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HANSARDEngagementsI understand that the council concerned has acknowledged the failures and the improvements that are needed. For our part, we are reviewing the oversight of special educational…09 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman, and I know that the whole House will join me in sending our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Mercy Baguma. We take very seriously the…09 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsI draw a sharp distinction and contrast between the civilised approach of my right hon. Friend to environmental protest and that taken by those who tried in vain to frustrate the…09 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsIt was this Government who introduced the living wage, and I am proud that we have so far delivered a record increase in the living wage and supported families throughout the…09 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Lady is entirely right to draw attention to the plight of the Uyghurs, as both I and the Foreign Secretary have done. We raise these concerns directly with the Chinese…09 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsOn the contrary, the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill is about protecting jobs, protecting growth and ensuring the fluidity and safety of our UK internal market and prosperity…09 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is an excellent champion for his area, and if he can just contain his impatience a little bit, he may hear something to his advantage and to the advantage of his…09 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to champion Burnley College and the cutting edge education in the technologies of the future that this Government support. I welcome all the…09 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsEvery suicide is an absolute tragedy, and my hon. Friend is right to focus on that issue in the way that he does. I am proud that the Government are rolling out record investments…09 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsI have every sympathy with those who now want to get tests, and the demand is very acute, partly because so many people who do not have symptoms want a test. Our view is that the…09 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend, and I thank the people of Dewsbury for their fortitude in doing what they have done and the local action that they are taking to defeat the virus. Of…09 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsAs somebody who grew up on a farm many years ago, I am thrilled to support Back British Farming Day. It is thanks to those farmers that we have fantastic food on our plates every…09 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsI have great respect for the right hon. Gentleman. Let me just say this, because the Leader of the Opposition in my view neglected to raise this important subject. My job is to…09 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsWe expect everybody in this country to obey the law.09 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsI congratulate my hon. Friend on the continual support he gives to the people of Gibraltar and to Gibraltar. I can assure him that the sovereignty of Gibraltar is inviolable, and…09 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe answer is that yes, indeed, we will press on with the Bill, because I believe that the right hon. Gentleman’s attacks on it are totally illogical. It actually represents a…09 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsThis Government have already built far more council homes, as far as I can remember, than Labour did in 13 years when they were last in office, and we will go on. You have just…09 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsIt is obviously a function of the growing demand and growing public confidence in NHS Test and Trace that we have to supply more and more tests, and that is what we have been…09 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe issue at the moment is that there has been a massive increase in the number of people who need or want tests, particularly people who do not have symptoms. We need—I hope the…09 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsAll I can tell the hon. Lady is that there has been a massive investment in PPE throughout this pandemic, and billions of items have been supplied. If she has a particular anxiety…09 Sept 2020