Budget debate on Wednesday, 6 March 2024, in the House of Commons, led by Keir Starmer.

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Budget debate (first day). Motion that income tax is charged for the tax year 2024-25. Debate adjourned, to be resumed tomorrow.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 746 cc852-932
Session: 2023-24
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 746 c929 (Link to this contribution)
I call the Leader of the Opposition.
1.55 pm; Keir Starmer | 746 cc929-860 (Link to this contribution)
There we have it: the last desperate act of a party that has failed—Britain in recession, the nat...; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 746 c860 (Link to this contribution)
I will not demand silence now, as this is the moment for cheering.
I call the Chair of the ...; Harriett Baldwin | 746 cc860-1 (Link to this contribution)
I know it has not been long since the autumn statement, but we have heard today that the Leader o...; Caroline Lucas | 746 c861 (Link to this contribution)
Is the Chancellor, and indeed the hon. Lady, being a little complacent about investment? Although...; Harriett Baldwin | 746 c861 (Link to this contribution)
We heard the Chancellor talk about how strong the growth in UK investment has been. We heard abou...; George Freeman | 746 c861 (Link to this contribution)
Does my hon. Friend agree that it is extraordinary that the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (C...; Harriett Baldwin | 746 c862 (Link to this contribution)
It is indeed, and I am glad that my hon. Friend welcomes that, even if it was not welcomed by the...; Vicky Ford | 746 c862 (Link to this contribution)
I want to take my hon. Friend back to what she said about investment in childcare. I remind her t...; Harriett Baldwin | 746 c862 (Link to this contribution)
I wholeheartedly endorse what my right hon. Friend said. She is right to highlight the importance...; Ian Blackford | 746 c862 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; Harriett Baldwin | 746 c862 (Link to this contribution)
Does the right hon. Gentleman wish to intervene on the fact that the rate of tax is higher in Sco...; Ian Blackford | 746 c862 (Link to this contribution)
I wish to raise a point about quantitative easing, which the hon. Lady mentioned. Obviously, ther...; Harriett Baldwin | 746 c863 (Link to this contribution)
I am sorry that the right hon. Gentleman did not acknowledge that income tax is higher in Scotlan...; 746 c863 (Link to this contribution); Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 746 c863 (Link to this contribution)
Order. Before I call the spokesman for the Scottish National party, it might be helpful for hon. ...; Drew Hendry | 746 cc863-7 (Link to this contribution)
Traditionally, at this point I would thank the Chancellor for advance sight of his redacted state...; Lucy Powell | 746 c866 (Link to this contribution)
I am just bored by it.; Drew Hendry | 746 c866 (Link to this contribution)
They are bored by the just transition! They are bored by the cost of energy that people have to p...; 746 c866 (Link to this contribution)
Bored, bored!; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 746 c866 (Link to this contribution)
Order. I was about to ask for order so that the hon. Gentleman could be heard, but I think that t...; Drew Hendry | 746 cc868-9 (Link to this contribution)
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I can make more progress if I am not interrupted, so I do apprec...; Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 746 c869 (Link to this contribution)
Just to emphasise what the Chairman of Ways and Means said, it would be helpful if colleagues con...; Peter Bottomley | 746 cc869-870 (Link to this contribution)
It is interesting to follow the hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (Drew H...; Lord Beamish | 746 c870 (Link to this contribution)
You didn’t.; Peter Bottomley | 746 cc870-1 (Link to this contribution)
I probably did, you know. I am that sort of person.
There are many things on the environmen...; Angela Eagle | 746 c871 (Link to this contribution)
This was a Budget entirely focused on the electoral prospects of the Conservative party, not the ...; Caroline Lucas | 746 c872 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady is making a powerful case for the need for investment in public services, but in th...; Angela Eagle | 746 c872 (Link to this contribution)
I think that the costing of the policy in the forecast ought to be more honest and it should be t...; Lord Beamish | 746 c872 (Link to this contribution)
Departmental spending is not just flatlining at 1%; if my hon. Friend looks at capital on page 27...; Angela Eagle | 746 cc872-3 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend must be able to read my mind, because that was exactly the point I was comin...; Lord Redwood | 746 cc873-4 (Link to this contribution)
I have declared my business interests in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.
