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HANSARDEngagementsI am afraid that the hon. Gentleman is quite wrong. What the NIC is saying is that there are other things we can do as well, including massively improving the midland main line—I…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsI think what the people of this country would love to hear from the right hon. and learned Gentleman in this season of good will is any kind of point of view at all on some of the…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsI wish the right hon. and learned Gentleman had had the guts just to say what he really wants to do, which is to cancel the plans people have made and cancel Christmas. That is…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsIt is great to hear my hon. Friend, because he speaks such good sense on this matter; I hope that he is heard up and down the land. It is absolutely vital that people who are…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsI can confidently say that I do not believe that there is another Member of this House who has built as many buses, or caused as many buses to be built, as I have. We are…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsThank you, Mr Speaker—I share your enthusiasm for what Kevin Sinfield—16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsFor what Sir Kevin—thank you, Mr Speaker—and Leeds Rhinos have done. MND is indeed a devastating condition. I congratulate Sir Kevin on his actions, and the Government are…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Lady is of course right to draw attention to the hardship of parents who have had to cope with kids coming home from school because of self-isolation rules. One of the…16 Dec 2020HANSARDTransition Period: BusinessWe are confident that the UK will prosper, whether in a Canada-style arrangement or on Australia-style terms.16 Dec 2020HANSARDTransition Period: BusinessYes, indeed. I know that Buckinghamshire Council is working closely with my hon. Friend and partners across the voluntary sector. We have been in initial discussions with…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes indeed. I know that my hon. Friend, as a doctor, knows the vital importance of medical research and pure science. That is why this Government are investing record sums in…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, the whole of the country and the taxpayers of this country play that role; it is our job to make sure that we spend the money sensibly, and that is what we were doing.…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend. I will do what I can to fit in his very kind invitation to inspect this sculpture. I admire Mr Gormley’s work greatly, by the way. I am delighted that…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsI listened very carefully to the hon. Gentleman. I must say that we do not want to do anything that would encourage the consumption of more drugs, nor do we want to decriminalise…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsIt is very important that all businesses treat their employees with fairness and respect. In that sense, I utterly share the point of view of the hon. Lady, but it is also vital…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe House will have noted the slight change of tune in the right hon. and learned Gentleman’s criticisms of the UK’s performance. But perhaps he could tell me why the UK is the…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsOnce again, the right hon. and learned Gentleman criticises the Government’s plans without producing any kind of plan of his own, except I seem to remember that he was the…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsNotwithstanding the slight uncharacteristic air of gloom from the right hon. Gentleman, there is every opportunity—and I have every hope—that our friends and partners across the…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsOf course, as the agreement with our friends has already made clear, the whole of the UK, including Northern Ireland, will participate fully in all trade deals that the UK does,…16 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsAgain, despite the gloom that the right hon. Gentleman seeks to spread about Scotland and the rest of the UK, the UK currently has the highest youth employment in the G7—I could…16 Dec 2020