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HANSARDEngagementsOur armed services simply could not function without the support of their families, and I thank my hon. Friend for what he is doing to raise this issue and for the comprehensive…11 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. It is a subject in which I have a keen interest, because I had a wonderful morning on that crab boat where there were fantastic,…11 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Lady is right to raise this issue. What happened to the Windrush generation was a disgrace and a scandal, and we are doing our best collectively to make amends. I can…11 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsOf course we publish all contracts, and quite right too. I would just respectfully remind the hon. Lady, as I reminded the Leader of the Opposition earlier, that it is absolutely…11 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes indeed. It was really impressive to see the way the Royal British Legion organised covid-secure memorials across the country. As we salute our veterans, I just want to remind…11 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes. One of the many merits of the excellent conversation I had yesterday with President-elect Joe Biden was that we were strongly agreed on the need once again for the United…11 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsI had, and have, a good relationship with the previous President. I do not resile from that—it is the duty of all British Prime Ministers to have a good relationship with the…11 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman knows, I hope, that we are not only continuing with the uprating of universal credit until next year, but have invested £210 billion in jobs and…11 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsI know the whole House will want to join me in sending our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Lord Sacks, who sadly passed away on Saturday. His…11 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsWith great respect to the right hon. and learned Gentleman, he knows full well that the furlough programme has continued throughout this pandemic. It went right the way through to…11 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsUnquestionably, this pandemic has been hard on the people of this country, and unquestionably there are people who have suffered throughout the pandemic and people whose…11 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am sure that my right hon. Friend the Chancellor will have heard my hon. Friend’s words. I thank him for what he said; he is quite right to champion regional airports and the…11 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsWe are looking into the issue of repeat calls, but to say that the test and trace system has been a waste of time and money, which I think is what I heard the hon. Member say—I…11 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsI think the right hon. and learned Gentleman is referring to the vaccines taskforce, and after days in which the Labour party has attacked the vaccines taskforce, I think it might…11 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsWe are in the middle of a global pandemic in which this Government have so far secured and delivered 32 billion items of personal protective equipment; and, yes, it is absolutely…11 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsOn the contrary, the UK Government are continuing to support all parts of the UK. We will now, as the hon. Gentleman knows, have the opportunity to fund projects with our own…11 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsAll I can say is that the more intensively we together follow the rules and the more we follow the guidance in this tough period leading up to 2 December, the bigger the chance…11 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to my right hon. Friend. That is indeed disappointing, because over 2,500 laptops and tablets and 400 routers were delivered to Leeds City Council for disadvantaged…04 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I think that he is raising the 1983 miners’ strike—or the early 1980s at any rate. I would be obliged to him if he could send me further…04 Nov 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend, and I congratulate her on her campaign for the people of Dover. I can tell her that, thanks to her lobbying, Highways England is now developing plans to…04 Nov 2020