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HANSARDEngagementsYes, I certainly can. I share the right hon. and learned Gentleman’s frustration about PPE, and the frustration that I think people have felt across the House and across the…06 May 2020HANSARDEngagementsI will, of course, undertake that there will be a statement to the House—as you, Mr Speaker, and the House would properly expect—about what we propose. I just want to explain to…06 May 2020HANSARDEngagementsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right that a crucial part of our success in getting transport to run safely will now be running a bigger and more expansive tube service so that…06 May 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes indeed. Actually, I think that the last few weeks have shown the ability of the Governments of all four nations to come together and to deliver very clear messages for our…06 May 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes. By the way, I forgot to thank the right hon. Gentleman and other colleagues for their kind words about Wilfred. I want to thank him for that; I forgot to say that, and I will…06 May 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe furlough scheme has been one of the outstanding provisions that the Government have been able to put in. It has given huge numbers of people—more than 6 million people—in this…06 May 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend very much for all the work he does to champion the cause of education, particularly further education, on the Select Committee on Education. As he knows,…06 May 2020HANSARDEngagementsI understand very well the job that the current Mayor is doing. My view is that we should be able to run a better tube system at the moment and get more tubes on the line. I do…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsWhere businesses are blatantly ignoring the instructions of the Government, they will face the consequences that have been well advertised.25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes, indeed. That is why we have given in the first instance another half a billion pounds to councils to look after the poorest and most vulnerable members of society. I thank my…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsThis morning, I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in the House, I shall have further such meetings later today.25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsI fully echo my hon. Friend’s tribute to our amazing NHS workers, and it is in order to protect them and help them that we are taking the extraordinary measures that this country…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsAs the right hon. Gentleman and the House can imagine, we have been in regular contact with all the retailers—all the supermarket chains. I had a conversation with all of them a…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Lady, who has given me the opportunity to say once again that our schools, our teachers and everybody who works in our schools, dealing with an incredibly…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to raise this issue, which I know has been a concern. We had a long meeting on it this morning. I am assured that not only are the…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman raises a very important point about the need to protect renters, which is why I answered in the way that I did last week. We have actually gone further…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsI can tell the House that both on antibody testing and antigen testing, we are making huge progress. We are buying millions of antibody tests, which show whether or not someone…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsI would indeed like to thank all the staff at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton for everything that they are doing, as I thank everybody in the NHS across the whole country.…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to raise the issue of Northwick Park. It has had a consignment in the last few days, and we will keep those supplies coming.25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes, of course. We keep those measures under constant review. The more the whole country is able to work together to conform with those stipulations, the faster we will get on top…25 Mar 2020