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HANSARDEngagementsYes, 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 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 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 2022HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is a great champion for Dudley and for the Black Country. I am delighted to hear that the Black Country & Marches Institute of Technology is now open and will…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 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 2022HANSARDEngagementsThat is precisely the point—it already has been. That event already has been submitted for investigation.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 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 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 2022HANSARDEngagementsLet’s just get to the heart of what this is all about. This is all about dealing with the consequences of the biggest pandemic that this country has seen, with an unprecedented…02 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsOf course we despise fraud and those who steal from the taxpayer, which is why we have already recovered £743 million in lost furlough money and £2.2 billion that was stolen in…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. On 7 January, this House suffered the loss of the hon. Member for Birmingham, Erdington, Jack Dromey, and it is right that we should come together…02 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Member talks about cutting VAT. I wonder whether he voted for Brexit and our ability to cut VAT—perhaps he could indicate. We delivered that and celebrated its…02 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsI know from my own experience how vital it is when trying to clean up air in a great city not to penalise business unjustly, and particularly small businesses. It has become clear…02 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagements“Here we go again” says the right hon. Gentleman opposite, and I must say those were entirely my feelings: he asked exactly the same questions, as I recall, in the Chamber a few…02 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is the best champion that Blyth could possibly have. He does a quite amazing job. I thank him in particular for helping to secure the Britishvolt gigafactory in…02 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsOn the right hon. and learned Gentleman’s first point, I do not want to make heavy weather of this, but I am informed that in 2013 he apologised and took full responsibility for…02 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsI think the right hon. and learned Gentleman is Dick Dastardly and Muttley, both of them pulling in different directions—we know they have different views. We are getting on with…02 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsOne of the first things I did when I became Prime Minister was ensure that we looked after people on low incomes by increasing local housing allowance, by increasing the living…02 Feb 2022