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HANSARDCorrection to Written Statement HLWS648The Minister of State, Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG, has today made the following statement: In order to take account of the Easter recess and the bank holiday for the…28 Mar 2023HANSARDDigital Economy Act 2017 Debt and Fraud Powers: Consultation on EffectivenessThe Minister of State, Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG, has today made the following statement: Minister Burghart and I are pleased to announce the launch of a consultation on the…22 Mar 2023HANSARDRapid Response UnitMy hon. Friend is welcome to come and have a meeting with me and officials in the Cabinet Office to discuss any concerns that he has about the rapid response unit. I have asked…16 Mar 2023HANSARDRapid Response UnitThe rapid response unit was created in 2018 and disbanded in August 2022. It was formed as a central resource in the Government Communication Service that used publicly available…16 Mar 2023HANSARDRapid Response UnitAs I said, Mr Speaker, we have media monitoring units so that when people’s names appear in the media, be they MPs, peers or people who are not Members of either House, they will…16 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Contract Bids: SMEsI am delighted to tell the House that the Government are absolutely committed to supporting SMEs in a variety of ways, from transparently publishing contract pipelines to…16 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Contract Bids: SMEsThe hon. Gentleman will be delighted to hear about the Procurement Bill currently making its way through Parliament. It will come to Report stage after the Easter break. It will…16 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere is no Ministry of Truth; there is the Cabinet Office. The rapid response unit was disbanded in August last year, and I am happy to meet my hon. Friend to talk about any of…16 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady will be pleased to hear that there is a major communications programme to address just that issue.16 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Crown Commercial Service is always looking at ways in which it can save taxpayers’ money, but it is also mindful to protect small and medium-sized enterprises, which remain a…16 Mar 2023HANSARD Future of the UK Constitution and DevolutionThe problem?08 Mar 2023HANSARD Future of the UK Constitution and DevolutionIt is as pleasure to respond to this wide-ranging debate. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hitchin and Harpenden (Bim Afolami) on securing it. He was kind enough to…08 Mar 2023HANSARD Future of the UK Constitution and DevolutionFew people have thought about this issue more than my hon. Friend. He is certainly right to say that the Labour party was wrong in its assessment that devolution would kill…08 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayThose conversations are ongoing, as the hon. Gentleman will be aware. It is not within my remit to speculate on that.07 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayI will come back to the hon. Gentleman’s point. Salaries for junior grades in the civil service remain comparable with private or public sector equivalents. Many civil servants…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayThe hon. Gentleman will have heard me say that we consider there to be many advantages to this model. The purpose of Westminster Hall debates is for the Minister to come and…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayI respect the hon. Lady’s position. However, that is not the position that many of her colleagues have taken here today. It is important that the Labour party comes to an agreed…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I start by congratulating the hon. Member for Cynon Valley (Beth Winter) on securing the debate, as I welcome the…07 Mar 2023HANSARDSecurity and Intelligence Agencies: Contingencies Fund AdvanceThe security and intelligence agencies have presented a supplementary estimate for approval to Parliament in the central Government supply estimates booklet—HC 1133, published on…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Civil Service PayThe right hon. Gentleman is a former shadow Chancellor. He will appreciate that the higher the pay settlement, the slower the rate of decline in inflation is likely to be. […07 Mar 2023