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HANSARDEngagementsI must say to the right hon. and learned Gentleman that I really do not see the purpose of his endless attacks on public trust and confidence, when what we are trying to do is to…03 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. and learned Gentleman knows perfectly well that the alert level does allow it. Indeed, he did not raise that issue with me when we had a conversation on the…03 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsI will certainly respond to his letter.03 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend well represents Blackpool and his constituents, sticking up for the interests of Blackpool. In addition to the £3.2 billion we are already giving to local councils…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 2020HANSARDEngagementsWhat I can tell the House is that everybody knows that no recourse to public funds is a long-standing condition that applies to people here with temporary immigration status, but…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 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 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 2020HANSARDEngagementsLet me let me begin by associating myself absolutely with what the right hon. and learned Gentleman had to say about the death of George Floyd. I think that what happened in the…03 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend has exactly the right vision for Bolsover. Indeed, it is the vision that I have for the whole country. The green recovery will be essential to this country’s…03 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am surprised to hear that criticism from the Labour Benches. I thought that the Opposition were in favour of the quarantine policy. The simple reason is to protect the British…03 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes, indeed. That is why the Government are going to get on with our agenda of uniting and levelling up the country with 20,000 more police officers. In fact, we have recruited…03 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Lady for her question. This Government commissioned the review from PHE and we take its findings very seriously, because there obviously are inequalities in the…03 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. We are certainly looking at all sorts of packages—creative ideas—to help the tourism industry over the winter period so that its winter, as it…03 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsWe are doing everything we can to support the UK steel industry and to make sure, as HS2 goes forward, that it maximises the use of UK steel. I am proud to say that 98% of the…03 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsAgain, I do think that the right hon. and learned Gentleman needs to consider what is really going on throughout the country, where ordinary people are getting used to queuing for…03 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsOf course black lives matter, and I totally understand the anger and the grief that is felt not just in America but around the world and in our country as well. I totally…03 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Assembly of the Council of EuropeThe United Kingdom delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is as follows: Sir Roger Gale MP (Leader) Full Representatives Substitute Members Hannah…03 Jun 2020