | |
Lewisham prevented children and
adults with mental health services | 0:57:06 | 0:57:11 | |
still lost from central government.
When will the government finally | 0:57:11 | 0:57:14 | |
take this seriously and reversed the
cuts to children's mental health | 0:57:14 | 0:57:18 | |
services? We are putting additional
funding and support into children's | 0:57:18 | 0:57:26 | |
mental health services and the
Department for Education has | 0:57:26 | 0:57:29 | |
recently announced additional
support for children's mental health | 0:57:29 | 0:57:32 | |
issues in schools. Could my right
honourable friend tell the House | 0:57:32 | 0:57:39 | |
what assessment the Treasury has
made either separately or jointly of | 0:57:39 | 0:57:46 | |
how external initiatives on
competitiveness and investment might | 0:57:46 | 0:57:48 | |
help the rail sector and Network
Rail in particular? This is that | 0:57:48 | 0:57:55 | |
question for my right honourable
friend the Transport Secretary is | 0:57:55 | 0:58:00 | |
looking at how to improve the
productivity of the role way of | 0:58:00 | 0:58:03 | |
course. How to ensure that every
pound we invest in the railway | 0:58:03 | 0:58:08 | |
delivers the maximum possible
benefit to railway users and he will | 0:58:08 | 0:58:12 | |
make further announcements in due
course. Could the Chancellor set out | 0:58:12 | 0:58:19 | |
the benefits or otherwise of the
arrangement the government appears | 0:58:19 | 0:58:22 | |
to have for a customs union between
Camden, Islington and Westminster? | 0:58:22 | 0:58:32 | |
I'm sure, Mr Speaker, when I go home
and reflect on it the meaning that | 0:58:32 | 0:58:35 | |
question will become later me. What
I'll say to the honourable lady is | 0:58:35 | 0:58:43 | |
that if we look at the way goods and
services flow freely between | 0:58:43 | 0:58:47 | |
different parts of our own economy
and indeed between different parts | 0:58:47 | 0:58:50 | |
of the United kingdom we see at once
the huge benefits that it brings | 0:58:50 | 0:58:56 | |
having frictionless borders as we
move our goods and services. I am | 0:58:56 | 0:59:01 | |
very much in favour gifting but I do
find that when some large charities | 0:59:01 | 0:59:06 | |
say they receive no direct support
from the government but do receive | 0:59:06 | 0:59:13 | |
gift aid that the Exchequer will not
publish those figures. Will the | 0:59:13 | 0:59:17 | |
Chancellor reconsider that? And the
revenue does not disclose the funds | 0:59:17 | 0:59:23 | |
individual charities receive from
gift aid due to their obligations to | 0:59:23 | 0:59:28 | |
respect taxpayer confidentiality
under the 2005 act. Of course some | 0:59:28 | 0:59:32 | |
large charities do so voluntarily.
Cancer research is one example that | 0:59:32 | 0:59:38 | |
received £31 million in this way but
I'm very sympathetic to my right | 0:59:38 | 0:59:42 | |
honourable friend's argument and it
is a matter that I'll be taking | 0:59:42 | 0:59:44 | |
forward. Alan Mak Ryanair have
announced slashing of 20 Glasgow | 0:59:44 | 0:59:51 | |
airport routes, a cut of over a
million passengers in the loss of | 0:59:51 | 0:59:55 | |
many jobs the departure tax caused
by this government has been cited as | 0:59:55 | 1:00:03 | |
a reason. Another is the Brexit
uncertainty in the aviation sector. | 1:00:03 | 1:00:08 | |
With more routes and jobs likely to
go, what is the Chancellor and his | 1:00:08 | 1:00:12 | |
colleagues doing to support the
aviation sector during the | 1:00:12 | 1:00:15 | |
negotiations? The issue of
devolution has been delayed after | 1:00:15 | 1:00:23 | |
consultations between ourselves and
the Scottish Government and both | 1:00:23 | 1:00:26 | |
governments been satisfied with the
current arrangement. As to the | 1:00:26 | 1:00:30 | |
announcement by Ryanair, I believe
part of that announcement was also | 1:00:30 | 1:00:33 | |
that they would be extending the
number of routes out of Edinburgh | 1:00:33 | 1:00:36 | |
airport. If we want to see
sustainable rising wages, we will | 1:00:36 | 1:00:45 | |
need to see higher productivity.
