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HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI want to thank her for what she has said, but to remind her of what I have already said, which is that I feel the greatest sorrow and grief for those like Victoria who have lost…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. One of the systems that we are looking at, since he asks, is to see if we can mount some Brimstones on the back of technicals to see if that…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank her. Look, I cannot offer any further commentary on the investigation. All I can do is renew and repeat the apologies I have given to her constituents, whether they accept…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI have explained that I believed that the event was in conformity with the rules. That has turned out not to be true. I humbly and sincerely accept that.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateWith permission, Mr Speaker, I will update the House on the Government’s response to events at home and abroad during the Easter recess. I will come to Ukraine in a moment, since…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank the hon. Gentleman very much and repeat what I said earlier. I apologise and direct him to my earlier statement.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, and I understand the feelings of his constituents, but I must direct him to what I said earlier on.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank the hon. Member very much, and I understand completely people’s feelings about covid, what they did and the failings in No. 10, but I think that the job of the Government…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank the hon. Gentleman very much. I want to repeat what I have said about the event in question, for which I have received an FPN. I apologise heartily for that. It was my…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 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank the hon. Lady very much for her kind invitation. I do not know whether Margot herself wants to extend the invitation, but I am afraid I will be busy doing what we are…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank my hon. Friend very much, and thank him for all the work that he does to protect and support the Union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. As he knows, it is under a…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank the hon. Member very much and want to repeat what I have said already: I apologise for the fine I have received. I cannot comment about any hypothetical situations.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend very much, and I know that he has campaigned assiduously for his constituents and the whole country to reduce the burden, particularly of fuel costs.…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank the hon. Member. Look, I in no way minimise the importance of the fine I have received, as I have said several times this afternoon.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank the right hon. Lady very much, and I think that what P&O Ferries did was entirely wrong, as I have told the House before. I made a serious mistake, and I apologise for it…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank the hon. Gentleman very much. I repeat what I said in my statement earlier, which is that I fully respect the decision of the police.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank the hon. Member’s constituents very much for what they did throughout the pandemic. It is thanks to people up and down the country who followed the rules that we have been…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend for his excellent suggestion, which is one that the UK Government are already pursuing. In my conversations with President Zelensky, we discussed…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateYes, indeed. Can I congratulate my hon. Friend on his recent marriage, by the way? We certainly see nuclear energy as of vital importance, as well of course as investing in our…19 Apr 2022