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HANSARDEngagementsThis 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 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 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes, indeed; we are trying to make shielding guidance as consistent as we possibly can, but in the hon. Lady’s particular case, perhaps I could advise her to get in touch directly…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes, indeed, and I should have added the police, specials and everybody who serves in our incredible police force for what they do. They should certainly be added to the roll of…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 2020HANSARDEngagementsWe 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 absolutely right: this is not a time for levity; it is time for serious action and a serious response to the crisis. That is what he is seeing from…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsI really want to do nothing else except associate myself fully with the closing words of the Leader of the Opposition. What this country is doing now is utterly extraordinary. We…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsThis country will look after all the most vulnerable in society in the way that we always have, and the groups that the hon. Gentleman mentions will certainly receive the Home…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsPerhaps I could begin by pointing out that this is the right hon. Gentleman’s last Prime Minister’s questions, and it would be appropriate for me to pay tribute to him for his…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman is entirely right. I do not want to repeat what I just said, except to say that social care staff, in common with NHS staff and, indeed, other public…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes, indeed. The profiteering is something that we should be looking at from a legislative point of view in this House, as has happened before in this country. I can tell my hon.…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am told that there is an army of local volunteers delivering food supplies, but if the hon. Gentleman wishes to communicate that case directly to us, we will take it up.25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsI can tell the hon. Gentleman that we have certainly not washed our hands of any sector of UK business or industry. We are in regular contact with the aviation sector and doing…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe short answer to that question is yes. The long answer is that this Government are in no way undimmed in our ambition to continue with record investments in our NHS and build…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes, not every country in the world necessarily welcomes a grey tailfin, as it were— [ Interruption ] —most of them do, I should say, but we are certainly commissioning charters…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsEverybody should work at home unless they must go to work—unless they have no alternative and they cannot do that work from home. If a construction company is continuing with…25 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman is entirely correct. We have tried to handle this crisis by being as open and transparent as we possibly can be with all our working and all our thinking.…25 Mar 2020