Does my honourable friend welcome | 1:00:45 | 1:00:49 | |
the recent improvement in these
figures that we have seen? We have | 1:00:49 | 1:00:54 | |
seen two quarters of good activity
data but we should recognise that | 1:00:54 | 1:00:59 | |
the productivity challenge we face
in this country is long-term. The | 1:00:59 | 1:01:03 | |
government has taken a range of
measures to address it and we will | 1:01:03 | 1:01:06 | |
watch the evolution of this data
very carefully. But there is | 1:01:06 | 1:01:12 | |
certainly no scope for any
complacency about the scale of the | 1:01:12 | 1:01:17 | |
challenge that we face and we're
determined to rise it. Artificial | 1:01:17 | 1:01:24 | |
intelligence brings huge economic
opportunities but to date big tech | 1:01:24 | 1:01:28 | |
companies have seemed even more
likely than traditional corporate is | 1:01:28 | 1:01:32 | |
to engage in aggressive tax
avoidance and concentrate power in a | 1:01:32 | 1:01:37 | |
narrow homogenous group of people.
What will the Chancellor do to | 1:01:37 | 1:01:41 | |
ensure companies in this growing
sector will pay and take account of | 1:01:41 | 1:01:47 | |
their wider corporate responsibility
to society? The honourable lady will | 1:01:47 | 1:01:51 | |
know that we have made announcements
at the budget in respect of the... | 1:01:51 | 1:01:55 | |
Those that operate from digital
platforms and so create value as a | 1:01:55 | 1:02:02 | |
consequence, we are consulting on
the measures that we may take. We | 1:02:02 | 1:02:04 | |
have said in our consultation
document. It is possible we may look | 1:02:04 | 1:02:08 | |
at revenue taxes as a particular
approach ago but our preference is a | 1:02:08 | 1:02:12 | |
multilateral move with our partners
in the EU but we are prepared to go | 1:02:12 | 1:02:18 | |
it alone if that proves necessary.
The services sector makes a huge tax | 1:02:18 | 1:02:24 | |
contribution to the public purse.
What confidence can you give to my | 1:02:24 | 1:02:30 | |
constituents who work in financial
services that our new free trade | 1:02:30 | 1:02:33 | |
agreements will cover services as
well as goods? We are clear that the | 1:02:33 | 1:02:41 | |
future comprehensive trade
partnership with the European Union | 1:02:41 | 1:02:43 | |
must include goats as well as
services. A deal can only be done if | 1:02:43 | 1:02:47 | |
it is fair to both sides -- include
goods as well as services. We have | 1:02:47 | 1:02:56 | |
heard it asserted that it is
impossible for services to part of a | 1:02:56 | 1:02:59 | |
trade agreement. I do not believe
that is the case and next week I | 1:02:59 | 1:03:03 | |
shall make a speech in which I will
set out our view of how it is | 1:03:03 | 1:03:10 | |
possible to include services within
such a trade deal. The Chancellor | 1:03:10 | 1:03:16 | |
referred earlier to what he called
the continued prosperity in the UK. | 1:03:16 | 1:03:20 | |
Will he undertake to do two things,
one to ensure that the significance | 1:03:20 | 1:03:26 | |
of the tax system is undertaken by
looking at the level at which the | 1:03:26 | 1:03:30 | |
low paid, part-time and full-time
employees get the first £300 free of | 1:03:30 | 1:03:36 | |
national insurance each week? We
will continue to seek to simplify | 1:03:36 | 1:03:45 | |
the tax system although I have to
say my personal observation is that | 1:03:45 | 1:03:50 | |
whenever a proposal is made to
simplify, those who benefit from | 1:03:50 | 1:03:55 | |
complexity is quickly speak up and
those are not always people on high | 1:03:55 | 1:03:59 | |
incomes, they are often on low
incomes as well so we shall continue | 1:03:59 | 1:04:03 | |
to try to simplify the system that
is fair and appropriate for all. | 1:04:03 | 1:04:08 | |
Whilst accepting that the MoD is in
need of serious reform as well as | 1:04:08 | 1:04:11 | |
more money, can the Chancellor
confirmed that he has agreed with | 1:04:11 | 1:04:17 | |
