Autumn Statement

Yes—it says here because I wrote it here.

My ambition is for the UK to be a world leader in...

Order. I want to hear about this house. It sounds very interesting indeed.

Wentworth Woodhouse is now at critical risk of being lost to future generations. A local effort h...

Order. The House is in a great state of emotion. Some people are very easily humoured. I am glad ...

Perhaps they should have read their briefing, Mr Speaker, because they might then have remembered...

This morning, we heard the verdict from the trial, following the tragic murder of Jo Cox. That mu...

Order. Let me say now that if Members from either side want to shout out, they should not bother ...

Thank you, Mr Speaker.

We have heard today that there will be more taxes, more debt and mor...

Let me begin by associating myself with the right hon. Gentleman’s remarks about the Jo Cox trial...

I congratulate the Chancellor on reverting to the extremely sensible practice of having only one ...

I am grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend. I am delighted that we have been able to lower...

First, may I associate myself with the words of the shadow Chancellor and the Chancellor on the l...

I am not sure whether that was a “thank you” or not. I might have to consult my hon. Friends abou...

indicated dissent.

Oh, it was not. What we have announced today is a significant increase in capital investment, whi...

No, it is Brexit.

The right hon. Gentleman needs to go back and look at the polling data. The concern about a secon...

I warmly congratulate my right hon. Friend and successor on his strong statement and assured deli...

I am extremely grateful to my right hon. Friend. He is absolutely right to say that those princip...

I welcome the fact that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has adopted the fiscal rules that his pre...

The Prime Minister has said many times—I shall undoubtedly repeat this many times today—that it r...

I congratulate the Chancellor on delivering a crucial statement for the country. It was a Budget ...

I am grateful to the Chairman of the Treasury Committee for his remarks and for the Committee’s w...

A few months ago, the Foreign Secretary promised the general public that we would by now have an ...

I am not responsible for remarks that may or may not have been made during political campaigns. T...

As someone who is much more optimistic about the UK economy’s prospects under the Chancellor’s st...

I hope that my right hon. Friend is right on that last point, which will of course be our objecti...

In a long statement, we had no mention of the national health service. After the first six months...

I might be a novice at autumn statements, but I am not such a rookie that I did not mention the N...

I congratulate my right hon. Friend on a wide range of measures—short term, medium term and long ...

I absolutely agree with my right hon. Friend and I am grateful for her comments. I passionately b...

The north of England is crying out for a plan for investment in rail, and people will be left ask...

I am a little surprised that the right hon. Gentleman—a former Chief Secretary to the Treasury—is...

The Care Quality Commission has warned that social care is at a tipping point and vulnerable peop...

I am all in favour of discussing these big strategic questions in a grown-up way, trying to build...

The Chancellor’s autumn statement suggests yet more public borrowing, with total public debt due ...

No. I appreciate that the hon. Gentleman will not have had a chance to read the report, but when ...

I warmly welcome the Chancellor’s significant commitment to British science today, regarding both...

My hon. Friend has been kind enough to come to see me over the past few weeks to make some sugges...

May I start by associating myself with the comments made by the Chancellor and the shadow Chancel...

Again, I associate myself with the hon. Lady’s remarks. I am sure that she is right that the enti...

May I welcome the steps that the Chancellor has taken to tackle some of the issues facing rural b...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that, and I am delighted that, even in these difficult fiscal...

So that there can be no doubt, may I welcome the fact that the Northern Ireland Executive will ha...

I am not sure that receiving the OBR report constitutes an acceptance of anything; the report is ...

The extra investment in building affordable homes and infrastructure is excellent news. Does the ...

My hon. Friend is right to say that making sure that housing is affordable is not only a key soci...

Further to the questions asked by my right hon. Friend the Member for Leigh (Andy Burnham), my ho...

We have been round this loop before. We are putting £10 billion a year more into the national hea...

I welcome today’s announcement and the autumn statement. I am particularly pleased to welcome the...

I completely agree. To be clear, by the end of the Parliament, an additional £2 billion a year wi...

May I welcome those elements of this statement that are positive? I am talking about the spending...

First, I urge the right hon. Gentleman to look at the figures in a little more detail. The £122 b...

I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his first and last autumn statement. In particular, I warm...

I did say in the statement—my hon. Friend might have missed it—that we will relax the restriction...

