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HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Gentleman knows that I will not stand at this Dispatch Box and speak about decisions that Her Majesty the Queen might make. What I would say is that we see a situation…12 Jun 2019HANSARDEmployment: West MidlandsThe right hon. Gentleman can pose for his YouTube clip as much as he likes, but let us actually look at what this Government have delivered. What we have delivered is a racial…12 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsI first ask my hon. Friend to pass on my best wishes and thanks to May for her comments and to congratulate her on a long life and on the interest that she has shown in politics…12 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsWe are taking what will be seen by many as a radical, key step in dealing with this issue. We have been making good progress as a Government over the years. It is important that…12 Jun 2019HANSARDEmployment: West MidlandsI think the point the right hon. Gentleman makes is exactly the point I was making. Had he really believed that we should be leaving the European Union and doing so with a deal,…12 Jun 2019HANSARDEmployment: West MidlandsThe right hon. Gentleman talks about solar power, but let us look at the facts: 99% of solar power deployed in the UK has been deployed under a Conservative Government, and last…12 Jun 2019HANSARDEmployment: West MidlandsThis reveals an awful lot about the right hon. Gentleman’s and the Labour party’s approach to these issues. The point of the industrial strategy is to make sure that we have the…12 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for her comments. I agree that there is still a long way to go. That is why we continue to take action. That is why my right hon. Friend the Minister for…12 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe motion on the table tonight is about whether the Government should hand control of business in this House to the Labour party and the Scottish National party. That is…12 Jun 2019HANSARDEmployment: West MidlandsObviously, the announcement by Ford is very worrying. It is an uncertain time for workers and their families in Bridgend. Ford has committed to supporting employees throughout the…12 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe time will come when the right hon. Gentleman will be able to ask my successor questions at this Dispatch Box. He raises the issue of people paying in Scotland, but I remind…12 Jun 2019HANSARDEmployment: West MidlandsBefore I answer my hon. Friend’s question, let me say that Friday marks two years since the devastating Grenfell Tower fire. The survivors and bereaved, many of whom lost…12 Jun 2019HANSARDEmployment: West MidlandsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight the Government’s industrial strategy and to recognise the shared work that goes into those industrial strategies between…12 Jun 2019HANSARDEmployment: West MidlandsFirst, may I echo the comments of the right hon. Gentleman in recognising what would have been the 90th birthday of Anne Frank? Nobody can have read the testimony of Anne Frank in…12 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for her words. I am very proud that we are committing to ending that, to ensure that we make our contribution to dealing with climate change, by today…12 Jun 2019HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Panel MembersThe fire in Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017 was an unimaginable tragedy that should never have happened. The Government set up the Grenfell Tower Inquiry to get to the truth about…05 Jun 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionObviously, the hon. Gentleman has raised this point with me on a number of occasions. As he knows, we have had a number of discussions with the European Union that have led to…22 May 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionThe hon. Lady talks about the impact of the situation we are in on British business. Yes, uncertainty is never good for business, and business always wants to have the certainty…22 May 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionI am sorry, but it will increase the period of uncertainty for the British people. Anything that extends the point of decision making actually increases that uncertainty for a…22 May 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionWhat will happen is that the withdrawal agreement Bill will be published and the draft workers’ rights Bill will be published, and we will see them progressing in tandem.22 May 2019