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HANSARDEngagementsI certainly am proud of what universal credit is doing. It is odd to be attacked by a Labour Member over universal credit when it is his party’s policy to abolish that benefit,…24 Feb 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for all he does to campaign for the hardest-to-reach areas in rural Cumbria. I know that we are doing all we can because I raise it virtually every day, and…24 Feb 2021HANSARDEngagementsI congratulate my hon. Friend on what she is doing to champion takeaways in Stourbridge. I am not sure it would be environmentally friendly for me to order a takeaway from…24 Feb 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. and learned Gentleman knows very well that those who are asked to self-isolate already have the £500 test and trace support payment, and I think he also knows,…24 Feb 2021HANSARDEngagementsI congratulate my hon. Friend on his campaign for better local transport, and we are investing massively in rail connectivity in his area and in local bus routes. The particular…24 Feb 2021HANSARDEngagementsActually, I think that most people looking at what we have done throughout the pandemic and looking at the £280 billion package of support can see that it is the poorest and…24 Feb 2021HANSARDEngagementsThere has been no such cut, and we intend to invest massively in Northern Powerhouse Rail, and in railways in the north and across the entire country.24 Feb 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe sympathies of the whole House will be with my hon. Friend’s constituents and their family and friends, and I agree very much about the importance of learning CPR. That is why…24 Feb 2021HANSARDEngagementsI passionately disagree with what the hon. Gentleman has just said about the spending that was going on. Even before the pandemic we were increasing funding for primary schools—up…24 Feb 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am proud of the massive investments that the UK Treasury has made throughout the whole of the United Kingdom, with £13 billion and more going to Scotland and huge sums going…24 Feb 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is right to raise the issue of local outbreaks and how to tackle them, particularly with the threat of new variants, which she rightly raises. That is why we have a…24 Feb 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman and pay tribute to the work of everybody on Halton Council for everything that they have been doing throughout this pandemic. I know it has been very…24 Feb 2021HANSARDEngagementsThis morning, I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later today.24 Feb 2021HANSARDEngagementsI sympathise very much with the hon. Lady’s constituents and the pupils who have to put up with disruption caused by flooding. I know that the Environment Agency continues to work…24 Feb 2021HANSARDEngagementsWe will continue to look after people throughout this pandemic and beyond, and the best thing we can do across the whole country is to bounce our economy back as fast as we can…24 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapWe are increasing our support, as I have said, for people who are self-isolating and continue to look after our workers throughout the pandemic. The best thing for all those…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapWith your permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement on the road map that will guide us cautiously but irreversibly towards reclaiming our freedoms, while doing all we can to…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapI am very grateful to the right hon. and learned Gentleman for his overall support for the road map. Indeed, I also welcome his support for the vaccine roll-out. I am sure that…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapI am grateful to my right hon. Friend. She is quite rightly a doughty campaigner for the aviation industry and all that it brings to our country. I can tell her that we will…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapWe have among the toughest quarantine measures anywhere in the world, as the right hon. Gentleman well knows, including the mandatory incarceration in hotels appointed by the…22 Feb 2021