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HANSARDEngagementsI have repeatedly answered that question before. As the right hon. and learned Gentleman knows, a report is being delivered to me by the Cabinet Secretary into exactly what went…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy brief says I should be very careful of what I say. I have no doubt that Crewe is a strong contender, but further details of the competition will be announced in the coming…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is completely right to draw the link between drug addiction and rough sleeping. That is why our drugs strategy is so absolutely vital for tackling this problem. I…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe answer is very, very clear. It is there in what the public are doing, because they can see that the Government are getting on with delivering on their priorities, not just on…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsWell, you blocked the investment in them. Labour Members wouldn’t vote for investment in our NHS—they wouldn’t do it. I thank NHS staff for what they are doing. I can tell the…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is a great advocate for Sedgefield, his constituents and levelling up. I congratulate Hitachi and Alstom on securing the HS2 stock order and the proponents of…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising the work of Sewa Day and all the people of the West Bromwich Hindu community, who make an incredible contribution to this country. I am…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe Government are taking a balanced and proportionate approach to dealing with the pandemic. The House voted through plan B with Conservative votes and we will continue with the…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for his question. He and I have discussed before his own personal reasons for caring so much about this issue, and I understand and sympathise deeply with…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsNo, Mr Speaker, I am going to get on with protecting the public of this country, making sure that we get through this pandemic together as one United Kingdom, and making sure that…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsThis happens to be one of the subjects that I know more about than probably anybody else in the House. When I was Mayor and chairman of Transport for London, we had our finances…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am afraid my hon. Friend is absolutely right in what he says. He is right to stress the particular urgency of the situation, and he is right in what he says about hybrid warfare…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Lady and, no, we do recognise the importance of putting the bereaved, such as the bereaved of Hillsborough, at the heart of investigations. In certain…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsNot true.15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman, and I share some of the views he expressed about the importance of being vigilant about omicron. It is good that he set that out. I…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am sure the whole House will want to join me in wishing you, Mr Speaker, and all members of staff—and indeed all Members—a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Members from…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind words. Yes, it was, because last week we showed that we are not only the party that is putting in the resources to fight crime, with 10,000…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsYes, if further measures are needed, as the House will understand—if further regulation is needed—of course this House will have a further say. As for hon. Members following the…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsWe won that vote last night with Conservative votes, as I have told the House. I respect the feelings and anxieties that colleagues have, of course I do. I respect and understand…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsThere he goes again—the right hon. and learned Gentleman comes to this House pompously claiming that he wants to rise above party politics and support the efforts of the nation in…15 Dec 2021