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HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend knows whereof he speaks. He is probably one of the greatest experts on railways in this House, and we are certainly determined to follow his lead and to upgrade…10 Mar 2021HANSARDEngagementsYes, I certainly can do that. As I said in answer to the right hon. Member for Lagan Valley (Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson), we leave nothing off the table in order to make sure that…03 Mar 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe answer to that is, as anybody who gets a project done on their home or wherever knows, that starting again midway through I am afraid greatly multiplies the cost, but we will…03 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationYou talk such utter rubbish.03 Mar 2021HANSARDEngagementsI have happy memories of my own visits to Liverpool, and I can tell the hon. Member— [ Interruption. ] I can tell her that we are certainly very grateful across the country to the…03 Mar 2021HANSARDEngagementsI repeat: we have given £1 billion since the conflict began; we are in support of UN resolutions; this year we are contributing another £214 million to support the people of…03 Mar 2021HANSARDEngagementsWe are going to get on with our agenda of delivering for the people of this country and spending more than virtually any other country in the world—by the way, spending more,…03 Mar 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe position of Northern Ireland within the UK internal market is rock solid and guaranteed. We are making sure that we underscore that with some temporary operational easings in…03 Mar 2021HANSARDEngagementsI think most people in this country will know that the Government have given £280 billion to support the people, the economy, the livelihoods and the businesses up and down the…03 Mar 2021HANSARDEngagementsIndeed. We will protect our vital green belt, which I think constitutes 12.4% of our land. We can build our homes as my hon. Friend rightly suggests—300,000 of them on brownfield…03 Mar 2021HANSARDEngagementsI congratulate my hon. Friend on her campaign. It was great to be in Accrington and I hope that she will be hearing even more shortly from my right hon. Friend the Chancellor…03 Mar 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am sure I speak for everybody when I say how much I welcome the hon. Lady back to PMQs—it is great to see her back. I do give her that assurance, and I think the Turing scheme…03 Mar 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. He has mounted an excellent campaign and my right hon. Friend the Chancellor will say more about that shortly.03 Mar 2021HANSARDEngagementsIt will be three years tomorrow since a chemical weapon was deployed by Russian military intelligence on the streets of Salisbury. All our thoughts remain with those affected,…03 Mar 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend has long been a campaigner for the wonderful benefits of social enterprise. I visited some of his own, and if he just waits a little longer, he will receive an…03 Mar 2021HANSARDEngagementsWith great respect to the hon. Member, what the country needs are councillors who charge you less while delivering better services. If we look across the country, we can see that…03 Mar 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is completely right. I thank her again, by the way, for her amazing service in the NHS in Wrexham and in returning to the frontline. It was at Wockhardt in Wrexham…03 Mar 2021HANSARDEngagementsI congratulate my hon. Friend on his last-minute lobbying. He has only a few minutes to wait before he may hear something to his advantage.03 Mar 2021HANSARDEngagementsIt is under this Government that we have increased aid spending to the highest proportion in the history of our country, and, yes, it is true that current straitened…03 Mar 2021HANSARDEngagementsWe condemn the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. We continue to call for a full independent investigation into the causes of his death, and indeed we have already sanctioned 20 people in…03 Mar 2021