Debates between Richard Fuller and Jeremy Hunt during the 2019-2024 Parliament

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Debate between Richard Fuller and Jeremy Hunt
Tuesday 19th March 2024

(9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jeremy Hunt Portrait Jeremy Hunt
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That is absolutely what we are trying to do. Film and TV is a good example here, as it has now become an offshoot of the technology industry. Films such as “Barbie” have been filmed in Hertfordshire but have the look of the Californian sunshine; they can withstand the British rain because of the use of high-tech devices that simulate Californian sunshine, even in my right hon. and learned Friend’s constituency. What he sets out is our absolutely our plan and we will stick with it.

Richard Fuller Portrait Richard Fuller (North East Bedfordshire) (Con)
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In response to covid, this Government introduced the furlough scheme, and delivered and funded the world’s first vaccine. In response to the energy price spike, this Government introduced comprehensive support for families. The Office for Budget Responsibility, so beloved of the shadow Chancellor, had its long-range forecast for 2025 to 2028 showing GDP increasing every year, GDP per capita increasing every year, average earnings increasing every year in real terms and productivity increasing in real terms. So does the Chancellor agree that when the shadow Chancellor says that we face a 1979 moment, she is right: a choice between a Labour party still in hock to its union bosses and a Conservative party committed to growth?

Jeremy Hunt Portrait Jeremy Hunt
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I have nothing to add to my hon. Friend’s brilliant list of statistics, except to cite another independent organisation, the International Monetary Fund, which says that in the next five years this country, under Conservative leadership, will grow faster than France, Germany, Italy and Japan.

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Debate between Richard Fuller and Jeremy Hunt
Tuesday 19th December 2023

(1 year ago)

Commons Chamber
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Richard Fuller Portrait Richard Fuller (North East Bedfordshire) (Con)
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Will the Chancellor update the House on how he plans to move forward with some of the key recommendations from Lord Harrington’s review into foreign direct investment in the UK?

Jeremy Hunt Portrait Jeremy Hunt
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I am happy to do that. In fact, I hosted a reception for Lord Harrington and the people responsible for that review last week. We will start by increasing the budget of the Office for Investment so that it can give a more bespoke service to potential overseas investors.

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Debate between Richard Fuller and Jeremy Hunt
Tuesday 5th September 2023

(1 year, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jeremy Hunt Portrait Jeremy Hunt
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Capital spending at the Department for Education went up 16% in real terms in that review. Is the difference not that, with the fastest recovery in Europe, the Conservatives build an economy that can pay for our schools and hospitals, and Labour runs out of money?

Richard Fuller Portrait Richard Fuller (North East Bedfordshire) (Con)
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T2. For months, we have had the Labour economics team running down British businesses, berating them for not growing fast enough and ignoring the fact that the OECD shows that the British economy has grown faster since 2010 than Germany, Italy, Spain or France. With the recently announced Office for National Statistics upgrade that the Chancellor just referred to, what is his more hopeful message to British businesses?

Jeremy Hunt Portrait Jeremy Hunt
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It is very simply this: since 2010, we have become the strongest economy in Europe in film and television, life sciences and technology, and the opportunities are great with a Conservative Government.

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Debate between Richard Fuller and Jeremy Hunt
Tuesday 15th November 2022

(2 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jeremy Hunt Portrait Jeremy Hunt
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I believe it will do that, because the cost of living crisis is at the top of our minds. We recognise the hard work that public servants do in a whole range of sectors and, as I know, with my background, in the health service as well. We must tread a fine line, however, because if we give inflation-busting pay awards to people who may deserve them and may be working extremely hard, that will fuel further inflation. We need to get the right long-term solution that brings down the root cause of people’s anger, which is over-high inflation.

Richard Fuller Portrait Richard Fuller (North East Bedfordshire) (Con)
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The Bedford to Cambridge section of East West Rail is rated “unachievable” by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority and a “waste of taxpayers’ money” by the Business Secretary, and growth in the Ox-Cam arc does not depend on it. Can the Chancellor use the autumn statement to finally clear the uncertainty around this deeply flawed project?