Speeches by Murphy.

“If the crisis was sustained for a prolonged period, how concerned would you be about the affordability of the Government repeating the kind of energy bills scheme we saw during the Ukraine crisis?”

“In our previous panel, Professor Miles from the OBR suggested that if this was prolonged, we could see inflation rise to 3% by the end of the year. Do you think it is too soon to make modelling assumptions around that? I will direct that to you, Dr Sen, and then perhaps you, Ms Miller, could say a bit about what this i…”

“If, for the sake of argument, the war came to an end at the end of today and prices began to fall back, would we still see a longer-term impact on inflation, or do you think that will be shorter? I am trying to get a sense of a degree of time that this would have to go on for it to have that kind of—”

“How do you think this crisis reflects on the UK Government’s current medium to long-term energy policy of moving to clean energy? Do you think it has validated it in some way?”

“Chancellor, everyone wants de-escalation, but we have to accept that this may be prolonged. In those circumstances, what preparation is under way in the Treasury for planning to support consumers and businesses with their energy bills?”

“Thank you for the answer. So it is too soon to take decisions, but not too soon to prepare. I wonder whether you have any views on whether the Government is better prepared, or in a better place, to offer more targeted energy bill support. The previous Government had to offer quite broad-based support, costing £78 bill…”

“Beyond oil, do you have a view on the broader basket of products that we are going to see inflationary impacts in? I think someone talked about fertiliser.”

“Finally, the electricity generator levy is, I believe, set at £75 per megawatt-hour. I asked this question in the House, but do you believe that it is set at the right level for it to be activated, or should the Treasury be looking at that? Should the Treasury potentially be considering whether that should be extended …”

“Essentially, you are saying that, even if this were to end tomorrow, there are medium to long-term impacts we now need to factor in, although we do not necessarily know what all the implications are. Is that fair?”

“Before that implication of 1% higher inflation by the end of the year—”

“I welcome the Chancellor’s statement, particularly the focus on energy security and our plan for home-grown clean energy. It has been astonishing since the election to hear that the Conservatives’ lesson from the Ukraine crisis was that we needed to be more dependent on international fossil fuels, after it cost us £78 …”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing such an important debate. I join him in paying tribute to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which does such important work conserving sites across the country. I was lucky enough to have a tour of the Holy Ghost cemetery in Basingstoke. Will he also join me in paying trib…”

“I thank the Minister for her answer; it is fantastic to see her on the Front Bench for what I think are her first parliamentary questions. Two of the things my constituents care most about are increasing their living standards and improving their public services, and both depend on economic growth. How will the reforms…”

“17. What steps he is taking through civil service reform to support the economy.”

“As someone with family who have been living in the UAE for a number of years, I know how worrying it is for many families both here and there, so I thank the Minister for his work and that of his officials in providing consular assistance. I want to raise the case of a constituent who has been in touch. He was on his w…”

“I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement, although I will gently disagree with one point. He said that he believes the Conservatives have failed to learn, or somehow forgotten, the lessons from Ukraine. I think that it is worse than that, and nothing more than short-term opportunism. They hoped that nothing like Uk…”

“I thank the Chancellor for her statement. The thing that animates my constituents most is the cost of living and the crisis in their living standards—a crisis that came about as a result of the failed economic policies of the Conservative party, whose record on living standards in the last Parliament was the worst on r…”

“Chalk streams are rare and irreplaceable. In Hampshire, we have some of the most iconic ones in the Test, the Itchen and the Loddon. Does my hon. Friend, like me, welcome the inclusion of chalk streams for the first time in the national planning policy framework, and will he join me in urging the Government to find oth…”

“Going back to where we started, to summarise what you were saying earlier, are Governments too focused on these tiny policies that they think might move your assessment, rather than the more substantial policies that will move the dial on growth? Is that your assessment?”

“Sir Robert, have you anything to add?”