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HANSARDEngagementsThe answer to her question, in a word, is no.26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsIt is to rectify matters such as the one to which my hon. Friend draws the House’s attention that this Government are finally bringing in a law to prevent the vexatious…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsIn addition to the 40 new hospitals that we are building— [ Interruption. ] Yes. As part of the £33.9 billion initial investment that we are making—the record investment that we…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsI will indeed, and I hope that my right hon. Friend’s words were listened to very carefully by members of the Scottish National party, because they would hand back control of our…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsBe careful what you wish for! I will look at what I can do to be there in person and support what sounds like an excellent scheme.26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsIndeed I can, and I thank my right hon. Friend. We have been ensuring that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is able to extend the Bellwin scheme where…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsSince the flooding began, this Government have been working flat out night and day to ensure that the people of this country get the support they need. We have activated the…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman is perfectly right in the sense that there are particular problems to do with insurance, as anybody who has visited a flood-affected household will know.…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman asks what this Government have been doing in the past few days, so let me tell him. Not only have we been investing massively in flood defences and…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for rightly raising the issue of rail connections between Maidstone East and the City. In addition to the £48 billion we are putting into the railways, my…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe whole House will want to join me in extending our condolences to the families and friends of those who sadly lost their lives as a result of Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis. We…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am very proud of the response that the Government have mounted over the past few days. We convened the national flood response centre on 14 February. Since the flooding began,…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsAs the right hon. Gentleman knows perfectly well, there has been a stream of ministerial meetings since the flooding began. The national flood response centre was convened on 14…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsLet me repeat for the benefit of the right hon. Gentleman that this Government have a fantastic record of investing in flood defences and will continue to do so. The reason we can…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsLet us be absolutely clear that I certainly do not share those views, and nor are they the views of anybody in this Government. That individual no longer works for the Government.26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about the vital importance of buses and their transformative power, but as for the detail about what will happen in Penistone and Stocksbridge,…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsIt of course brings me great joy to congratulate Solihull Borough Council on its path-breaking leadership. The council is of course following in the footsteps of the national…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am not going to comment on the vituperation that is meted out by the Opposition party, but what I will say is that all voters should be treated with respect and with humility. I…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am indeed aware of the scandal to which the hon. Lady alludes and the disaster that has befallen many Post Office workers—I have met some of them myself. I am happy to commit to…26 Feb 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Gentleman is right to raise the issue of flooding in Wales. Of course it is a devolved matter, but none the less the Government are committed to working flat out with the…26 Feb 2020