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HANSARDEngagementsYes indeed. I think the scheme provides a fair, balanced and proportionate way of helping all those who have suffered most during the troubles. It is very important that Sinn…10 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes, which is why I am encouraged by NHS Test and Trace and the progress that it is making. With the help of the joint biosecurity centre, we are now able to identify hotspots, to…10 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsBecause I think the British public, with their overwhelming common sense, have ignored some of the propaganda that we have been hearing from the Opposition about our advice. They…10 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes, I certainly will. I congratulate my hon. Friend on the way he represents Wolverhampton and the many campaigns he fights for that great city. I can tell him just for starters…10 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsThank you so much. I can confirm briefly to my hon. Friend that we are indeed committed under the road investment strategy published last year to building a bypass around Mottram,…10 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsPerhaps it would be helpful in advance of any consultation paper if I just set out my own broad position, and stress that I am a Sinophile. I believe that we must continue to work…10 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsIt is very important that stop-and-search is carried out sensitively in accordance with the law. The fact that we now have body-worn cameras has made a great difference to the way…10 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsLet me just say that on the death figures for this country, we mourn every one; we grieve for their relatives and their friends. But I must also tell the right hon. and learned…10 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to the right hon. and learned Gentleman, and of course I understand, as I said, the very strong and legitimate feelings of people in this country at the death of…10 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsNot only will we protect animal welfare standards but, on leaving the EU, as we have, we will be able to increase our animal welfare standards. We will be able to ban the…10 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am afraid that the right hon. and learned Gentleman is casting aspersions on the efforts of the tens of thousands of people who have set up the test, track and trace system in…03 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsTomorrow, I will open the global vaccine summit; the UK-hosted, virtual event will bring together more than 50 countries, as well as leaders of private sector organisations and…03 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am happy to tell the hon. Lady that I have had no conversations on that matter whatever, nor any exchanges of any kind.03 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am surprised that the right hon. and learned Gentleman should take that tone, since I took the trouble to ring him up, and we had a long conversation in which I briefed him…03 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am happy to look into any complaints, but as the right hon. Gentleman knows, all exports are conducted in accordance with the consolidated guidance, and the UK is possibly the…03 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsWhat a brilliant idea. I think Sedgefield should be careful what it wishes for, but I will certainly investigate that possibility. My hon. Friend will know what we were doing,…03 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsI very much understand the urgency that many people in this country feel about the need to reopen places of worship. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Housing,…03 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsI will certainly respond to his letter.03 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to my hon. Friend; he represents his businesses in Aylesbury well. We are certainly talking to all councils about how they can properly utilise the allocations that…03 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsFor the simple reason that as we get the rate of infection down, with the efforts that we are making as a country, it is vital that we avoid reinfection from elsewhere. That is…03 Jun 2020