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HANSARDEngagementsAll this was independently approved, but if the hon. Gentleman has some serious allegation to make against my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State then may I suggest that he…14 Oct 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes, indeed. I congratulate my hon. Friend on her fantastic campaigning for a nuclear future for Ynys Môn. She has no more fervent supporter in that objective than me.14 Oct 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am proud of what the Government have done to raise the national living wage, which this Government introduced. What I can tell the hon. Gentleman is that whatever happens, a…14 Oct 2020HANSARDEngagementsIt is thanks to NHS Test and Trace, which is now testing more people than are tested in any other country in Europe, that we know where the disease is surging. We know that it is…14 Oct 2020HANSARDEngagementsI will look at the second point my hon. Friend raises, but what I can tell him is that we are focusing first on buildings with unsafe cladding that are over 18 metres. I…14 Oct 2020HANSARDEngagementsThis morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later today.14 Oct 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend, who is not only an experienced father himself but, of course, an experienced campaigner on this issue. I am very pleased that health visiting teams have…14 Oct 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am afraid the right hon. and learned Gentleman is misrepresenting the position, doubtless inadvertently. Our advice is that, if the regional measures are tier 3 and at all…14 Oct 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. and learned Gentleman claims to be supporting the Government one day, and then performs a dramatic U-turn the next. He claims to support the rule of six one day,…14 Oct 2020HANSARDEngagementsOf course, we will make sure that local authorities get the support they need. As the hon. Gentleman knows, we have already put an extra £3.7 billion into helping local…14 Oct 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for what he does to campaign for wool. As someone whose family used to farm sheep, I feel the pain of sheep farmers everywhere. The price is on the floor at…14 Oct 2020HANSARDEngagementsI know that I have given the answer many times, and that is because the answer remains the same, which is that the uplift will remain in place through to April next year. As I…14 Oct 2020HANSARDEngagementsI have happy memories of sampling some of the fare in Wolverhampton with my hon. Friend. I can tell him that the Black Country city deal has just seen an investment of £5.8…14 Oct 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman. I am in continuous contact, as he can imagine, with the leader and the deputy leader in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland, of course, will receive at…14 Oct 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am aware of the incredible prospect in the Celtic sea and I am confident that the Crown Estate, as the landlord of the seabed, will respond positively.-14 Oct 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am afraid to say that what the hon. Lady raises is incredibly important, and she is right to raise it. We must accelerate the process by which these complaints are upheld and…14 Oct 2020HANSARDAppointment UpdateThe fire in Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017 was an unimaginable tragedy that should never have happened. The Government set up the Grenfell Tower Inquiry to get to the truth about…14 Oct 2020HANSARDEngagementsI set that out very clearly in the House on Monday. The difference between this stage of the pandemic and March and April, as the House knows very well, is that the disease is…14 Oct 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thoroughly concur with my hon. Friend, and I congratulate all the volunteers on their spirit and the achievements they have delivered for the people of this country. I was…14 Oct 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for his campaign for Immingham. It is registered, but my hon. Friend should know that he is one of the most successful campaigners in this House already…14 Oct 2020