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HANSARDEngagementsI thank my right hon. Friend for his question and for the work that he has done on this issue with the hon. Member for Swansea East. It is accepted across the House that it is not…27 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsI set out clearly in my statement yesterday and I have repeated it in answer to a question today, the process that the Government will follow. The Government policy is to leave…27 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsWe will be introducing a fund to ensure that our towns can grow and prosper. The details will be announced in due course by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and…27 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe Department of Health and Social Care is taking the steps necessary to ensure that medicines are available. We have been clear before that it is not necessary to stockpile and…27 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman might not be surprised if I point out to him that there are only two ways to ensure that no deal is taken off the table. [ Interruption. ] It is no good…27 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsI thank my right hon. Friend for raising this issue. Obviously I recognise the concern those people feel, particularly those who live furthest away from the planned new hospital.…27 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsAs I think I indicated in Prime Minister’s questions last week, the number of people sleeping on our streets has gone down for the first time in eight years, but of course there…27 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsManufacturing is not in recession, and what the right hon. Gentleman says about the lowest earners is not the case. If he had listened to my earlier answer, he would know the…27 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsFirst, I join my hon. Friend in recognising the work done by the Community Security Trust. It does such important and valuable work throughout the year, and I am pleased that the…27 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsPerhaps it might again help to look at some of the facts. The top 1% are paying 28% of income tax, which is higher than at any time under a Labour Government, income inequality is…27 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsObviously, this is a matter for Labour-controlled Birmingham City Council to resolve: rubbish piling up on the streets because of the failure of the Labour council to get a grip.…27 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsFirst, I made a statement and answered 82 questions on these issues in the House yesterday. We will be bringing the meaningful vote back by 12 March. As I said yesterday, if that…27 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsConstructive discussions are taking place. This House was clear on what it wanted to be changed in relation to the withdrawal agreement and the deal that we had brought back from…27 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Lady knows full well the way in which universal credit operates to encourage people into work, but I will ask the Minister in the relevant Department to write to her on…27 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am happy to give my right hon. Friend that confirmation. This was an illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia, and we have been doing everything we can to ensure that the…27 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am sure the whole House will recognise the concerns of Harriet and her family. We want to ensure that patients have access to the most effective and innovative medicines, but…27 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsI recognise that my right hon. Friend has been, and continues to be, a huge champion for social mobility. She is asking me to provide a solution to higher education funding and…27 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsOf course we recognise the concerns about serious violence, which is why my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary has brought forward measures such as the Offensive Weapons Bill…27 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsAs I said yesterday, in answer to a question from, I think, our right hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon), the first aim of the Government and my first aim is to…27 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsNo. I am not sure whether the right hon. Gentleman is repeating his previous question, but he talks about universal credit. We have made changes to it as we have rolled it out as…27 Feb 2019