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HANSARDEngagementsIt is quite uncanny; it is as though Miss Twitchett and her class were standing over my shoulder as I wrote the 10-point plan, and I thank them for their telepathic inspiration. I…25 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Gentleman is so right to support Rolls-Royce, one of the great companies in our country. Obviously, at the moment Rolls-Royce is suffering from the problems in the…25 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, listening to Opposition Members talking about the 0.7% commitment, you would think that they invented it. It was a Conservative Government who instituted it, and this…25 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsAs the hon. Lady knows, the Government are committed to the 10-point plan for a green industrial revolution, which will generate 250,000 jobs across the country just in the…25 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsAbsolutely. I thank my hon. Friend for the campaigns that he is running to support veterans. We support schemes such as that run by Gerry Hill and his team at Hire a Hero, and we…25 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Lady is right to value key workers and the amazing job that they do—particularly teachers and teaching assistants, who have done fantastic work in getting our kids back…25 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsIt is a perfectly reasonable question, Mr Speaker.25 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsI have already told you, Mr Speaker, that as soon as we have any information about anybody leaking, we will bring it to the House. But I may say that I think the right hon. and…25 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsSir Alex’s decisions are entirely a matter for him, but the Home Secretary has apologised for any way in which her conduct fell short. Frankly, I make no apology for sticking up…25 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanI very much hope that we will have a united approach to Christmas. I think that is what the people of this country want. I repeat that there is much more that unites us than…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanWe hope that nobody has been excluded. There is a massive package of support—and Barnett consequentials for Scotland running to many billions—with £13.5 billion for the…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanWith permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement on the Government’s covid winter plan. For the first time since this wretched virus took hold, we can see a route out of the…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanI would like to thank the right hon. and learned Gentleman for his qualified welcome of these measures. He says that they are risky. It is not quite clear whether he is supporting…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanThe local authorities have been given about £4.6 billion so far to support them through the pandemic and to help them to support hard-hit businesses in their areas, and that is on…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanWe will study the judgment and take appropriate action to protect workers.23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanI am interested in my hon. Friend’s Freudian slip about Christmas, but the answer is, I am afraid, that it is just too early to say whether we will get any vaccine before…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanIndeed. We will make sure that we support local authorities, which will clearly be playing an important role in rolling out the vaccine. As I said, we have already given £4.6…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanI thank my hon. Friend, who is entirely right to support the hospitality industry in her community, and, of course, support packages will remain in place.23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanI can assure my hon. Friend that the Secretary of State for Transport is looking at all such schemes. I am sure he will have heard what my hon. Friend has said loud and clear. He…23 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanAlas, the virus is no respecter of borough boundaries, as I understand things. My hon. Friend is, of course, totally right in his analysis. The incidence is different in different…23 Nov 2020