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HANSARDEngagementsWe have committed to 350 banking hubs through this Parliament. I am sure that the Minister will be happy to meet the hon. Member on that point. I hope he will thankful for the…20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsAs the right hon. Gentleman knows, we always follow the strict rules on planning, ensuring that safety and other factors are always taken into consideration, and we will continue…20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for his expertise and his work before he came to this place. Tory austerity has decimated neighbourhood policing. We will put thousands more neighbourhood…20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsAgain, I am sorry to hear that Cathy is distressed by the scaremongering around what the Labour party is doing. The Budget delivered £5 billion for farming over the next two…20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI welcome my hon. Friend to her place. Unjustified increases to service charges are completely unacceptable. The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 will provide homeowners…20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsFree speech and our press are incredibly important—they are part of our democracy—but in direct response to my hon. Friend’s question, the police are independent and it is a live…20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsEvery child deserves the opportunity to succeed in school and beyond, and I am sorry to hear of the experience in my hon. Friend’s constituency. Last week, I visited Ravensfield…20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI have been asked to reply. My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has attended the G20 summit, strengthening the UK’s ties with major economies to drive jobs and security at…20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Member talks about CVs, and it is good to see him doing well on his Bench: once a Labour councillor, then a Tory MP, now a Reform Chief Whip. Every time he switches…20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI say to the hon. Gentleman and to Duncan and Nicola that this Government have not declared war on farmers. The vast majority of farms will not pay any inheritance tax. We have…20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI ask the hon. Gentleman: 11.1% or 3%?20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsFirst of all, we are absolutely committed to our British farmers, and— [Interruption.] That is why we have committed £5 billion to the farming budget over the next two years. That…20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI think it is astonishing that—first, may I welcome the hon. Member to his place? Many people might not know that he was the Minister with responsibility for growth when, under…20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI think it is an audacity for the hon. Gentleman to stand at the Dispatch Box and suggest in some way that Labour broke promises or raised taxes. I will school the hon. Gentleman:…20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe situation in the middle east is catastrophic, and I know the whole House is horrified at the terrible loss of civilian life. We are calling at every opportunity for an…20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsAfter that display, it is clear that the hon. Gentleman did not recognise the result of the general election and has learned nothing. While this Government have been fixing the…20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsIt was the hon. Gentleman’s Government who crashed the economy—who saw inflation rise to 11.1% and growth flatline. It was his Government who spent the reserves three times over.…20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising that sensitive issue. It is absolutely horrifying to hear her account of it, and I agree that it is abhorrent. Although the Human Tissue…20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Member for that question. The Chancellor is sat near me, and I know that, through our discussions, we wanted to ensure that social care was protected. That is why…20 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Lady is right to say that I value the work of care providers and carers across the whole of the United Kingdom. That is why we have put in additional funding…20 Nov 2024