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Debate between Rupa Huq and Emma Reynolds
Tuesday 10th September 2024

(2 months ago)

Westminster Hall
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Rupa Huq Portrait Dr Rupa Huq (in the Chair)
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Order. The Clerk always reminds me that Members cannot use “you” because it means me, even when used with “Minister”. We have had it all morning.

Emma Reynolds Portrait Emma Reynolds
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Dr Huq, I am sure Members will soon get used to the bizarre ways of this House.

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bicester and Woodstock (Calum Miller) for his question. As I set out, the Chancellor was not expecting to do this but had to do it urgently because of the £22 billion black hole in our public finances. The black hole is in-year. What if we did not tackle it? Look at what happened under the previous Government, with Liz Truss’s mini-Budget: they put forward unfunded tax cuts and sent the markets into turmoil. Interest rates increased, putting mortgage rates and rents up, and that led to higher inflation.

People on fixed incomes, such as pensioners, would really suffer were we not to secure economic stability. Economic stability is the foundation of all that we want to do in Government. I say to pensioners and others across the country: this is a necessary step to make the improvements that we want in our NHS, bringing down waiting times, and in our schools, ensuring that we have the highest standards.

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Debate between Rupa Huq and Emma Reynolds
Thursday 22nd October 2015

(9 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Rupa Huq Portrait Dr Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton) (Lab)
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1. What assessment he has made of the appropriate scale and scope of BBC services to inform the charter renewal process.

Emma Reynolds Portrait Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East) (Lab)
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9. What assessment he has made of the appropriate scale and scope of BBC services to inform the charter renewal process.