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HANSARDEngagementsThis Sunday, Her Majesty the Queen will become the first British monarch to celebrate a platinum jubilee. While it is a moment of national celebration, it will be a day of mixed…02 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsIt tells me that it is more vital than ever for the Government of this country to get on with the job and deliver our covid recovery plan, and that is what we are doing.02 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsI explained that sad matter on the Floor of the House. No one wanted Allegra to resign, and I was very sad that she did.02 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising this very important campaign. We are committed to improving menopause care so that all women can have access to the support that they need to…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 2022HANSARDEngagementsNo, I think everybody in this country can see that we have been through the biggest pandemic for 100 years and that we have looked after the people of this country to the tune of…02 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, you can hear from the chuntering opposite that they still want to take this thing back. They still want to cancel Brexit, but it is largely thanks to Brexit that we…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 2022HANSARDEngagementsWhat we are doing is helping people with the cost of living, cutting taxes for those on universal credit, as I have said, and helping people with the cost of their fuel, with the…02 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend. I am very sorry to hear of Sophie’s case, and my thoughts are with her family and her friends. She is right that research is crucial in tackling childhood…02 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsOf course, I will comply with the law, but I have got to wait for the process to be concluded.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 2022HANSARDEngagementsContrary to some of the myths that are peddled, this Government have come down very hard on dirty money from Russia and everywhere else—that is why we brought in the unexplained…02 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my right hon. Friend very much for his question. Very briefly, I can tell the House that the mission, which I hope everybody will support, was to stand shoulder to…02 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my right hon. Friend for her thoughtful work on this. I want to stress that vaccines remain our best line of defence, and I think that NHS staff and all those who work 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 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportI have taken full responsibility throughout the pandemic.31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportWe are reforming the ministerial code. Of all the things that the hon. Lady has just said, I disagree with her most passionately about what she said about the police. I think they…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportYes. I thank my hon. Friend very much, and we are certainly going to take up the relevant parts of the recommendations and see that they are properly enforced within the civil…31 Jan 2022