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HANSARDEngagementsI do not wish to sound like a stickler for accuracy— [ Laughter ] —which is my normal position, Mr Speaker, as you know, but since becoming Humberside’s PCC in 2016, the force has…21 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am proud of the roll-out of the ventilators—the 30,000 we delivered from scratch— [ Interruption. ] I am proud of it. I am proud of the decisions that we took. I am proud of…21 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is entirely right. That is why we have massively accelerated the roll-out of superfast broadband and gigabit broadband. Coverage of reliable gigabit broadband was…21 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI repeat what I have said about that practice. If the hon. Lady would be kind enough to send me details about the case that she raises, I will be happy to take it up.21 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am proud of what this Government have done to support the NHS throughout the pandemic with record investment of another £92 billion. To help nurses, as the right hon. and…21 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI will tell the right hon. and learned Gentleman why this Government are doing the right thing at the right time. The difference between us and the Labour party is, I am afraid,…21 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI know that the whole House will want to join me in sending our very best wishes to Her Majesty the Queen on her 95th birthday. Last night’s verdict in Minneapolis delivered…21 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to the hon. Member for his support for a UK-wide proposal. I trust that he understands the irony of that, when we consider that his party is, as I understand it,…21 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsYes, of course—look at what we are achieving. Since the PPE crisis began—since the pandemic began—we have turned things round. We have procured 32 billion items of PPE, and 85% of…21 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI think what the people of Scotland need is an Administration in Scotland who spend the taxpayers’ money in Scotland better and more wisely, because the results of the Scottish…21 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsYes, I do. One of the most worrying features of the European super league proposals is that they would have taken clubs that take their names from great, famous English towns and…21 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend draws attention to a very valuable and important point, which is that across the country, it is Conservative councils that keep council tax low, overwhelmingly, and…21 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe Global Polio Eradication Initiative has been backed by £1.37 billion of UK aid since 1995. As the hon. Lady rightly says, there are many proud successes of that programme, and…21 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsDid you notice, Mr Speaker, how those on the Opposition Benches recoiled at the idea of the recapture of the Falkland Islands? We have just heard the hon. Member for Cardiff North…21 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend very much. It was only lately that he and I stood on the seafront at Blyth and looked out at some of the incredible wind farms—the harbingers and the…21 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Gentleman very much, first of all, for his service, and I know that the whole House will agree. I want to put on record, by the way, my thanks to the former…21 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsYes, my hon. Friend is entirely right, because agriculture is of course devolved in Wales. If people want to send a clear signal and they want change in the way farmers are…21 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsWell, Mr Speaker—the right hon. Gentleman says we had all the time in the world. In fact, as the House will recall, at the end of March last year the pandemic was taking off very…21 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsOf course, there is absolutely nothing to conceal about this. I am happy to share all the details with the House, as indeed I have shared them with my officials, immediately. It…21 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsOn my hon. Friend’s second point, I am sure that the relevant Minister would be happy to meet and consult him. On his point about the Shipley bypass, the matter is currently with…21 Apr 2021