Speeches by Reeves.

“Impressive. We will be considering all such schemes as part of the spending review, but I agree with the hon. Gentleman that we need to go further and faster to grow our economy. That is why we are spending £113 billion more on capital investment in this Parliament, compared to the plans that we inherited, which means …”

“It is incredibly important to retain cool heads at this moment. The tariffs have been imposed, and we are working closely with our friends and counterparts in the United States to reduce the impact from those, not just in the UK but around the world as well. As I said in my opening remarks, at the same time we are look…”

“The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is working closely in a constructive way to bring together clusters of colleagues to discuss some of the pressing issues that span Departments and that no one Department can address on its own, whether that is reform of special educational needs and disabilities provision for early y…”

“Growth is the No.1 priority of this Government. That is why in the autumn Budget and the spring statement we unlocked an additional £113 billion for capital spending, compared with the plans that we inherited from the previous Government. Yesterday we announced significant support for the automotive sector and life sci…”

“I thank the hon. Lady for those questions. This is a time for pragmatism and cool heads, not to rush a response. We are working closely with business. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business and Trade announced in the House last week a call for evidence on the response that businesses are looking for. …”

“I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that response and for his offer to work constructively. I know from my time as shadow Chancellor that those moments when we can work constructively together in the national interest, whether in response to covid or in supporting Ukraine against the aggression of Russia, are when thi…”

“Thank you, Mr Speaker. As you say, I would like to make some brief remarks on the current economic situation. The United States decision to impose tariffs has had, and will continue to have, huge implications for the world economy. These implications have been reflected in the reaction we have seen in global markets in…”

“Thanks very much for that question. In the Mansion House speech that I gave in November, we set out reforms on advice and guidance. At the moment, sadly—”

“We are very carefully reducing that spending. Again, you will see in the numbers that we set out last week that it does not just drop off in one year; it is a £500 million reduction this year, increased in subsequent years, because we are not just going to leave programmes high and dry. That would be an irresponsible t…”

“Look, we have just set out the funding to get to 2.5% of GDP, which is through a reduction in the international development budget from 0.5% to 0.3% of GDP. You can see in the numbers that all that money is being redirected into defence. That is the right priority, given the challenges that we face. We are achieving th…”

“We might not be inside the European Union, but we are very much inside Europe. We have a shared objective with our allies in and outside the European Union—there are other European nations that are not in the European Union who want to be part of defending our continent. Certainly, our allies in the European Union reco…”

“We absolutely need to learn lessons from the past on failed and poor procurement, and on cost overruns. That is why we are determined to do things differently. It is why I am working closely with the Defence Secretary to get value for money for our defence spending. It is also why we are looking, too, at more innovativ…”

“No, we are legislating for the changes that the Secretary of State set out. We will still see significant increases in spending on sickness and disability benefits, but we think they are the right reforms to get the balance between supporting people into work, supporting those who need the support most and having a sys…”

“No, it does not, but we could also make these changes through legislation and have that debate in Parliament. There are other aspects, as we have already set out, that are in the Green Paper and are being consulted on.”

“Doing it through legislation means that Parliament has a say on these changes. Some of the changes could be introduced without legislation, but it is important that Parliament has a say.”

“Certainly, we want to target financial support at those who most need it, and then we want to target back to work support at those people who we believe can work with the right support. They might not be able to work today, but with the right support, the right adjustments, the right skills and the right training, they…”

“That is why we were really keen to bring in someone with experience and a very clear remit of doing everything we can to get that money back.”

“It is the whole covid period.”

“He is looking across the whole of the covid outlays and where fraud has occurred, but we will be publishing more information shortly.”

“I can give you the exact dates. I have met and spoken to Martin Lewis since I have been in the job—”