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HANSARDEngagementsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right about the importance of gigabit broadband. That is why the coverage has gone up, just since I have been Prime Minister, I think from 9% of…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend makes a very interesting suggestion which I will certainly look into, though I should caution that some homes do not have enough space on their roof or indeed have…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsOne of the first things I said when I came to the Dispatch Box as Prime Minister was that I thought that rape prosecutions and convictions were too low. That is why we have the…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsBecause, as the right hon. and learned Gentleman knows very well because he has some experience of this matter, there are considerable evidential problems, particularly in…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am afraid I am not aware of the contract to which the right hon. Gentleman refers, but what I can tell him is that I think that the Union, and the benefits of the Union, have…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsI cannot think of a better use of public funds than making sure that the whole of the UK fights the covid pandemic together, and that is what we are doing. Thanks to the UK…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsI have fond memories of visiting my hon. Friend’s constituency and using an electric taxi. They thought that was impossible 15 years ago, but we got it done and we will make sure…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsBT Openreach recently extended its offer of commercial coverage for gigabit broadband to services in my hon. Friend’s area—in the community that he mentions—and that is partly…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsFor the sake of brevity, I think I can say absolutely nothing.23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am told by my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House that there will be an estimates day debate on overseas aid, but I must say that I just do not accept the characterisation…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsI really think it is satirical to say that the G7’s efforts have so far been negligible. What the G7 agreed at Carbis Bay was another billion, on top of the billion that has…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsI do not want to disappoint the hon. Gentleman, but I am seldom away from Scotland and cannot wait to be back there as soon as possible, after the record poll secured by Scottish…23 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 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend raises a point that has been raised repeatedly with me in Cornwall, and we are absolutely determined to address the issue in question and to work with Linda Taylor,…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsI salute working family carers and people who look after loved ones, as they have done throughout the pandemic. What we have tried to do, as I have just said, is to look after…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsNo, because we have also brought in the landmark domestic violence Bill—again, it would have been good if we had had wholehearted support from the Labour party—and no, because the…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsNo, because we have increased the numbers of people in the CPS by at least 200, and they are specifically dedicated to helping to prosecute the crime of rape and sexual violence.…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsLet me point to sections 106 and 107 of that Bill, which Labour voted down, which would have stopped the early release of rapists at the halfway point of their sentences. What…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 2021HANSARDEngagementsAs I said to the right hon. and learned Gentleman—and I fought to have tougher action against rapists and sexual offenders throughout my time as Mayor of London; and, of course,…23 Jun 2021