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HANSARDEngagementsYes, and that is why we are not only recruiting another 20,000 police officers, I think about 5,000 of whom have already been recruited, but also— [ Interruption. ] The Opposition…16 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for that important question, because I believe that it illuminates a question that councils are asking themselves. I wish to affirm very strongly that they…16 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsI will have to study the judgment in detail. I will be happy to write to the hon. Member.16 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsWhile the Labour Opposition have been consistently carping from the sidelines throughout this crisis and raising, frankly, issues that are tangential, if not scare stories about…16 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsI hope the hon. Lady is not saying that she simply wants to extend the furlough scheme, because I do not believe that that is the right way—the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne…16 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes. I thank my hon. Friend for sticking up in the way that he does for Cornwall Airport Newquay—a vital airport, which I have happily used many times. We will continue to…16 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes. I am acutely conscious that there are no glib, easy answers in this area of public policy, and I happily undertake that the relevant Minister should meet the hon. Lady as…16 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsIt is precisely because we believe in my hon. Friend’s vision, which I share, of a great south-west that we are allocating considerable sums to the maintenance and improvement of…16 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes, to the best of my knowledge, care homes in this country should get weekly tests for all staff members and tests every 28 days for the residents in the care homes. Of course…16 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsWe have delivered on, as I say, the most thoroughgoing testing regime anywhere in Europe. We now have capacity; I think capacity has gone up from—sorry, the number of tests per…16 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Lady is absolutely right to raise the issue, and I know that Members across the House will share her feelings entirely. I totally agree that birth partners should be able…16 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsObviously, there is a very considerable, and has been a massive, devolution of powers to Scotland, and the Scottish people had the opportunity to vote for more in 2014, as the…16 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am not quite clear from that question whether the right hon. Gentleman is in favour of the Union or not. I take it from his hostility to me that he wants to support the Union.…16 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes indeed, we will do that, and I am delighted to say that, in addition to the £40 billion we have spent on the coronavirus job retention scheme and the £130 billion plan for…16 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsI could not have put it better myself.16 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Gentleman. I think he asked substantially the same question last week. As he knows, we do not publish the Attorney General’s advice—Governments do not…16 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes, I can. I thank my hon. Friend very much. We are rolling out full-fibre broadband to the North Moor area, investing £10 million in partnership with the local authority, and…16 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman. What the Government are doing is, of course, supporting local councils to the tune of £3.7 billion for the extra needs occasioned by coronavirus; £380…16 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsOnce again, the Opposition are at risk of undermining the colossal work of NHS Test and Trace. Let me give the hon. Gentleman one statistic: just in the last week, the average…16 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsI so understand and appreciate my hon. Friend’s constituents’ concerns. Similar concerns will have been raised with other Members from across the House, not just about the wedding…16 Sept 2020