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HANSARDEngagementsYes, 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 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 2021HANSARDEngagementsThis Government have supported the self-employed with more than £14 billion throughout the pandemic. That is part of a vast package of support for jobs and livelihoods across the…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 2021HANSARDMachinery of Government Change: GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland CampaignI am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following machinery of Government change. Policy responsibility for the GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland…20 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsThis is complete nonsense. The Government of the United Kingdom ratified the UN convention on the rights of the child 30 years ago. We all supported it. This is nothing to do with…14 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is entirely right to raise the concern we fully share about sewage overflow into rivers such as the Chess. That is why we have set up the storm overflows taskforce…14 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI join the right hon. and learned Gentleman in what he said about Ian Gibson. I share the widespread concern about some of the stuff we are reading at the moment, and I know that…14 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe honest truth—I cannot remember when I last spoke to Dave, but if the hon. Lady wants to know whether I have had any contact with him about any of the matters that have been in…14 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is completely right. This has been a colossal team effort. It has been led by the NHS, with GPs very often doing the lion’s share of the work, but they have been…14 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend. We will look at what Sir Peter has to say. He has come up with some very interesting interim proposals, particularly about improving connectivity along the…14 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe best thing the SNP can do, as I have said, for the rights of the child in Scotland is to improve their shameful record on education and to tackle the issues that matter to the…14 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI share my hon. Friend’s indignation about litter. I think that it is one of the things on which the whole of the country and, I hope, the whole of the House are united. That is…14 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsThis is a Government and a party that have been consistently tough on lobbying. Indeed, we introduced legislation saying that there should be no taxpayer-funded lobbying and that…14 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy right hon. Friend is completely right. Sir Peter Hendy has rightly identified the potential of the A55, and the best thing the people of Wales can do to guarantee these vital…14 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsOf course, when we look at and read the report in detail, the Government are not going to agree with everything, but there are some interesting observations and some interesting…14 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend. Yes, I certainly will encourage her and everybody else to shop local as we come out of lockdown, as I very much hope that we will be able to do. My right…14 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to the hon. Lady, and grateful for the way she has set out her question. I will revert to her as soon as I can.14 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsYes, indeed. I thank my hon. Friend for what he is doing. I thank everybody at Watford General Hospital for the support they have given throughout the pandemic, particularly the…14 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsThat is why we are putting in an independent review. That is why we have tougher laws on lobbying—a great shame that Labour opposes them. Yes, we are getting on with rooting out…14 Apr 2021