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HANSARDEngagementsTo mark Windrush Day, today sees the unveiling of a national monument at Waterloo station that acknowledges the Windrush generation’s outstanding contribution to British society…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsI know why Labour Members want to talk about non-existent jobs in the media—because they do not want to talk about what is going on in the real world. I am proud to say that we…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsThis is the Government who love the railways and who invest in the railways. We are putting £96 billion into the integrated railway plan. I am proud to have built Crossrail, by…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsThere were 25 Labour MPs and the shadow deputy leader out on the picket line, backing the strikers, while we back the strivers.22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsHow absolutely satirical that the right hon. and learned Gentleman should talk about our support for the armed forces when we have increased our funding for our armed forces by a…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend knows exactly of what he speaks, and we are doing just that. We are reforming train driver training to make entry into the sector simpler, while continuing, of…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsI know how much my hon. Friend cares for the students in his constituency and I can tell him that no exams have been cancelled as a result of the strikes so far. We expect schools…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsI think the whole House will have seen how those initial accounts of what took place were completely debunked and proved to be incorrect in respect of the Liverpool fans, and I…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsI think my right hon. Friend should wait for my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister to say a little about that in just a moment, but I can tell him that when it comes to…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for an excellent piece of lobbying. Certainly, the Department for Transport is working with Transport Scotland on the possible extension of the Borders…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to champion this type of approach, which makes a real difference to people’s lives and people suffering from mental health issues, helping them…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsI have absolutely no doubt that the people of this country, and the people of Wakefield and of Tiverton and Honiton, would much rather vote for a solid Conservative Government…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsWe are making sure that we do everything we can to prevent these strikes. As the right hon. and learned Gentleman knows, it is up to the railway companies to negotiate—that is…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsActually, under this Government, 5 million public sector workers are getting a pay rise. We have increased the living wage by £1,000 and we have increased universal credit so that…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsWhat we are actually doing, thanks to the decisions we have taken, is putting more money into the pockets of people up and down the country—£1,200 more for the 8 million most…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Lady for raising that case. It does sound extremely meritorious. I will make sure that she has a meeting with the Ministry of Defence, which runs ARAP, and that…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsAs soon as parliamentary time allows, we will introduce legislation to change the inflationary index used in the calculation of the annual pitch fees to the consumer prices index.…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Lady very much for raising a very important issue that is understood keenly in all parts of the House. I know that my right hon. Friend the Health Secretary is…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsI congratulate my hon. Friend on his own campaign on this issue. I think everyone understands that bullying is an appalling experience, and something that we should not tolerate…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsWe can all be proud of the way we have reduced CO 2 emissions in this country, but plainly it makes no sense to be importing coal, particularly for metallurgical purposes, when we…22 Jun 2022