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HANSARDEngagementsI wanted to deliver Brexit with a deal. I brought a deal to this House and the hon. Lady and her colleagues voted three times against that deal.26 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsObviously, we are looking across the board. A number of issues have been raised as a result of the terrible tragedy that occurred at Grenfell Tower that we have already acted on,…26 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsWhat lay behind universal credit was the need to change our benefits system. Under the legacy system that we inherited from the Labour party, more than 1 million people were left…26 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am very concerned to hear the case that my hon. Friend has brought before the House of his constituent and Spinraza. I will ensure that it is looked into. If NICE says that…26 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank my right Friend; with his experience in the Foreign Office he has seen and knows the complexities of these issues. He is absolutely right: it is important that we look at…26 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman says to me, “bring about peace in the Yemen”. That is exactly what we are working with our international partners to do through the United Nations and the…26 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsI say to the right hon. Gentleman that either of the candidates for this high office would do a darned sight better job than anybody sitting on the Opposition Benches.26 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for the work she did as Minister for disabled people; she did a lot of the ground work for the announcement that we were able to make on the disability…26 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsWe do want to see accountability for this horrific murder. I raised the death of Jamal Khashoggi with King Salman at the Sharm summit—the second time I have done so. I raised it…26 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsFirst, as I have made clear, we are seeking permission to appeal the recent judgment. The judgment is not about whether the Government made the right or wrong decisions, but about…26 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsWe are all concerned about the humanitarian situation in Yemen. That is why, since the start of the conflict in 2015, our total commitment to Yemen now stands at £770 million. We…26 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsWe wish my hon. Friend the very best for the upcoming birth. I feel a certain satisfaction, having played a little role in ensuring that she and her husband got married, as she…26 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsWhat we do believe, as I have just said—I said it in answer to the right hon. Gentleman’s last question and I said it, I think, in answer to his first question—is that the only…26 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsWe are concerned about the situation relating to the Scunthorpe works and British Steel, which is why my right hon. Friend the Business Secretary is actively engaging with the…26 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am sure that the whole House will want to join me in wishing the England football team the very best for their game against Norway tomorrow. This morning, my office hosted a…26 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsWe are introducing an environment Bill as a Government. We have introduced a 25-year environment plan—I think the first time any Government have done that. We have committed to…26 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsI absolutely recognise, as we do across the Government, Yorkshire’s enthusiasm for and dedication to devolution and the potential seen there for harnessing local people’s sense of…26 Jun 2019HANSARDOffice for DisabilityThis written statement confirms that the Office for Disability Issues (ODI) will transfer to the Cabinet Office from the Department for Work and Pensions in November 2019 through…25 Jun 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilI had hoped that colleagues across the Benches in this House would be able to vote for the deal and that it would have been possible to put that withdrawal agreement Bill to a…24 Jun 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilOf course, for persecuted Christians and others who are persecuted in countries such as Syria, it is important that there is a proper political solution to what is happening that…24 Jun 2019