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HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentOf course, that is the very trap from which it is now absolutely vital that we escape. As the right hon. Gentleman says, that 8 December document effectively commits the UK to…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentI thank my hon. Friend. He is totally right to focus on seaside towns and coastal communities because too often they have been forgotten, as has their infrastructure. This new…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentI will indeed commit to that approach, because I think that is the right way forward. If I may say so, Nissan in Sunderland is the most efficient plant in the world, and what a…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentThat is of course what we are doing. That is the nature of the pledge and the undertaking that we are making with the £4.6 billion that we have announced. The objective, as I…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentNot only that, but under the freedoms that we will obtain we will be able, where necessary, to enhance workers’ rights in this country.25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentI think that if the hon. Lady looks at what I have promised the British public and promised the electorate in my political career, and looks at what I have delivered time and time…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentI thank my hon. Friend for his advice. Yes, I am a huge fan of Northern Powerhouse Rail. I went up to Manchester airport and saw the plan. It is a truly visionary and exciting…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentThis country is proud of its record as a world leader in fighting child sexual abuse, and under this Government we will continue to lengthen that lead.25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentI have asked Doug Oakervee, the former chairman of Crossrail, to conduct a brief six-week study of profiling of the spend on HS2, to discover whether such a proposal might have…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentThe automotive sector globally is suffering a contraction, partly as a result of the diesel crisis and the move to electric vehicles, and what is happening with demand in China;…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentI struggle to find a point in the hon. Gentleman’s question. If he has an allegation that he wishes to make, I suggest that he sends it to me in writing, and I will be happy to…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentI thank my hon. Friend and congratulate him on the heroic campaign he has waged to promote alternative medicines and therapies of all kinds. I feel sure that it would be to the…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentYes, I believe it does. We will ensure that local authorities are aware of their responsibilities.25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentOf course, because that is the most sensible way forward. As the House will have heard several times, this Government will under no circumstances institute checks at the border in…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is a sad irony that the Labour party, which purports to be the party of the people, is now the party that seeks to thwart the will of the…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentHad the hon. Gentleman been paying the slightest attention, he would have heard that I have pledged to restore the money to Scottish farming, and it is thanks to the Scottish…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentThe House of Commons has voted several times to honour the mandate of the people. It is the law of this country that we leave the European Union on 31 October. That is what…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentWe will of course make sure that the £20 billion extra that we have committed to the NHS goes to the frontline and to all hospitals in this country.25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentI will tell the hon. Gentleman one thing that we are doing: we have secured for this country the COP 26. We will be hosting the world climate change conference here in the UK,…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentIt is a great pity, in my view, that the current Mayor of London—not a patch on the old guy—decided to cancel the contract with Wrightbus of Ballymena, which has been of great…25 Jul 2019