The Prime Minister expressed outrage in her conference speech at the fact that two thirds of ener...

I will not confirm or deny what discussions are going on across Whitehall. I did say—I fully unde...

I welcome the autumn statement. There is always a question on the beer industry, and here it is. ...

If my hon. Friend names the bar, I will meet him.

That was a splendidly pithy answer, but questions are becoming rather long. There are still nearl...

Thank you, Mr Speaker.

Disappointingly, this Chancellor has joined his predecessor in faili...

One sentence if it involved the abandonment of punctuation.

If the hon. Lady looks carefully at the statement, she will see that I did announce significant a...

Innovation and the condition of working people have always been priorities of the Conservative pa...

This is not absolutely my area of expertise, but my understanding was that there already are oppo...

Like many Members, I welcome the £23 billion of infrastructure spending. Some 1% of people who cu...

I am afraid to tell the hon. Lady that I do not have a ready answer for her on precisely how many...

I just want to say, “Thank you.” An awful lot of R and D funding will help my constituency. Scien...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for her generous words.

The Chancellor quite rightly noted at the beginning of his statement that one of the big challeng...

I recognise the hon. Gentleman’s concern. He will know that I have made two statements since beco...

As the Chancellor pointed out, we have a major productivity issue to address. I look forward to t...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend, and we have embarked on the right course of action to protect ou...

I welcome the reference to the northern powerhouse and Transport for the North—with details to fo...

I welcome the question from a former Transport Committee Chairman—[Hon. Members: “She still is!”]...

May I ask the Chancellor to urge the Transport Secretary to spend some of the £1.1 billion on a n...

One of my thoughts in deciding not to announce all the allocations personally was that I would av...

I must advise the House that I have noticed a growing split within the Chamber between the glower...

Which works?

A smile is more effective.

Affordable house building last year fell to its lowest level since 1991. In my borough, Wandswort...

There are two points here. We have, of course, a definition of affordable housing, which we use i...

There is much to be welcomed in the Chancellor’s statement, particularly the warm words about the...

I welcome my hon. Friend’s comments as Chairman of the Science and Technology Committee. Of cours...

The most alarming number in the OBR forecast is the 13% drop in forecast business investment, and...

I did not, because to do so would be to give away our negotiating cards in what will be a very co...

May I congratulate the Chancellor on his excellent statement? I draw his attention to page 96 of ...

As my hon. Friend will know, the OBR is mandated to report by Parliament and I am mandated to res...

From the abundance of smiling Scottish nationalist countenances, I choose Mr George Kerevan.

I congratulate the Chancellor on abolishing the autumn statement and the spring Budget, and intro...

On the hon. Gentleman’s first point, I recognise that the fact that we have to respond to the OBR...

Although my right hon. Friend has made it clear that he is not a conduit for the Transport Secret...

I am aware because I was once upon a time the Transport Secretary. I am convinced that smart tick...

May I return the Chancellor to the OBR’s statement that the Government’s reply on their Brexit po...

No. The Prime Minister has been very clear that it remains her target to reduce immigration to th...

I congratulate the Chancellor on an excellent first and last autumn statement. May I draw his att...

I am grateful for my hon. Friend’s comments and I am glad he is pleased with the statement. I kno...

I remind the Chancellor that the labour market is not working for everyone. Every single year sin...

First, the hon. Lady will find if she looks in the autumn statement document that we are moving t...

It has been going on for two years.

No, it has not been going on for two years. Let me tell the hon. Lady what happened. The Prime Mi...

I thank the Chancellor for helping low-income families today and, for helping to make work pay fo...

Absolutely. My hon. Friend knows very well that our stated ambition and the driver in everything ...

Although I regret that there is no help for those WASPI women who need transitional protection, I...

The money that we are investing will be used partly to fund pilots, particularly to cement our le...

I thank my right hon. Friend for listening to colleagues on our side of the House who have long c...

As far as we are concerned, that is the principal purpose of the mayoral combined authorities: ye...

I am always shining on you, Mr Speaker.

The Chancellor is no philistine, so he will know th...

The danger, of course, of having indulged myself with one specific announcement is that hon. Memb...

The gross value added of my constituency, like that of many constituencies in Hampshire, is affec...

No; I am sorry to say that to my hon. Friend. What I have done today is added £23 billion-worth o...

