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HANSARDEngagementsIt is an indication of the depths to which the right hon. and learned Gentleman is willing to sink that he accuses me— [ Interruption. ] He accuses me of traducing journalists.…20 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend. He is a great champion for rural Cumbria and for bus services. He is right that Cumbria got another £1.5 million for buses. We want to put more into…20 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsI bitterly regret Allegra’s resignation. I think it was very sad. She did an outstanding job, particularly since she was the one who coined the expression “Coal, cars, cash and…20 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsQuite right—Conservative councils fix four times more potholes, recycle twice as much, and charge less.20 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsWhen are the Scottish people going to hear—20 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my right hon. Friend very much, and I think everybody will want to urge the Russian state to treat his constituent humanely and compassionately, because in my view,…20 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsOn my own fixed penalty notice, I have been transparent with the House—and will be—and I have apologised. On the rest of it, I really think, as I have said before, that the House…20 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsI am sad to say that I think a lot of people made money out of covid in a way that perhaps they should not have done. We deplore that and we are trying to recoup as much as we…20 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsAll I can say is that I am delighted that the hon. Lady is a reader of The Daily Telegraph . What she needs to do is keep going to the end of the article. That is my advice to her.20 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is a fantastic champion for Watford. I know, because I have been to see him several times, that he has been campaigning to get this hospital in Watford ever since…20 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsIf the right hon. and learned Gentleman wants to join the Conservative party and come and listen to the meetings of the Conservative party, he is welcome to do it, but, as I say,…20 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsI was slightly taken aback for the Government to be criticised over the policy that we have devised to end the deaths at sea in the channel as a result of cruel criminal gangs. I…20 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsI know the whole House will want to join me in wishing Her Majesty the Queen a very happy birthday for tomorrow. This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and…20 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Gentleman. We had a long conversation about this yesterday. I understand the point of his question, but we are going to get on with the job of delivering…20 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsIf that were true, I do not think the right hon. Gentleman would be calling for my resignation. We are going to get on with the job in hand, and that is to deliver for the people…20 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsThere could be no better campaigner for Wrexham and for the interests of Wrexham sport. I will do what I can, but my hon. Friend will know that £121 million from the first round…20 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend has raised this issue before and I know how infuriating it is for his constituents. That is why the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI apologise once again, profusely, to John Robinson, to all of those who lost loved ones, and particularly to those who suffered during the pandemic. In my statement, I have tried…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateThe answer to that question is staring the hon. Member in the face, if he looks at what is happening around the world. The UK is providing moral, political and diplomatic…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI have said what I have said. I apologise and want to say again to the House that when I spoke before in this Chamber about events in Downing Street, I spoke in good faith.19 Apr 2022