Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Wilson of Sedgefield on 15 September (HL Deb col 1070) that “we are in a position where we have to raise taxes to help solve the problems that we were left with two years ago”, whether they intend to raise taxes in the forthcoming Budget.

Fiscal stability and credibility underpin this Government's plans and the Chancellor is committed to meeting his fiscal rules. The Chancellor makes decisions on tax policy at fiscal events.