The Growth Plan Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

The Growth Plan

Stephen Timms Excerpts
Friday 23rd September 2022

(2 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Kwasi Kwarteng Portrait Kwasi Kwarteng
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right; I pay tribute to his service as Science Minister when I was Secretary of State for BEIS. We worked closely together then and I hope that we can do so now, to make sure that the Treasury and other Departments are as focused on the science and technology agenda as my hon. Friend.

Stephen Timms Portrait Sir Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab)
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Will the Chancellor give the important assurance that his predecessor gave—that social security benefits will be fully uprated in the usual way, in line with this month’s inflation figure?

Kwasi Kwarteng Portrait Kwasi Kwarteng
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We will make announcements about that in due course.