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HANSARDEngagementsThat will depend on how long it takes to recover them. I can tell the right hon. and learned Gentleman that people are working around the clock, having been briefed on this both…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsI think, last March, the right hon. and learned Gentleman, along with many others, was actually saying that we did not need to close the borders, but as usual, Captain Hindsight…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsWe have instituted one of the toughest border regimes in the world, and it was only last March that the right hon. and learned Gentleman, along with many others in his party, was…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsIndeed. I remain a champion of liberty in all its aspects, but I am also the living embodiment of the risks of obesity. There is no question but that it is a comorbidity factor in…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman knows very well that the attribution of genocide is a judicial matter, but I can say for myself that I regard what is happening in Xinjiang to the Uyghurs…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman answered his own question with the preamble that he set out. The NHS is under unprecedented pressure. The entire British state—including virtually every…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsIt is absolutely true that some British fishermen have faced barriers at the present time owing to complications over form-filling. Indeed, one of the biggest problems is that,…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe potential of the greater south-west is enormous, particularly in the areas of blue and green technology. My hon. Friend can be assured that we will be giving massive…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsYes indeed. My hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point, and we have been talking intensively about that with the scientists over the past days and weeks and also in the…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsAs the hon. Lady may know from what I said to the Liaison Committee several times, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Actually, there is more transit now taking place…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe last time I looked, Bexley was a Conservative council and Greenwich was Labour, which may explain part of the problem. The reality is that we are supporting every council,…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsThere could be no more fervent and effective advocate for the people of Rother Valley than my hon. Friend, and I am sure that he has much support for his campaign for a police…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to warn us of the need to continue to inoculate our populations and ourselves against the wretched virus of antisemitism, which has a tendency…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsI think it is very important that the Prime Minister of the UK has the best possible relationship with the President of the United States—that is part of the job description, as I…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for everything he does to fight for the interests of the people of Aylesbury. I can confirm that we are on track to deliver our pledge, although I must…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsIt is becoming a feature of the right hon. and learned Gentleman’s questions that he fails to listen to the answer I have just given. Let me repeat this, because I think he gave a…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, I know Members from across the House will want to join me in echoing you in congratulating President-elect Biden on his inauguration later today. I said when I spoke…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsYes, indeed. I can confirm that eligible pupils in Leeds will continue to receive free school meal support over the February half-term. This Conservative Government have given…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsI answered the first question entirely accurately. We do not know how many cases might be frustrated as a result of what has happened, but I can tell the right hon. and learned…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsI do indeed. I believe that the G7 summit in Carbis Bay will be an opportunity to not only bring the world together to tackle covid, to build back better, to champion global free…20 Jan 2021