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HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentThe answer is for the House of Commons to do what is sensible and right, deliver on the mandate of the people, and get Brexit done by 31 October. That is the right thing to do.25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentThe answer is that the spending commitments so far are really rather modest, and they can be amply financed by the strength of the UK economy, which the Labour party would…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentThe hon. Gentleman is entirely right. All schools need SEND funding, and that is part of the £4.6 billion programme that we have announced.25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentMy hon. Friend is entirely right. We should promote mental health in this country by giving businesses incentives to look after the mental health of their employees, and prevent…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentI thank my hon. Friend. She may have noticed that in the course of the recent election campaign I made it absolutely clear that we will accelerate the programme of full fibre…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentDiolch yn fawr, Mr Speaker. My short answer to the right hon. Lady is that, of course, the people of the whole United Kingdom voted to leave the EU, and the people of Wales, to…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentWith permission, Mr Speaker, I shall make a statement on the mission of this new Conservative Government. Before I begin, I am sure that the whole House will join me in paying…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentMr Speaker, I applaud your intervention. I also think there is far too much negativity about the potential of our great country, as I think you will agree. Our constitutional…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentIt is only with an effort that I can master my feelings here, Mr Speaker. The right hon. Gentleman would not only put up taxes on inheritance, pensions and corporations; he would…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentI thank my right hon. Friend very much for that excellent question and the point that he makes. It is vital now that, as we prepare for a better deal, a new deal, we get ready, of…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his suggestion. I should point out that the people of this country have voted in 2015, 2016 and 2017, and what they want to see is this…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentI thank my right hon. Friend very much for his remarks and for the spirit in which he made them. He speaks for many of us in saying that we need to get this done, we can get it…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentI was relying on the very clear advice of a very distinguished colleague of mine. I will undertake to write to the hon. Lady with further and better particulars about the dispute…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentThe Government are appointing a fantastic team that will take this country forward. It is absolutely astonishing: the hon. Gentleman talks of the campaign to leave the European…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentI absolutely endorse my hon. Friend’s campaign. We should be a meritocracy and people should be able to access jobs not according to who they know, but according to their talents.…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentI am grateful to the hon. Lady. The answer, I think, was contained in my statement. She will have heard it, along with the House. As a first step—let me put it that way—we need to…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentI am grateful to the hon. Lady for parsing and counting the lines in my speech. I can tell her that by what I have said today the House will know that we place the climate change…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentMr Speaker, I think I have no alternative but to answer in the affirmative to that question.25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentThat is why it is absolutely vital that we prepare for a no deal. After all, the more determined and the more capital our preparations, the less likely the risk of any disruptive…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentI thank my hon. Friend. The answer is as soon as possible—certainly within the next three years.25 Jul 2019