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HANSARDEngagementsI am very pleased to see the renaissance in Stoke-on-Trent, particularly in its ceramics industry. My hon. Friend is absolutely right about the importance of high streets, and…03 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsI recognise the concern around this issue. Our fair funding formula will ensure a much fairer distribution of school funding over a number of years. I recognise that some…03 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman raises a very important issue, and I am sure the whole House will want to extend our sympathies to the families and friends of young people who suffer…03 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsVAT rules allow drugs and medications dispensed by registered pharmacists against a prescription issued by a qualified health professional to be zero rated for VAT. High-factor…03 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am sure we all want to send our deepest sympathies to Kirsty’s family and friends. We are determined to make sure that the UK is the safest place to be online, which involves…03 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsAs the hon. Gentleman knows, we have been putting more funding into our schools and ensuring that the distribution of that funding is fairer—fairer—across the country. As I just…03 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsFirst, may I send my very best wishes to the hon. Gentleman’s father for a happy birthday in a few weeks’ time? The BBC received a good funding deal from the Government, and many…03 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising this issue. I encouraged not only leaders around the European Council table but other leaders when I spoke at the G20 summit at the end of last…03 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsI understand that my hon. Friend had a Westminster Hall debate yesterday on this issue, which raises a number of emotions and concerns across the House. We have upheld the right…03 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is right to raise concerns about Iran’s destabilising behaviour in the region. Our objective continues to be to work with our international partners to find…03 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe Committee on Climate Change was clear that 2050 is the right target date for net zero emissions. There is no ban on onshore wind. In 2015, local communities were given more…03 Jul 2019HANSARDG20 and Leadership of EU InstitutionsI was able to make clear to President Putin the view that the United Kingdom takes: this was an illegal annexation of Crimea. I was also able to make it clear that we expect…03 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsI do not know about the hon. Gentleman’s constituent, but I know that Lord Dubs came here on the Kindertransport organised by my late constituent, Sir Nicholas Winton. We as a…03 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank my right hon. Friend for the work that she did as Leader of the House and for her work on the inter-ministerial group looking at that issue. Beyond that, the issue of…03 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsWe have already put extra money into schools. We recognise the pressures there have been on schools and are ensuring that they are funded. I read in the Maidenhead Advertiser that…03 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe future of Scotland was decided by the people who live and work there: it was decided in 2014 and they wanted to stay as part of the United Kingdom.03 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank my right hon. and learned Friend for the work he has done on this important issue. He, like me—and I am sure everyone across the House—is absolutely clear that domestic…03 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsI have made the point in answer to five of the right hon. Gentleman’s questions that if you want to ensure that this country leaves the European Union with a deal, you have to…03 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsThere is no review of devolution. Only one party in this House wants to stop devolution in Scotland—the Scottish National party.03 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising what I know is an important issue that is of concern in his constituency and elsewhere in Northamptonshire. Subject to parliamentary approval,…03 Jul 2019