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HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is a massively effective advocate for the people of North Devon. She has made these points to me before, and I know that she is right. As she knows, we have put…21 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Gentleman is quite wrong, because everybody who is self-isolating is entitled, in addition to the equivalent of the living wage at statutory sick pay, to help, in extreme…21 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsWhile Sunday’s result may not have been the one we were all hoping for, I know that the whole House will want to congratulate Gareth Southgate and the England squad on their…14 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend. She is quite right; there could not be a better campaign for the summer. We have put £1.9 million of support into the reading scheme that she mentions. But…14 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy message—I am sorry, obviously, for the condition that Jacqui suffers, and I think that the Labour party obviously needs to work out whether it is in favour of going ahead with…14 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe treatment of the postmasters and sub-postmasters in the recent computer malfunction was, I am afraid, appalling, and I have made that clear. When it comes to protecting and…14 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsYes. I know how much my right hon. Friend cares about this matter. This is not only one of the reasons why we are rolling out our massive plan for jobs, but why I am proud that…14 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsI have commented many times about the words that I have said in the past, and I think the House understands how we can take things out of context. [Interruption.] I do think…14 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsI yield to no one in my admiration for the Environment Agency, but in this case I thank my hon. Friend because it is not, in my view, sorting the problem out fast enough. I am fed…14 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsI think that the whole House will acknowledge the suffering of victims like Julie and their families. Of course, nothing I say or can do now can in any way mitigate her loss. That…14 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsI reiterate our total support for our fantastic England team, and I support them in the way they showed solidarity with their friends who faced racism. When the right hon. and…14 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsIf we had followed the hon. Gentleman’s precepts—he campaigned vehemently to stay in the European Union—we would not have achieved the fastest vaccine roll-out of any European…14 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsWe made it absolutely clear that no one should boo the England team. Following the racist abuse that our players sadly suffered on Sunday night and thereafter, we are now taking…14 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsWell, I have not been invited to attend the Green Man festival, but it sounds great. My hon. Friend is obviously a big fan. I will do what I can to pass her message along. I thank…14 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsI think the people of this entire country should be immensely proud of what the UK is doing abroad, whether it is educating millions of girls, with an increase in support for…14 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsI normally have a great deal of respect and interest in what the right hon. Lady says, but in this case she has missed what the Government are doing for transport connectivity in…14 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend, who knows a lot about the subject that she mentions. This is a fantastic opportunity for this country, because we do indeed produce a great many tech…14 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsNobody defends booing of the England side. If the right hon. and learned Gentleman continues to attack the Home Secretary —[Interruption.]14 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsI agree very much with what the right hon. and learned Gentleman says about the England team, and I repeat that I want to thank each and every one of them for what they did and…14 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe House will judge for itself the quality of the question that the right hon. and learned Gentleman has just put. I think the whole House is united, including our distinguished…14 Jul 2021