Speeches by Glen.

“A lot were aired in the media.”

“Governor, could I ask you about the Trump policy on tariffs and what assessment you have made about how that will affect the UK economy? Credible sources say that it will see a reduction of GDP by 0.8%. It will inflate the cost of exports into the US and we would see a reduction of £22 billion. There is a whole world o…”

“You can be forgiven for that.”

“I respect that, but people will be looking to you for wisdom on the relative choices that a Government face. We are in a situation where you referred to the implications of Brexit in your speech last Thursday evening and the Government have stated their objective to reset that relationship too. There will be trade-offs…”

“Can I push you? I agree with what you have said. We have spoken a lot when I was a Minister.”

“There is an impression out there that the Government will have to make a choice between them. We know that the instincts of the new President are perhaps to see things in more of a binary fashion about the direction that the UK Government wish to go in. We are trying to draw out where that hard moment actually crystall…”

“Could I turn to the overall impact of some of the Budget decisions on inflation, interest rates and growth? Could I ask you, Ms Lombardelli, about the assumptions made about the stimulus effect and the crowding-out effect? There seem to be some differences around how the OBR has assessed the effect of the national insu…”

“No, that is very helpful.”

“Is that wise, though? On the fuel duty point and the 0.2% effect, why is that—”

“I get that, but it is a policy decision that has kept rolling over. Should the default setting not be that it will be rolled over rather than the other way around?”

“I thought you would.”

“Personally, I think that is reasonable.”

“Thank you for your clarity.”

“I represent Salisbury, where the Trussell Trust was founded. The hon. Gentleman is making an important point about the fact that the people who use food banks have many dimensions to their poverty. It is important that we address that, rather than believing that just by giving more food, we are doing people a true serv…”

“May I first commend the hon. Member for Gedling (Michael Payne) for his maiden speech? I think we can all agree that it was very moving, and that he does great credit to his family and constituents. I apologise for not having been here for the first few minutes; I was running over from Portcullis House. I had the privi…”

“I think it is it is a good sign that there are fewer Members of Parliament in the Chamber, because it shows that there has been meaningful progress. I do not see tetchiness from the Minister; what I see is somebody who has listened carefully to the representations of the community and acted on them. I accept and acknow…”

“I endorse what the Minister has said about the way in which IBCA has been set up. It seems to me an entirely sensible arrangement that respects the need to have some distance from Government, but clearly there cannot be a bespoke arrangement for every single entity that is set up. This was the point I was trying to mak…”

“I warmly welcome much of what was announced last week—the work on listings, mutuals and the remit refresh—but I say to the hon. Lady and the Minister for pensions that there is considerable reticence in the pensions industry when it comes to many of the drivers of change highlighted last week. We need a complete cultur…”

“Julia’s House hospice does amazing work across Wiltshire and Dorset, but its chief executive Martin Edwards came to Parliament on Tuesday to tell me that the additional national insurance contributions will cost the hospice £250,000 a year. For that hospice, and Naomi House, which does similar good work, the changes ar…”

“Will the Minister rule out additional council tax bands being among any changes that the Government make?”