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HANSARDEngagementsI really think we need to hear from the right hon. and learned Gentleman what he actually supports. We will continue with a balanced and reasonable approach, and I have given the…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsToday marks the 16th anniversary of the 7/7 London bombings. We remember the 52 innocent people who lost their lives and those who were injured, and pay tribute to the city’s…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsI do not think that is an entirely fair characterisation of what the Government are doing. On the contrary, we have worked night and day to build up our domestic lateral flow…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsOf course I know how tough it has been for millions of people up and down the country and for business. That is why this Government put in an extraordinary £407 billion to support…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to my right hon. Friend, but I am assured by my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House that the House was given a chance to vote on this matter in the estimates…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am acutely aware, as I think all colleagues are around the House, of the pain suffered by those who entered into loan charge schemes. I think, alas, that they were misguided to…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy right hon. Friend is completely right. All those bodies are involved, but the lead agency is the Environment Agency, and I know that it is in touch with her. I must say that I…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for his excellent question. I think he should not have too long to wait for the final recommendations from Sir Peter Hendy about the A75 and other great…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsThere are a number of projections, and they are available from the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling graphs. It is certainly true that we are seeing a wave of cases…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsWhat we are trying to protect is the democratic right of people to have a one person, one vote system. I am afraid that I have personal experience and remember vividly what used…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Member is making a bit of a mountain out of a molehill, if I may I respectfully suggest. Councils will be under an obligation to provide free photo ID to anybody…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsFirst of all, the gentleman in question’s sanction has come to an end. Secondly, the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt Western) is in error: the hon. Member for Delyn…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to campaign for British steel. We have an ambitious plan to transform our country with better use of British steel. As I said to the House a…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsIt is obvious from the statistics I have already quoted that this is an outstanding success, because we have had huge numbers of people applying. There may be people who still…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Gentleman, and I just repeat what I said earlier to my hon. Friend the Member for South Ribble (Katherine Fletcher): I think it is fantastic that 5.6…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsYes. It tells you all you need to know about the modern Labour party that when they heard there was going to be an economic campus in Darlington, they called it giving up; that is…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsYes, and the best thing that the EU can do is to make sure that we remove all the problems that are currently associated with their application of the protocol—the ban on chilled…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsI read this story in common with you, Mr Speaker, and everybody else on Friday, and we had a new Health Secretary in place by Saturday. Given that we have a pandemic, to move from…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsWe invested in youth services and will continue to do so, but it is quite extraordinary that the hon. Lady continues to avoid the Macavity-like performance of the Mayor of London,…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman. We will, of course, study the ruling of the court in detail, but I can give him this general reassurance, which he knows to be true, that nothing will…30 Jun 2021