Contributions
5,553 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDEngagementsYes, I can, and I congratulate my hon. Friend on his campaign. Any decision to allow for the sale of the hospital is, of course, a matter for the local clinical commissioning…02 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. and learned Gentleman is entirely right to raise the issue of care homes and our ability to distribute this particular type of vaccine rapidly to care homes,…02 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to my hon. Friend, and I repeat what I said to the House several times yesterday afternoon. Of course we want to reflect local conditions as closely and accurately…02 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful for the hon. Lady’s question. She is raising an important issue. I know that many people suffer from the syndrome that she describes, and I will ensure that she gets…02 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to the right hon. and learned Gentleman for his point about the roll-out, and I will perhaps update the House on what the Joint Committee on Vaccination and…02 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsToday, I am proudly wearing purple to celebrate the International Day for Disabled People, which is of course tomorrow. Next year, we will publish our national strategy for…02 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsI obviously sympathise very much with those who have taken their lives, and with their families. This has been a very tough time for the country. We are investing massively in…02 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am proud that the UK led the way in instituting a target of net zero by 2050; of all the developed nations, we were the first. We are looking at our nationally determined…02 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsWe are doing a huge amount to support our aviation industry, but I appreciate the stress and difficulties that many families are in at the moment because of the threats to that…02 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes, indeed. My hon. Friend is completely right about the importance of the new UK shared prosperity fund. It will be different from the levelling-up fund, and we are going to…02 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsWe are looking at what we can do to protect all the jobs that are being lost currently across the country. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and…02 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank my right hon. Friend for his excellent suggestion. He is a great champion of small business. Every measure that the Government produce is judged by the effect or impact it…02 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsWe have abandoned nobody and we are continuing to support people. In addition to the support I have already mentioned, we have announced nearly £400 million to support vulnerable…02 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsWe are, of course, supporting every job we possibly can, as well as supporting every life and every livelihood, with a £200 billion programme. I would take the right hon. and…02 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is a magnificent and doughty campaigner for Wakefield. I know that my right hon. Friend the Chancellor will listen very closely to his call for the national…02 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsOn the last point, that is a matter for the Scottish Government, who have the fiscal freedom to do that. I thank health and social care workers in Scotland and across the whole…02 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsWe are, of course, working to tackle all kinds of disinformation across the internet. The right hon. and learned Gentleman is right to single out the anti-vaxxers and those who I…02 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsAbsolutely. I strongly urge people to take up the vaccine, but it is no part of our culture or our ambition in this country to make vaccines mandatory. That is not how we do…02 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes, indeed. My hon. Friend reminds me that it is Small Business Saturday this Saturday. Everybody should be shopping local. I can also tell him that the Treasury is considering…02 Dec 2020HANSARDEngagementsIf the hon. Gentleman wants to keep this country in the EU, which I think is the gist of what he was saying, he will be sorely disappointed and so will the Labour party.02 Dec 2020