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HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Gentleman is right to say that the new Office for Environmental Protection will have powers to hold the Government to account, but let me draw his attention to the record…15 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsWe are investing record sums into the NHS. Indeed, I think the House should be very proud today that we are passing the NHS Funding Bill, which will guarantee such funding not…15 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes I can; and not only are we investing record sums in primary and secondary education, but we are also setting up a national skills fund to help those who do not necessarily…08 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Lady for raising that issue with me, and if I cannot do it I am sure the Health Secretary can.08 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsI congratulate my hon. Friend on getting elected, and welcome her, and indeed all new colleagues, to their first edition of Prime Minister’s Question Time. I thank my hon. Friend…08 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsThat is an important question. I can confirm that, as far as we can tell, no casualties were sustained last night by the US and no British personnel were injured in the attacks.…08 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsI think I have given this answer a couple of times already. The people of Scotland had the chance to decide, and they decided emphatically in favour of remaining in the UK. That…08 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsOf course I can confirm that. Let me point out to the right hon. Gentleman that the United Kingdom has been working solidly since the crisis began to bring together our European…08 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising a very important issue and a difficult problem. The question is how do we, as it were, introduce consumption rooms without…08 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am proud to say that the UK is now the third highest recipient of foreign investment in the world, but Northern Ireland could get even more than it currently does if, as my hon.…08 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes, of course. I make a general point that we have done a huge amount to lift the burden of taxation on the low-paid, and we are lifting the living wage by the biggest ever…08 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsIndeed, the Eden of Britain— [ Interruption. ] I have just heard from my right hon. Friend the Chancellor that he does indeed: the House should know that the Eden Project is now,…08 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsI can only repeat my point, which is that the Scottish people do have a mechanism. They used it in 2014: it is a referendum. It took place, and as I think SNP Members all…08 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsYes, indeed I will. I pay tribute, by the way, to my right hon. Friend the Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton (Nick Gibb)—where is he?—who campaigned for so long for…08 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsI should begin by saying that, of course, we condemn the attack on Iraqi military bases hosting coalition forces. Iran should not repeat these reckless and dangerous attacks, but…08 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the work that he is doing for those suffering from motor neurone disease, which is indeed a terrible illness. We are doing everything that we…08 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank my right hon. Friend for the passionate campaign that she wages. I can tell her that the current number is 2,190, which is patently unacceptable, but it is moving down. My…08 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsContrary to the predictions of the gloomsters, unemployment is at a record low—we have put on about 800,000 jobs since the referendum—and we will indeed get Brexit done by 31…08 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsI see my right hon. Friend’s point with great concern. As we move to a net zero economy by 2050 under this groundbreaking Conservative Government, it is vital that we tackle those…08 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsOur relationship, like the relationship of the whole United Kingdom, will go from strength to strength.08 Jan 2020