Debates between Lord Hammond of Runnymede and Toby Perkins during the 2017-2019 Parliament

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Debate between Lord Hammond of Runnymede and Toby Perkins
Tuesday 9th April 2019

(5 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Hammond of Runnymede Portrait Mr Philip Hammond
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As I said in my recent spring statement, the Government remain committed to the northern powerhouse and to Northern Powerhouse Rail, and I am working on the TransPennine rail upgrade with my right hon. Friend the Transport Secretary.

Toby Perkins Portrait Toby  Perkins  (Chesterfield) (Lab)
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T10.     I welcome what the Chancellor said to my hon. Friend the Member for Wakefield (Mary Creagh) a few minutes ago about investigations into the promoters of some of the disguised remuneration schemes, but that will not do many of the victims much good. A business in Chesterfield is facing bankruptcy because of the charge. How might his review actually help the people who have wrongly taken advantage of this advice?

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Debate between Lord Hammond of Runnymede and Toby Perkins
Tuesday 11th September 2018

(6 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Hammond of Runnymede Portrait Mr Philip Hammond
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In 2010, the Government inherited the largest Budget deficit since the second world war, at 9.9% of GDP. Our balanced approach to fiscal policy means that we have significantly reduced the deficit by over four fifths, to 1.9% of GDP last year. That has had benefits for all our constituencies, as the economy has continued to grow. My hon. Friend’s constituents will have seen that benefit: in the north-west, more than 268,000 more people are in employment over that period, and there are 93,000 more businesses.

Toby Perkins Portrait Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) (Lab)
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T4. Anyone who attended the Unison briefing this morning will know how worried local authority workers are about the impact of austerity on the services that they provide. Can the Chancellor reassure them that they will see in his next Budget a level of money that means we do not see many more authorities facing the catastrophe that Northamptonshire has had and that we have all witnessed this year?

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Debate between Lord Hammond of Runnymede and Toby Perkins
Tuesday 18th July 2017

(7 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Hammond of Runnymede Portrait Mr Hammond
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Yes. The UK oil and gas sector has made a huge contribution to the UK economy, having paid over £330 billion in total in production taxes to date, and supporting over 300,000 jobs. In the next phase of the life of the North sea basin, as many fields come towards the end of their life, we are working with the industry to ensure that we extract every drop of oil and gas that it is economic to extract, that we enable decommissioning, and enable end-of-life fields to be operated in the most effective way.

Toby Perkins Portrait Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) (Lab)
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17. Much of the growth is due to the fact that we are spending more on imports, due to the low cost of the pound. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal that our trade in goods deficit has risen by £2.6 billion over the past quarter and now stands at a staggering £34.4 billion. Does not the extra cost of imports have an impact on the cost of our exports and affect our productivity?