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Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 9 December 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Darling of Roulanish.

Pre-Budget Report

Statement on the pre-budget report (Cm 7747).

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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
502 c359-86 
Session
2009-10
Department
Treasury
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c359-71 (Link to this contribution) Statement. Today's pre-Budget report takes place at a critical time for our economy and for our coun...
Sammy Wilson | 502 c382 (Link to this contribution) I fully recognise the constraints placed on the Chancellor in balancing and restoring public finance...
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Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c382 (Link to this contribution) These things sometimes happen with the Liberal Democrats, but I am grateful to my hon. Friend for wh...
Roberta Blackman-Woods | 502 c382 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Chancellor for listening to those of us who were pressing for an extension to the free s...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c381 (Link to this contribution) Yes, but the OECD is not arguing for going far faster and therefore damaging jobs and the fabric of ...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c383 (Link to this contribution) First, as I said in the statement, we are making available further sums to the Ministry of Defence. ...
Rob Marris | 502 c383 (Link to this contribution) Does the Chancellor agree with the leader of the Conservative party that the problem is big Governme...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c382 (Link to this contribution) I understand that concern, and I can tell my hon. Friend that the Secretary of State for Work and Pe...
Andrew Murrison | 502 c382 (Link to this contribution) The Chancellor has announced increased funding for current operations, but after the increased costs...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c382 (Link to this contribution) I hope that, one way or another, the Government have recognised Northern Ireland's special needs, no...
Jeremy Corbyn | 502 c382 (Link to this contribution) I note that the Chancellor's statement included the welcome reference to the fact that anyone who mo...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c380 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend should bear it in mind that if—when—banks return to profitability, which must b...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c380 (Link to this contribution) I said in my statement that, yes, national insurance will go up, and that is necessary because we wa...
Brooks Newmark | 502 c380 (Link to this contribution) How much worse off will constituents of mine who earn £25,000 be as result of the Chancellor's natio...
Lord Field of Birkenhead | 502 c381 (Link to this contribution) May I compliment the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how he has acquitted himself not only today but ...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c381 (Link to this contribution) First, I am grateful to my right hon. Friend. On quantitative easing, the Monetary Policy Committee ...
Richard Caborn | 502 c380 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement, particularly for the wealth-creating sectors and manufacturing up north—in ...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c381 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend represents a part of the country that was at the wrong end of the 1980s recessi...
Julia Goldsworthy | 502 c381 (Link to this contribution) The Chancellor applauded the flexibility of working tax credits, but no additional support has been ...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c381 (Link to this contribution) We have tried over a number of years to improve the help that we give to people who lose their jobs ...
Rob Wilson | 502 c385 (Link to this contribution) Will the Chancellor confirm that manufacturing has contracted more under this Government than it did...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c384-5 (Link to this contribution) I do not know whether the proposals from the hon. Member for Twickenham are to be found in an EDM, b...
Justine Greening | 502 c386 (Link to this contribution) The return to growth that is forecast in later years is predicated on consumers generating more GDP ...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c385-6 (Link to this contribution) I believe that, certainly over the past 12 years, Wales has seen a significant increase in funding b...
Adam Price | 502 c385 (Link to this contribution) In the month when the Holtham commission, which the Labour-led Administration in the National Assemb...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c385 (Link to this contribution) I am glad to hear that there is common ground on this issue, because, certainly in my first 10 years...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c386 (Link to this contribution) The figure I mentioned is our estimate of what we will get after behavioural changes in terms of bot...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c386 (Link to this contribution) I think that many members of the public will be reducing the amount of debt that they carry, and tha...
Andrew Pelling | 502 c386 (Link to this contribution) As politicians are to blame, like bankers, perhaps the top 25 per cent. of our salaries should also ...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c383 (Link to this contribution) Despite being posed such a difficult question, I am probably more on my hon. Friend's side than the ...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c383 (Link to this contribution) Of course I am aware of the tax treatment of losses, but the hon. Gentleman will be aware of the way...
Peter Bone | 502 c383 (Link to this contribution) The Chancellor was incorrect in saying that when the banks return to profit, they will pay corporati...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c383 (Link to this contribution) I know that our right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families is very ...
Helen Southworth | 502 c383 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend make sure that services to safeguard and protect vulnerable children who a...
Stewart Hosie | 502 c383-4 (Link to this contribution) Even if the deficit falls as planned, based on pretty heroic growth forecasts, the national debt wil...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c384 (Link to this contribution) I say this to the hon. Gentleman: yes, we did bring capital spending forward, and the situation in S...
Dari Taylor | 502 c384 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome the Chancellor's announcement of the innovation investment fund for research into t...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c384 (Link to this contribution) I understand that the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills will make the situation...
Richard Younger-Ross | 502 c384 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Chancellor on adopting the proposal that I included in an early-day motion on the...
Lord Redwood | 502 c379 (Link to this contribution) Why has growth been non-existent so far, when the Chancellor's policy is meant to be about promoting...
Speaker | 502 c379 (Link to this contribution) Order. Twenty-two hon. and right hon. Members are seeking to catch my eye. As usual, I should like t...
Hazel Blears | 502 c379 (Link to this contribution) Politics is clearly the language of priorities, and I am delighted that my right hon. Friend has set...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c379 (Link to this contribution) There has been no growth in the last year for perfectly obvious reasons. Because of the crisis in th...
Edward Leigh | 502 c379-80 (Link to this contribution) The previous Gershon efficiency savings were found, after independent audit by the National Audit Of...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c379 (Link to this contribution) Yes is the short answer. It is important that we carry on expanding the number of apprenticeships be...
Michael Meacher | 502 c380 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend really believe that a one-off, short-term bonus tax is sufficient to achie...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c380 (Link to this contribution) I do not accept the general premise underlying the hon. Gentleman's question that efficiencies canno...
Lord McFall of Alcluith | 502 c378-9 (Link to this contribution) It is right for the Government to use this pre-Budget report to maintain investment in the economy. ...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c379 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. The priority is to deal with the aftermath of this downtur...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c378 (Link to this contribution) I disagree with the hon. Gentleman. We have set out a plan to reduce the country's deficit over a fo...
Speaker | 502 c374 (Link to this contribution) Order. I apologise for interrupting the shadow Chancellor. Mr. Prentice, you must calm down. You mig...
George Osborne | 502 c371-4 (Link to this contribution) Today, confronted with the biggest budget deficit in our peacetime history, the right hon. Gentleman...
Vincent Cable | 502 c376-7 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Chancellor for sending me his statement, even though it was missing 43 paragraphs. What...
Speaker | 502 c375 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am sorry to have to interrupt the Chancellor of the Exchequer. I must say, Mr. Blunt, that ...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 502 c374-6 (Link to this contribution) I have listened to the shadow Chancellor speak for the past 10 minutes or so, and there is one word ...
Speaker | 502 c370 (Link to this contribution) Order. I apologise for interrupting the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Bellingham, we have, on a r...
Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 502 c381 (Link to this contribution) The OECD believes that early and ambitious fiscal consolidation will strengthen the recovery. Why do...
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Bank services Banks Income tax Financial institutions Fiscal policy Economic situation Economic policy Economic growth Inflation Forecasts Pensions National insurance contributions Public sector net cash requirement Young people Unemployment benefits Tax allowances Taxation Unemployment Retail prices index Economic recession World economy Pre-Budget report 2009
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