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HANSARDEngagementsI 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 2022HANSARDEngagementsYes, I certainly do, because this Government have just introduced not only the biggest cut in fuel duty ever but the biggest cut in tax for working people in the last 10 years.…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 2022HANSARDEngagementsThat is absolutely right, and I thank my hon. Friend very much for his bravery in going to see for himself only the other day. It is right that we should double down on military…30 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsYes, I do. I think it is a fantastic White Paper.30 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe whole House will have read the statement today from my hon. Friend the Member for Bridgend (Dr Wallis)—I know that the House stands with you and will give you the support you…30 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman very much. I think he is referring to the strategy that we have for food waste. As far as I know, we continue to support it, but I would be happy to…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 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 2022HANSARDEngagementsI think the right hon. Gentleman is in error in what he says about events last night, but he is, like me, a living testament to the benefits of moderation in all things. To get to…30 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend, who is a great champion for Bolsover and for his constituents. Free and subsidised travel is provided to Bolsover students travelling, so far, to two of…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 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 2022HANSARDEngagementsOf course we are doing everything that we can, with the £9.1 billion and the cold weather payments. The right hon. Gentleman is right to draw attention to the problem, and we are…30 Mar 2022HANSARDMachinery of GovernmentI am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following machinery of government change. From the post-war period through to 1970, approximately 3,500 British…24 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsThis morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later today.23 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend very much, and he is absolutely right about smoking; it is the biggest single cause of preventable death in this country. As he will know, Javed Khan OBE is…23 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI have one overwhelming interest, which is to protect and preserve the jobs and livelihoods of the British people. That is what we are doing. That is what we will do with the P&O…23 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsYes, I think the whole country can be proud of the way the UK welcomed people fleeing Idi Amin’s Uganda. Several Members of the House, including the Home Secretary herself and her…23 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsOur universities have, for far too long, been tolerant of casual or indeed systematic antisemitism. I hope that everybody understands the need for change—for rapid and…23 Mar 2022