Oral Answers to Questions

Marie Rimmer Excerpts

Tuesday 15th March 2022 Commons Chamber

[Gerald Jones (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney) (Lab)]

6. What fiscal steps he plans to take to help reduce the impact on households of the rise in the cost of living.

[Ms Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and Whiston) (Lab)]

16. What fiscal steps he plans to take to help reduce the impact on households of the rise in the cost of living.

[Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)]

18. What fiscal steps he plans to take to help reduce the impact on households of the rise in the cost of living.

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[Rishi Sunak]

We are putting in place support to help households meet the rising cost of energy bills, and £9 billion of support will help to ensure that four out of five households in England will receive £150 starting this April, with a further £200 of support towards the autumn. Of course, councils have been given extra money for discretionary funding to help households in need as well.

[Ms Rimmer]

Since the Chancellor announced his household loan scheme in response to the energy crisis as well as a huge rise in national insurance, the world has changed. Other Departments have adapted to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. When will the Treasury?

[Rishi Sunak]

With regard to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Treasury has been hard at work with our international partners to put in place the most comprehensive set of economic sanctions that this country has ever had and that Russia has ever experienced. I am very proud of the job we have done.