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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Mar 2022
Cost of Living Increases

"Those with the broadest shoulders should pay the most, but I just say to everyone in the country watching this who is worried about their bills that we have two Governments who could do something about this, but they are defending the profits of the oil and gas companies rather …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Mar 2022
Cost of Living Increases

"If the SNP has an argument for not taxing the oil and gas companies, it can have the floor to tell us. I am happy to take an intervention. I am also happy to take an intervention that clarifies what their motion means. Does the line that says “a windfall …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Mar 2022
Cost of Living Increases

"I make this substantive point. Your motion, which you brought to the House to debate today, says that you are happy to tax Irn-Bru and Pets at Home, but you are not willing to tell me whether you will tax the oil and gas companies. Am I correct? I am …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Mar 2022
Cost of Living Increases

"Apart from chairing the debate wonderfully, of course.

Let us make the serious point. We are debating the motion in front of us and we cannot get clarity from its mover about whether it includes a windfall tax on the oil and gas companies that would give every single household …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Mar 2022
Cost of Living Increases

"The bottom line is that I should not be getting £150 off my council tax bill. That seems fair, and I think that we agree on that. We need much more imagination in how to get money into the pockets of the poorest who require it. The best way is …..."
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Written Question
Block Grant
Tuesday 15th March 2022

Asked by: Ian Murray (Labour - Edinburgh South)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress has been made towards the independent report on Block Grant Adjustments commissioned jointly by the Scottish and UK Governments as part of the Fiscal Framework Review.

Answered by Simon Clarke

In February 2022, I met with the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy to discuss preparations for the Fiscal Framework review. We agreed that both governments are close to finalising arrangements for the independent report, which we intend to launch as soon as possible.

Further to this, we agreed that dialogue and joint preparations on the Fiscal Framework review should continue while the independent report is underway to avoid unnecessary delays.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Jan 2022
Cost of Living Increases

"May I say how pleased I am that we are having this incredibly important debate today? While Parliament has been hopelessly paralysed by the Prime Minister’s refusal to do the decent thing and resign, I hope that the debate allows us an opportunity to discuss the human reality of this …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Jan 2022
Cost of Living Increases

"I thank my constituency neighbour for that question. I hope that she watched with great interest the speech of the leader of the Labour party just a few weeks ago, and, indeed, the other speech he made before Christmas about making Brexit work. The reality is that this Conservative Government …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Jan 2022
Cost of Living Increases

"What a valuable and timely intervention that was, because I was just about to talk about the child payment. Indeed, we campaigned for the £20 child payment for some time in the Scottish Parliament and were delighted that the Scottish Government eventually introduced it. However, it is a key, targeted …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Jan 2022
Cost of Living Increases

"I hear hon. Members behind me asking from a sedentary position what we would cut—which is surely the same budget dilemma facing the Government that they have just been arguing about. What I would do is this. I would not spend money on an independence referendum; I would feed hungry …..."
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