Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jeremy Hunt and Carol Monaghan

Tuesday 7th February 2023 Commons Chamber

[Jeremy Hunt]

I discussed this issue with my right hon. Friend when she was the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. I would be delighted to engage with her further ahead of the Budget to tap into any sensible ideas she has in this important area.

[Carol Monaghan (Glasgow North West) (SNP)]

T6. According to the Resolution Foundation, the previous Prime Minister’s unfunded tax cuts cost the economy £30 billion. Will the Chancellor confirm that he will not capitulate to her allies who are calling for the reintroduction of tax cuts for their wealthy cronies in next month’s Budget?

[Jeremy Hunt]

What I can confirm is that there will be no tax cuts funded by borrowing. I can also confirm that those of us on this side of the House, unlike those on the hon. Member’s side, believe in lower taxes.

Economic Update

Debate between Jeremy Hunt and Carol Monaghan

Monday 17th October 2022 Commons Chamber

[Jeremy Hunt]

One of the first lessons I was told as Chancellor is never to speculate on why markets do what they do and I am not going to break that today.

[Carol Monaghan (Glasgow North West) (SNP)]

The Chancellor has repeatedly refused to answer questions about uprating of benefits, but with the Resolution Foundation briefing last week that it expects 2 million more people to be pushed into absolute poverty, can he guarantee to the House that any attempt to balance the books, to steady the ship, or whatever other expression we are going to use, is not going to be made at the expense of those already struggling?

[Jeremy Hunt]

As I have said—I am happy to repeat it—all these decisions will be taken through the prism of the impact on the most vulnerable people in society.