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HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI apologise again—not just to Jason, but to the families of all those who lost loved ones during covid. I repeat what I told the House earlier.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank my hon. Friend very much indeed. The answer to his question is yes, I will. But that in no way means that I wish to mitigate the offence of which I have been found guilty…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI apologise profusely again, particularly to all those who lost loved ones. I know how painful it has been. However, I repeat what I have said: I believe the job of the Government…19 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for her fantastic work to reopen Shire Hall—she is a passionate campaigner for Stafford—and Stafford was awarded over £14 million lately through the future…30 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsYes. We are spending £69 million already to support the roll-out of superfast broadband in Wales. I wish the Welsh Government had not withdrawn their broadband scheme, but we will…30 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsIf the hon. Lady is really saying that we should not have rolled out the furlough scheme at the speed that we did, I think everybody in this country understands that it was a…30 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsNo, we are absolutely dedicated to levelling up across our entire country and making sure that we reduce poverty. That is why I am proud that there are now half a million fewer…30 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsWhat we have is a Chancellor who took the tough decisions to look after the UK economy throughout the pandemic, and who protected people up and down the land with £408…30 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my right hon. and learned Friend. I know how passionately he has campaigned on this issue. I also thank the judges in Hong Kong’s court for everything that they have been…30 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsThis is the Leader of the Opposition who would have kept this country in lockdown and made it absolutely impossible. He has zero consistency on any issue, but one thing we know is…30 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is a doughty campaigner for his constituency. He has made an important point about a planning matter about which I do not think I should really comment, but I am…30 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsScotland’s renewables sector is leading the world. I am grateful to the Scottish Government for all the help and support they are giving in developing that incredible resource in…30 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI understand the pressure that people are under, but the best thing we can do, rather than endlessly taxing more and borrowing more, is make sure that we support people through…30 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsMuch as I admire the hon. Gentleman’s style, I think it would be better in a light essay in The Guardian. What we are doing is tackling the cost of living by dealing with the…30 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI do not know where the right hon. and learned Gentleman has been for the past two years, but even by the standards— [ Interruption. ] Yes, he has. Even by the standards of…30 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI am very happy to meet my hon. Friend to talk about this issue, which he has campaigned on many times, but I can tell him that the British Council, for which I have huge regard,…30 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe joint expeditionary force, or the JEF, is an increasingly important grouping of the Nordic countries, the Baltic countries, the Dutch and ourselves, and we are committed to…30 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsWe are processing 1,000 a day. Twenty-five thousand visas have already been issued; as I just told the House, almost 200,000 families have opened their homes and their arms to…30 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsActually, what we have done is protected pensioners so that, as a result of the triple lock, their incomes are £720 higher than they would have been had we just relied on…30 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for her question. I think everybody will thank the women concerned for taking up the issue in the way that they have and we extend our heartfelt sympathies…30 Mar 2022