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HANSARDEngagementsWhat we are going to do, obviously, is ensure that nobody is penalised for doing the right thing and that everybody has access to the benefits and support they need. If the hon.…11 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Gentleman raises an important point. He will have seen what the Governor of the Bank of England has done today to the cost of borrowing overall. My right hon. Friend the…11 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes indeed, and my hon. Friend will hear something to her advantage in just a few minutes.11 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsThere are already more than 400,000 jobs in the low-carbon economy in this country, and the great south-west is going to play a leading role in the green revolution of the future.11 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsWe will of course be guided by the best scientific judgments in all these matters. I can certainly confirm that it is our firm determination to have a second spaceport in…11 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsI certainly commend the work of all those at the Warrington Peace Centre. We will do everything that we can to ensure that funding continues.11 Mar 2020HANSARDInvestigatory Powers Commissioner: Annual ReportI have today laid before both Houses a copy of the annual report of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner. The report was submitted by the new commissioner, Sir Brian Leveson, but…05 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsI have no difficulty at all making such an undertaking, because it is very clear from the protocol that unfettered access for Northern Ireland will continue.04 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman is raising a very important point. We are, of course, very much aware of the issues faced by the self-employed and those on zero-hours contracts. I should…04 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsI will indeed. Today I will chair the first ever Cabinet Committee on Climate Change, in recognition of this Government’s revolutionary commitments to cut to net zero by 2050—one…04 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsAs the right hon. Gentleman knows, this Government have put record funding into the NHS and we have pledged that we will give it everything that it needs to cope with the crisis.…04 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for the excellent co-operation that Scotland and, indeed, all the devolved Administrations have given in preparing the battle plan. Yes, really to…04 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsI learned what a wonderful staff we have in the NHS, and I am delighted to say that Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will receive £3.7 million seed funding for a…04 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsMy right hon. Friend the Health Secretary has just told me—passing the ball swiftly down the line—that, yes, my hon. Friend’s A&E is certainly staying open, and I thank her for…04 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank my right hon. Friend very much for raising what sounds like an appalling case, and I am sure the whole House will join me in expressing our deepest sympathies to Tom’s…04 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Lady is absolutely right to raise the issue of stabbings and violent crime, which I agree with her are too high and must come down. That is one of the reasons why we are…04 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend raises a characteristically brilliant point, which I confess has not been drawn to my attention so far. I will look at it, and it certainly seems crazy that planes…04 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsI do not know quite what the hon. Lady means by excluding EU workers, since there are record numbers of EU workers currently in this country, and indeed more can come until the…04 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsIt is certainly true that people have been let out far too early, far too often. That is why we are not only looking into stopping the early release of serious sexual and violent…04 Mar 2020HANSARDEngagementsIt is now two years to the day since a chemical weapon was deployed by Russian military intelligence on the streets of Salisbury. All our thoughts remain with those affected and…04 Mar 2020