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Oral Answers to Questions

Greg Smith Excerpts
Tuesday 29th October 2024

(2 days, 12 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Emma Reynolds Portrait Emma Reynolds
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The Chancellor launched the landmark pensions review in July, which I am leading and which is looking at measures to drive more UK pension investment into the UK economy, boosting growth but also improving pension savers’ outcomes. I know that there is interest in this agenda across the House.

Greg Smith Portrait Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire) (Con)
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Countryside Alliance research shows that rural households spend up to £800 a year more on fuel than urban households, so further to the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Meriden and Solihull East (Saqib Bhatti), will the Chancellor protect rural communities in the Budget tomorrow?

Emma Reynolds Portrait Emma Reynolds
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The hon. Gentleman is urging me to comment on the Budget, but he will have to wait until tomorrow.