Schools in my constituency are not alone in stepping in to fill the welfare gap, as parents on th...

I do not agree with the hon. Lady; she needs to look at these things in the round. I know that La...

I welcome the news on universal credit, but support is also vital. I urge the Chancellor to suppo...

The Department for Work and Pensions has some excellent programmes and my right hon. Friend the S...

The oil and gas industry has a bright future. When will the Chancellor implement the tangible cha...

Yes; I have confirmed again today that we will proceed with those measures. We will proceed with ...

There has been a lot of negativity from some Opposition Members, but more people are in jobs than...

That is absolutely right. We made that commitment in our election manifesto; it was a commitment ...

I thank the Chancellor for agreeing to the request made by me and my hon. Friend the Member for L...

Our intention will be to try to ensure the fairest distribution possible. I welcome the debate th...

To support those who are just about managing, there need to be more affordable houses. Is the Cha...

Yes. One of the attractions of funding affordable housing is that it is a tried and tested and ge...

I am disappointed, but not entirely surprised, that there has been no reversal from the Governmen...

We judge that getting people into the workforce, even at entry-level jobs, is critically importan...

Pay them properly!

I am sorry to have to tell the hon. Lady this, but we live in the real world, where people will b...

In East Sussex, we have the challenge of a large social care bill for an ageing population and lo...

I am afraid I may have to disappoint my hon. Friend, because the £23 billion is specifically targ...

The statement about Wentworth Woodhouse is very welcome economic news for South Yorkshire, but it...

As I tried to make abundantly clear, I am intending to move away from a micromanagement approach ...

I warmly welcome the announcement by my right hon. Friend of increased infrastructure spending, b...

To be consistent, I would have to direct my hon. Friend to my right hon. Friend the Transport Sec...

Why should anyone believe the promises being made by a Conservative Government pretending to be t...

That is not what happened. I am afraid I am not responsible, and nor is my right hon. Friend the ...

I join colleagues in welcoming the £1.1 billion infrastructure spending, particularly as the Brig...

I can certainly guarantee that the Transport Secretary will look at it. What I am afraid I cannot...

In light of the move to an autumn Budget, will the Chancellor listen carefully to any recommendat...

I will certainly look at the point the hon. Gentleman raises. I do hope he welcomes the move to a...

I warmly welcome the investment in rail and road links from Oxford to Cambridge through Milton Ke...

Yes, it will accelerate delivery of the project. As I said in my statement, and I cannot emphasis...

In his statement, the Chancellor correctly mentioned the scourge of tax avoidance. Has he seen th...

We have put £800 million of additional resource into HMRC. If the hon. Gentleman looks at the sta...

I listened carefully to the Chancellor’s autumn statement, and I then carefully read the Green Bo...

My hon. Friend can take this as a clear indication that this is a high priority in terms of rail ...

Given the decline in the value of sterling, how much will we have to pay for the F-35 fighters to...

It is a fair question, and the answer is that the Ministry of Defence, unusually among Government...

I welcome the fact that the Edinburgh south-east Scotland city deal is still in today’s autumn st...

No, I cannot. We are committed to, and engaged in, the process, and I have just confirmed that to...

I am interested in the National Infrastructure Commission investment and the money that is going ...

I am not going to be tempted, as a former Transport Secretary, to get into the weeds of my right ...

Will the Chancellor confirm that the assumption on pages 241 to 248 of the OBR’s “Economic and fi...

No, it does not imply that. However, it is the case, as I have said, that the OBR has acknowledge...

Having opposed the welfare cap as a search engine for cuts, may I at least acknowledge in passing...

Yes. I am not sure how much influence I will have over the Northern Ireland Executive, but next t...

According to the OBR, the fall in immigration following the referendum will cost the Chancellor £...

The Prime Minister has made it clear that we have to accept not only the decision of the British ...

Leeds remains the biggest city in Europe without a light rail or an underground scheme. I welcome...

I am afraid I am just going to repeat that I am not going to get into the weeds of trying to allo...

The Green Book confirms a £1 billion shale wealth fund, but after more than four decades we are s...

I have announced today that the UK loan guarantee scheme will be extended until at least 2016. It...

On the shale wealth fund, is the £1 billion totally Treasury money or is some of it coming from t...

It is money coming from the companies.