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HANSARDEngagementsWe are making it absolutely clear to everybody in this country that they should stay at home and save lives, but when it comes to the self-employed and the particular pressures…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman is perfectly right, and that is why we have increased the funding for universal credit so that it goes up by £1,000 a year. That will benefit 4 million of…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsrose—25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsI’ll give you time to think of a question.25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend makes a superb point. Indeed, it has already been raised in our considerations. Black cab drivers are a fantastic, unsung service and I believe that they can…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsWe have already increased universal credit, but what we are doing immediately to help to get cash to the poorest and neediest is to give an immediate grant of £500 million to…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsI do believe that this country will emerge better and stronger from this experience. I can certainly tell my hon. Friend that a great deal of thought is being given now to the…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Lady is totally right. The Bill will come into force, I believe, later today, or as soon as their lordships have finished with it. As I said in answer to the leader of…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsThat is indeed the issue. The difficulty is not devising the schemes—we can devise the schemes—but getting the cash to the people who need it in a timely way. Anybody who has…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe instructions could not be clearer. The enforcement is there and it is going to be applied, and the message should go out not only to those companies but to the insurers.25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes, indeed; the early signs are that criminal activity is not up—it is in fact down at the moment—but we will come down like a ton of bricks on anybody who seeks to exploit the…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe advice—the instruction—to the gentleman in question, and indeed every business, is to follow what the Government have said: to obey the rules or to expect the consequences.…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsWe have changed the regulations so that supermarkets have a lot more freedom in their delivery hours, and obviously one of the things we want to do is ensure that we support…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsI must say that in general the four nations of our United Kingdom have been working very well together, but we will get on to the Welsh Government this afternoon on the issue that…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 2020HANSARDEngagementsAs the right hon. Gentleman will understand, we have done a huge amount already to strengthen the safety net for everybody in this country—not just those who are currently in…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 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman is making a very important point. I totally share his desire to get parity of support. I remind him that we have extended mortgage holidays, and are…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsWe have been very clear that everybody should work at home if they possibly can, and construction should only take place in a way that is in accordance with Public Health England…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Member is absolutely right to pay tribute to the work of the voluntary sector and the charitable sector. They are crucial to our national response to this crisis, and my…25 Mar 2020