I am...; Ed Davey | 746 cc874-5 (Link to this contribution)
What we heard from the Chancellor was a Budget that reeks of desperation and deceit from a Govern...; Lord Beamish | 746 c875 (Link to this contribution)
I hear what the right hon. Gentleman says about investment, but from 2010 to 2015 he was part of ...; Ed Davey | 746 c876 (Link to this contribution)
First, I say quite gently to the right hon. Gentleman that the spending plans proposed by the Lab...; David Evennett | 746 cc876-8 (Link to this contribution)
I obviously heard a different Budget from the one heard by the right hon. Member for Kingston and...; Seema Malhotra | 746 cc878-880 (Link to this contribution)
The context in which I speak to today’s Budget is one of chaos and instability, following 14 year...; Priti Patel | 746 cc879-882 (Link to this contribution)
As a former Treasury Minister, I want to thank the Chancellor, but also other Treasury Ministers ...; Stewart Hosie | 746 c882 (Link to this contribution)
In his statement, the Chancellor mentioned “not just higher GDP, but higher GDP per head.” There ...; Kevin Hollinrake | 746 c882 (Link to this contribution)
Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that we have to increase growth? We all agree that we have to...; Stewart Hosie | 746 cc882-3 (Link to this contribution)
I agree that we need growth across the piece. One of the tools to facilitate growth is tax credit...; Andrew Rosindell | 746 cc883-4 (Link to this contribution)
May I commend my right hon. Friend the Chancellor on his Budget statement today? He is, I believe...; Meg Hillier | 746 cc884-5 (Link to this contribution)
It is quite surreal to follow the hon. Member for Romford (Andrew Rosindell). Like him, I believe...; Lord Grayling | 746 c885 (Link to this contribution)
Forgive me if I misunderstand how our system of government works, but social housing in the hon. ...; Meg Hillier | 746 cc886-7 (Link to this contribution)
I do not have time to explain, but no; it is the responsibility of the council. Many properties w...; Wera Hobhouse | 746 c887 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady is making an excellent speech about all the things that were not in the Budget. Doe...; Meg Hillier | 746 c887 (Link to this contribution)
There are so many missed opportunities. The child benefit issue was a mess of this Government’s m...; John Stevenson | 746 cc887-8 (Link to this contribution)
A single Budget rarely, in itself, makes a substantial difference or is remembered. However, a Bu...; Luke Pollard | 746 cc888-890 (Link to this contribution)
This was a Budget for job preservation—the preservation of the jobs of Conservative MPs in margin...; Lord Grayling | 746 cc890-2 (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Luke Pollard), and...; Julian Knight | 746 cc892-3 (Link to this contribution)
I am conscious of time, Madam Deputy Speaker, so I will not be giving way in this short speech. A...; David Davis | 746 c893 (Link to this contribution)
It is rather sad to follow that speech from the hon. Gentleman. I remind him that a one-in-75-yea...; Jacob Rees-Mogg | 746 c893 (Link to this contribution)
On that point, will my right hon. Friend give way?; David Davis | 746 c893 (Link to this contribution)
Of course, absolutely. Every opposition has its day.; Jacob Rees-Mogg | 746 c893 (Link to this contribution)
I would just like to say that we are not all that bad.; David Davis | 746 cc893-5 (Link to this contribution)
I might return to that shortly.
The truth is, as my right hon. Friend the Member for Epsom ...; Lord Grayling | 746 c895 (Link to this contribution)
I was particularly struck by the change to capital gains tax and the reference to the Laffer curv...; Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 746 c895 (Link to this contribution)
Order. Interventions are absolutely marvellous, but can those who have already spoken be consciou...; David Davis | 746 c895 (Link to this contribution)
I have one last thing to say, as I will cut what I was going to say about productivity.
