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HANSARDPublic ServicesIt is a bit early in my speech, but I will happily give way.16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesI will give way one final time. Lots of people do want to speak.16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that the Labour party’s plans for spending and for crashing our economy would actually mean there is less money available for schools, less…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesThe Government are reinvesting in staff in mental health services and increasing the number of mental health professionals in the health service. On early intervention, I was very…16 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI absolutely agree with the hon. Lady. That is why I trust that we will pass this legislation. We will pass it in good shape, and it will make a difference, but it is only one…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this debate. I am pleased that my first speech on my return to the Back Benches should be on this topic—a topic on which I have…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillMy right hon. and learned Friend has made a very valid and important point. That is why I say this is a difficult topic. Sometimes it seems hard to talk about working with the…02 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for his remarks. This place is about debate, argument and discussion about the issues that we all believe in so passionately and that matter to us all.…24 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsCan I say— [ Interruption. ]24 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for the discussions we have had and the support he has continued to give to the Conservative and Unionist party so that there is a Conservative…24 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsFirst, I commend my hon. Friend’s work in setting up Singing for Syrians, which has been raising funds for people in Syria, and the commitment that she has shown to the people of…24 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsFirst, I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his appointment as trade envoy to Israel. He has done a lot of work on antisemitism, and should be congratulated on it. We have been…24 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank my right hon. Friend for that, and also thank him for all the work that we did together when he was a Home Office Minister. He worked very hard to ensure that what I…24 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsI commend the individual to whom the hon. Gentleman referred for the work that he has been doing. I am not aware of the organisation that the hon. Gentleman referred to, of which…24 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for his question. I also thank him and my right hon. Friend the Member for Chesham and Amersham (Dame Cheryl Gillan) for the dignified way in which they…24 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsI recognise the concern that the hon. Gentleman is showing for his constituency, and the worry and concern that there is for those people who are employed in the business that he…24 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsI look forward to joining my right hon. Friend on the Back Benches and continuing to campaign on this issue. I also pay tribute to her for the work that she has done on this…24 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his remarks and also for his work on modern slavery, because he and I have spoken about it on a number of occasions over the years, and he has also…24 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsAs I have said on several occasions, it behoves all of us as politicians—indeed, everyone in public life—to be careful about the language we use and to ensure that we give a clear…24 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank my right hon. Friend for his reference to the work on polio, which enables me to commend the work of my constituent, Judith Diment, with Rotary International in its work…24 Jul 2019