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HANSARDEngagementsI 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 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 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 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy hon. Friend is completely right, and that is why we are bringing in this package.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy hon. Friend is completely right, and that is why I made the point, in almost identical terms, earlier on.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe deputy chief medical officer, Jonathan Van-Tam, addressed that point directly earlier on today about transmission in hospitality settings. Clearly, we need to reduce the…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, I can.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThat is exactly right. That is the strategy that we have been pursuing for some time now, and that is why it is necessary to intensify the restrictions in some areas.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI think the hon. Lady may have missed what I said. We are putting up to another £1 billion into supporting local authorities and £500 million into supporting local test and trace…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that it would be a wonderful thing if we could hyper- localise actions in the way that she suggests. Alas, the disease being what it is, we…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIt is the burden of what I am saying today that we want to do everything in co-operation with local leaders and local authorities.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI note the ideological scorn of any private sector work, which I thought had left the Labour party these days, but does not seem to have done. I share the hon. Gentleman’s…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank my hon. Friend for representing his constituents well in the way he does. Of course, we will make sure that we regularly review the measures for his constituency, and…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy hon. Friend is spot on. It is so important to avoid an uncontained second wave in order to protect the NHS, and allow the treatments and therapies for other non-covid…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI wholly share the hon. Lady’s feelings about the vital importance of allowing women to have a birth partner with them during labour. As she rightly says, we have changed the…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe guidance is very clear that people from areas with very high levels, such as Merseyside, should not be making those journeys.12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thoroughly congratulate the people of Ynys Môn on what they are doing and on keeping infection rates down. I hope that they will continue to work with the rest of the country to…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAlas, the virus’s continued rise across the country is not uniform, but the judgments that we have made are ones that we are sticking to.12 Oct 2020