One...; Sammy Wilson | 746 cc895-6 (Link to this contribution)
Having heard some of the speeches from Conservative Members, I suspect that, although they have g...; Jacob Rees-Mogg | 746 cc896-8 (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson), and particularly...; David Davis | 746 c898 (Link to this contribution)
Doubly so, because post Brexit, other countries—France in particular—have actively set out to dra...; Jacob Rees-Mogg | 746 c898 (Link to this contribution)
France, Italy and Portugal, our oldest ally. Yes, absolutely, other countries are competing for t...; Diana Johnson | 746 c898 (Link to this contribution)
The House will be surprised to know that I will talk about not billionaires, but ordinary people ...; Catherine West | 746 c898 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate my right hon. Friend on her excellent work on the contaminated blood scandal on be...; Diana Johnson | 746 cc899-900 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend, who has also campaigned on the issue over the years, makes a good point; I will c...; Suella Braverman | 746 cc900-2 (Link to this contribution)
I rise to welcome many elements of today’s Budget, notably the cut to the main rate of employees’...; Judith Cummins | 746 cc902-3 (Link to this contribution)
Year after year, I have risen in this Chamber as the Government watered down their commitments on...; Robert Syms | 746 cc903-4 (Link to this contribution)
In six minutes, it is difficult to put all the good things about this Budget in my speech, but I ...; Cat Smith | 746 cc904-6 (Link to this contribution)
I hope it is not news to anybody in the Chamber that the public’s trust in politics and politicia...; Baroness Coffey | 746 cc906-8 (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to speak in today’s debate. I strongly welcome the measures announced in the Bud...; Ian Blackford | 746 cc908-9 (Link to this contribution)
Today is very much a missed opportunity. Much has been said by colleagues, particularly on the Go...; Edward Leigh | 746 cc909-911 (Link to this contribution)
The Chancellor, in his excellent speech, mentioned that he would unleash £100 million-worth of le...; Catherine West | 746 cc911-2 (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh), and to hear...; Paul Bristow | 746 cc912-4 (Link to this contribution)
I rise to welcome this Budget—a low-tax Budget focused on increasing productivity in our public s...; 746 c914 (Link to this contribution); Nigel Evans | 746 c914 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to Members for sticking to six or seven minutes, as Dame Rosie suggested. We do not...; Gareth Thomas | 746 cc914-6 (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Peterborough (Paul Bristow). I am afraid that this...; Tobias Ellwood | 746 cc916-7 (Link to this contribution)
We are on day one of the four days in which the House will debate the Chancellor’s Budget stateme...; Jeremy Corbyn | 746 c917 (Link to this contribution)
Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?; Tobias Ellwood | 746 c917 (Link to this contribution)
I did mention the right hon. Gentleman, so I will give way.; Jeremy Corbyn | 746 c917 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, it would have been a very different direction. There would not be the levels of poverty, hom...; Tobias Ellwood | 746 cc917-8 (Link to this contribution)
I gave the right hon. Gentleman the opportunity to put his words on the record. I look forward to...; Kim Leadbeater | 746 cc918-920 (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood). I am glad tha...; Nigel Mills | 746 cc920-1 (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Batley and Spen (Kim Leadbeater).
The test t...; Jeremy Corbyn | 746 cc921-3 (Link to this contribution)
I ask the House one question: how can it be right that, in the sixth richest country in the world...; Kevin Foster | 746 cc923-5 (Link to this contribution)
It will come as no surprise to the right hon. Member for Islington North (Jeremy Corbyn) that whi...; Rachael Maskell | 746 cc924-7 (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster). His constituency is a touri...; Natalie Elphicke Ross | 746 cc927-9 (Link to this contribution)
I am delighted to follow the hon. Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell), who so often speaks ...; Lord Beamish | 746 cc929-930 (Link to this contribution)
In his Budget statement, the Chancellor said: “In recent times…the UK economy…has dealt with a fi...; Ruth Cadbury | 746 cc930-2 (Link to this contribution)
This Budget was overshadowed by the news that the Chancellor had done a fairly rare thing for a p...
Notes: Amendment of the law motion not moved for Spring Budget 2024.
Subjects: Child benefit Childcare Alcoholic drinks Debts Council tax Bank of England Housing Investment Income tax Infrastructure Excise duties Domicil Economic situation Inflation Individual savings accounts Local government National income NHS Low incomes Pay Public sector National insurance contributions Public sector debt Migrant workers Scotland Tax allowances Renewable energy Taxation VAT Tourism Vacancies Skilled workers Standard of living Aerospace industry Economic recession Productivity Care leavers Hospitality industry Infected Blood Compensation Framework Study Budget March 2024
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