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HANSARDEngagementsI would be very happy to meet my hon. Friend. This is one of those issues that the whole House is coming to realise requires extreme sensitivity, tact, love and care. We must…23 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Gentleman very much. We all recognise that global inflation is causing a real cost of living crisis, not just here, but around the world; in the United…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 2022HANSARDEngagementsI think that that is a completely ridiculous characterisation of the response of the Government, because of course the reports of the incident are deeply distressing and deeply…23 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my right hon. and learned Friend and all those involved in the two big schemes that we have now for welcoming people from Ukraine. The Homes for Ukraine scheme is now…23 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI renew my sympathies with the case of the P&O workers, and I have explained to the House what we are doing, and we will do that. What we are also doing is helping the workforce…23 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI remember the hon. Gentleman when he was doing planning at Islington Council, and a complete cock-up he made of that. What I can tell him is that this Government made sure that…23 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Inquiry: Draft Terms of ReferenceOn 15 December I announced the appointment of the right hon. Baroness Heather Hallett DBE as chair of the forthcoming public inquiry into the covid-19 pandemic. In doing so, I…10 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my right hon. Friend very much, and I thank him for all the work that he does in this area, but I hope he will have heard what I just said in my answer to the leader of…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman. If he would be kind enough, I would be grateful if he passed me the details of the case that he mentioned and I would be happy to give it to my right…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for his wonderful work in Blackpool for the communities he represents. It was fantastic to be with him and to see the extension and upgrading of the tram…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Member shakes his head. Look at our record. Look at what we have done just in the last two years. He should be proud of what we have done.09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI really do not think that that question reflects the views of people around the world. Nor does it reflect reality because this Government have done more than any other European…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsYes. I thank the House for what we have done to accelerate the economic crime measures. We will be able to whip aside the veil of anonymity. Ownership of the luxurious dwellings…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman very much. I think everybody understands the anguish of people who have not been able to see their loved ones during the pandemic, and as he knows, we…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsWe will make sure that we do everything to support the people of the whole of the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland, and we have already extended a further £250 million…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe net result of that would simply be to see the oil companies put their prices up yet higher and make it more difficult for them to do what we need them to do—which, by the way,…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsIf the right hon. and learned Gentleman is asking for the Chancellor to U-turn on the support we are giving families and households, I think that he is absolutely out of his mind.…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsIt is thanks to the policies that this Government have pursued that we are dependent on Russian gas for only 3% of our gas needs, unlike virtually every other European country. It…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsNever before has this House listened to an address such as the one given yesterday by President Zelensky. I want to tell the House that, working with our friends and allies across…09 Mar 2022