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HANSARDLiving with Covid-19If the hon. Lady waits a little longer, she will get a breakdown of how we propose to support the most vulnerable. We will support them, as we have done throughout the pandemic.21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19I want to repeat to the House, because it is incredibly important that people understand, that the strategy for containing omicron is not to test everybody or large numbers of…21 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19That is exactly what the ONS survey does.21 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is quite right. The protocol does not require, contrary to how it is being applied by our friends, all foods, all medicines and all plants to be systematically…09 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsOf course, this Government and this country despise those who defraud people, and that is why we crack down on fraudsters. We have strengthened our anti-fraud taskforce and we are…09 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsWe are giving people in bands A to D council tax valuations across the country—27 million homes—the equivalent of a £150 rebate off their council tax. Labour’s offer is £89. Ours…09 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsYes, that is why we have set up an Office for Veterans’ Affairs and have ensured that veterans get preferential treatment on public transport, which was one of the first things I…09 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend very much for everything she does to support education for girls. Twelve years of quality education for every girl in the world is probably the single most…09 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsWhat they can see is a Government who are absolutely committed to doing the right thing for the people of this country and taking the tough decisions, when Labour is calling for…09 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton North East (Jane Stevenson), who is truly a modern-day Lady Wulfruna. She is completely right; Wolverhampton and the…09 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsI direct the House to what I have already said to my hon. Friend the Member for Hartlepool (Jill Mortimer). The right hon. Gentleman knows very well that this Government hate…09 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsI can tell the House today that it is my intention to return on the first day after the half-term recess to present our strategy for living with covid. Provided that the current…09 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsI am afraid that the hon. Lady is wrong in what she says, because we are investing massively in Yorkshire—investing in 640 more police in Yorkshire and investing in education in…09 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsThat is a curious question to come from a Member on the Benches that contain someone who took, I think, £586,000 from the Chinese Government to support his office. I can tell the…09 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsThat is precisely the point—it already has been. That event already has been submitted for investigation.09 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsYes. I think it was only last week that I was congratulating my hon. Friend on her fantastic advocacy for nuclear in Ynys Môn. Do not forget, Mr Speaker, that Labour allowed…09 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsNo, because what we are doing is tackling crime across the board. That is why we are investing more in tackling fraud, but we are also tackling the neighbourhood crime that does…09 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsOur plan to tackle the cost of living is faster, more efficient and more generous than anything that Labour has set out. We have lifted the living wage by record amounts, we have…09 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsYes, I agree completely that there must be a solution that commands cross-community support. At the moment, there is no doubt that the balance of the Good Friday agreement is…09 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsFirst, I am very sorry about the hon. Gentleman’s constituent and for the difficulties she has been through. I understand very much her feelings, but in what the hon. Gentleman…09 Feb 2022