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HANSARDEngagementsI am a big fan of Alison Hernandez and I think she is doing absolutely the right thing. To support her, we are, of course, increasing our policing presence on the streets of the…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsLet me be absolutely clear with the right hon. and learned Gentleman: I think the whole House and the whole country can see that we have a new Health Secretary in place and have…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsWe all share the grief and pain of Ollie and his family, and millions of people up and down the country who have endured the privations that this country has been through in order…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 2021HANSARDEngagementsYes. I thank my hon. Friend, who is absolutely right. I am thrilled that an astonishing 5.6 million EU nationals have already applied for this wonderful scheme. I encourage…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 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 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 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 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend. She is right to campaign for higher education, particularly in her constituency. I know that she has been engaged with university leaders on the ground in…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsMay I begin, Mr Speaker, by echoing and supporting very much your fine tribute to Ian Davis? I thank him for all his service to this House and wish him all the very best in his…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Lady because I think it was a great question, and she is absolutely right to champion grassroots sport and what it can do for young people and for the health of…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe Bill has been published in draft form and prelegislative scrutiny will start as soon as a Joint Committee has been established. I am given to understand from my right hon.…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsThis Government are committed not just to halting, but to reversing biodiversity loss not only in this country, but around the world. The hon. Lady can see that from the…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsI congratulate my hon. Friend on his long-standing and justified campaign for the aviation sector. That is why we have invested £7 billion already to support aviation since the…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 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 2021HANSARDEngagementsI was shocked and amazed to hear that computers were literally being sent to landfill in the way the hon. Lady describes, and I think the whole House would agree that the practice…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsYes, I can confirm to my hon. Friend that the Department for Transport’s review is looking at the design and construction of the Aylesbury spur, but I have to caution that the…23 Jun 2021