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HANSARDIntegrated ReviewYes. I believe that the Intelligence and Security Committee is well equipped to provide exactly that further layer of scrutiny of cyber operations.19 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Lady is right in what she says about the impact of child poverty, and that is why this Government have worked so hard to combat child poverty. That is why we did indeed…18 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsI can tell the hon. Lady that everybody in this country can be immensely proud of the massive commitments that this country has made, and will continue to make, to tackling…18 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that it is the current Labour Mayor of London who blew TfL’s finances, which were left in remarkably good condition by the previous Mayor…18 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsWhen this crisis began, we were urged by the right hon. and learned Gentleman to remove the blockages in our procurement process to get personal protective equipment. As he will…18 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsAgain, I think it is extraordinary that the right hon. and learned Gentleman is now coming out in favour of NHS Test and Trace when he has continually attacked it. In fact, the…18 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his excellent proposal. He is right that mass testing of that kind is a very powerful weapon in the fight against covid. We will certainly be…18 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsIt is good finally to hear something from the right hon. and learned Gentleman in praise of NHS Test and Trace. I think it has secured at least one of his objectives, which is to…18 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsI think what has unquestionably been a disaster is the way in which the Scottish nationalist party has taken and used devolution as a means not to improve the lives of its…18 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, I am so sorry. They are national but not nationalist; I see. Right.18 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsTony Blair himself, the former Labour leader, has conceded that he did not foresee the rise of a separatist party in Scotland and that he did not foresee the collapse of Scottish…18 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Gentleman raises a very important point, and we are thinking about this issue in Government right now. As he knows, in response to the early data that we saw about the…18 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is entirely right to raise that issue. It continues to be a cause of grave concern, and I raise it repeatedly with our American friends. I am working with my right…18 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Gentleman is right to raise the issue of food poverty and of poverty generally. That is why, in answer to the previous question from the hon. Member for Newcastle upon…18 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for this campaign. He has raised the idea with me before. What I can say is that while we will certainly look at what he says, I am very glad that we have…18 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for the question and for his campaigning on behalf of the disabled, but I must reject what he says. We have done everything we can to reach out…18 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for his very well meant suggestion. It is very kind, but there is evidence both ways on that. What everybody would expect is that everybody who gets pinged…18 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes. I am very pleased that Facebook, Twitter and Google have committed that no company should profit from or promote vaccine disinformation and that companies should respond to…18 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsI understand that the case is now under urgent review and a decision will be made shortly.18 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsI understand the point that my hon. Friend makes and the feeling of unfairness that he describes. What we are trying to do with the business rates holiday and all the other…18 Nov 2020