Speeches by Baldwin.

“It sounds as though you have been asked to do a lot of work on this by the Government.”

“That was not with the new Government.”

“Yes, not since 4 July.”

“A year ago in your November report, you forecast that growth this year would be zero. What has it actually been?”

“Can you state what the number was? We have 1.7% in front of us. Is that correct?”

“Unless you are a saver, Chair.”

“Ms Lombardelli, we have heard about the Bernanke review. It was done after central banks around the world, and the Bank of England, had a poor forecasting record through the last inflation crisis. I know that you are in charge of implementing the 12 recommendations that he set out. I think that I could detect some subt…”

“The COMPASS model.”

“The cases are the scenarios that he described, are they?”

“How long is a long time?”

“I declare an interest as a trustee of the parliamentary pension scheme. There is a lot to welcome in the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech, a lot of which was taken from the Mansion House and Edinburgh reforms of the previous Chancellor. I particularly welcome the increase in access to financial advice that the Ministe…”

“Bus usage after the pandemic was beginning to recover in Worcestershire, thanks to the £2 bus fare and improvements to routes. We are campaigning in Malvern for a better and more regular bus service between Worcester and Malvern, including on weekends, and for the reinstatement of the X43 service. We hoped that we woul…”

“Acorns children’s hospice, St Richard’s hospice and GPs, care homes and pharmacies across West Worcestershire have all been in touch with concerns about the extra cost burden that the Government have imposed on them. Can the Minister explain how it fits in with her strategic plans to slap extra cost on the community se…”

“The Chancellor and the International Monetary Fund are known to favour ending council tax and replacing it with a wider property tax. The Welsh Labour Government tried to revalue all the properties in Wales for council tax purposes. Can the Government rule out doing either of those things?”

“I associate myself with the Minister’s remarks about the flood victims in Spain. Flood victims in Tenbury Wells were concerned to see in the Budget Red Book that capital spending on flood defences is under review. Will the Minister tell the House whether the bid that she will be making to the spending review for flood …”

“I want to start by saying “Exporting is GREAT”, and UK Export Finance, as the Minister just outlined, has done a tremendous job over many decades in supporting great British exporters, so we support these changes to the export and investment guarantees. As the Minister said, we financed £8.8 billion in export support l…”

“I understand that Crawford Falconer, who had been in charge of a lot of the trade negotiations, is leaving the Department. Will the Minister tell the House what his plans are to fill that role?”

“As the Minister has set out so clearly, the instrument intends to give effect to the EU common charger directive, which applies in Northern Ireland, as is required under the Windsor framework agreement signed last year by the Conservative Government. We will therefore certainly not oppose this legislation. Accepting th…”

“Will my right hon. Friend give way?”

“I thank the Secretary of State for coming to the House and updating us, because it gives her an opportunity to correct the record. She may have inadvertently misled the House at the last Transport questions about the Birmingham to Hereford line and West Midlands Railways’ performance. Back in May, a terrible one in 10 …”