the Secretary of State for Defence
that there will be no further | 1:04:17 | 1:04:20 | |
reductions in capability of the
modernising defence review takes | 1:04:20 | 1:04:22 | |
place on the money required that in
the region of two million pounds | 1:04:22 | 1:04:24 | |
will be forthcoming? As the House
will know I have the privilege to | 1:04:24 | 1:04:30 | |
serve the nearly three years as
Defence Secretary and I will one in | 1:04:30 | 1:04:35 | |
my operation in the work that our
Armed Forces do I also understand | 1:04:35 | 1:04:39 | |
how complex and challenging managing
the defence budget is being a | 1:04:39 | 1:04:45 | |
multi-annual budget with many
conflicts procurements in it. My | 1:04:45 | 1:04:49 | |
right honourable friend the Prime
Minister and myself are working very | 1:04:49 | 1:04:52 | |
carefully with our right honourable
friend the Defence Secretary as he | 1:04:52 | 1:04:55 | |
carries out the modernisation review
and we will ensure that defence has | 1:04:55 | 1:05:00 | |
the funding it needs to continue to
defend this country appropriately. | 1:05:00 | 1:05:09 | |
Thank you. North Derbyshire CCG
finished last year £27 million in | 1:05:09 | 1:05:15 | |
the red and £16 million of cuts were
demanded. In spite of closing | 1:05:15 | 1:05:19 | |
hospital beds at a time when name I
most needed, they will end this year | 1:05:19 | 1:05:24 | |
£27 million in the red again. When
will this government give the NHS | 1:05:24 | 1:05:29 | |
sustainable settlement to ensure
proper services? We have given the | 1:05:29 | 1:05:37 | |
NHS sustainable settlement. The
received an additional £6.3 billion | 1:05:37 | 1:05:41 | |
but it is also important we reform
our health care services on that we | 1:05:41 | 1:05:46 | |
put in place the sustainable
transformation plans, that investing | 1:05:46 | 1:05:51 | |
capital and new technology and
making sure that we use our | 1:05:51 | 1:05:54 | |
fantastic front line workers, nurses
and doctors, in the best way | 1:05:54 | 1:05:58 | |
possible. As the Chancellor knows,
investment in infrastructure is key | 1:05:58 | 1:06:04 | |
to ensure that we can build the
thousands of homes that this country | 1:06:04 | 1:06:08 | |
needs. Would the Chancellor agreed
to meet with me and other | 1:06:08 | 1:06:13 | |
Hertfordshire MPs and the leader of
Hertfordshire County Council to | 1:06:13 | 1:06:15 | |
discuss how we might be able to do
this in Hertfordshire, where we need | 1:06:15 | 1:06:19 | |
to deliver about 100,000 new homes?
Yes, Mr Speaker, I am always | 1:06:19 | 1:06:25 | |
delighted to meet with my honourable
friend and his colleagues and | 1:06:25 | 1:06:28 | |
Hertfordshire is one of the
high-pressure housing areas where it | 1:06:28 | 1:06:31 | |
is absolutely essential that we
deliver additional housing if we are | 1:06:31 | 1:06:35 | |
to improve affordability. Cold
weather payments were triggered in | 1:06:35 | 1:06:41 | |
all postcodes in my constituency
yesterday. Information that I shared | 1:06:41 | 1:06:46 | |
on social media, yet a constituent
has got up to me this morning to say | 1:06:46 | 1:06:50 | |
that when she contacted Universal
Credit they said they knew nothing | 1:06:50 | 1:06:53 | |
about it. So could the Chancellor
work with colleagues in the | 1:06:53 | 1:06:57 | |
Department for Work and Pensions
given the freezing weather and the | 1:06:57 | 1:07:00 | |
fact that people will be nervous to
turn the heating on if they do not | 1:07:00 | 1:07:03 | |
know they can pay for it to resolve
this as soon as possible? I'm | 1:07:03 | 1:07:07 | |
grateful to the honourable will look
into the point that she has raised | 1:07:07 | 1:07:18 | |
immediately. This is obviously an
immediate issue in relation to the | 1:07:18 | 1:07:20 | |
colder weather we're having now and
I will find out letter no later | 1:07:20 | 1:07:23 | |
today. Of the discipline | 1:07:23 | 1:07:25 |