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HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. I can tell him that we are in the process of reviewing the 15-minute waiting requirement for both booster doses. We continue to be guided…08 Dec 2021HANSARDMachinery of Government Change: Boycotts, Disinvestments and SanctionsI am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following machinery of government change. The Government have committed to legislation to ban public bodies from…02 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsYes, of course, we are very happy to help Gedling and other Labour-run councils to get their act together where necessary and to put in those bids. Just to remind my hon. Friend,…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Gentleman should look at the Conservative Front Bench today, and he should withdraw what he has just said—he should withdraw it. What he said was absolutely shameful,…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsStep No. 1 is to vote out those dozy Labour councillors. I thank my hon. Friend for his excellent representation of Bassetlaw and can tell him that the second round of bidding for…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for that. He is absolutely right to say that too many of these gangs are using social media, which is why the online harms Bill is so important. It will…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsWhat we are doing is not only building 40 new hospitals—and it is incredible that we have been able to keep going throughout the pandemic— [Interruption.] Yes, it is. We are not…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am very grateful to the hon. Lady, who raises an extremely important issue about a phenomenon that I know has caused huge distress to many, many women in this country. We…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsNo. The right hon. and learned Gentleman plays politics and asks frivolous questions, but we are getting on with delivering on the people’s priorities. We are making record…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for that. He is completely right about the importance of childcare and the transformative influence it can have, which is why we have spent £3.5 billion in…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsBritish food and farming does an absolutely outstanding job, and it is growing the whole time. Last night, I met representatives of the UK food and farming industry, which we…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsOf course we want to work closely with the right hon. Gentleman. There will be abundant opportunities today and in the weeks ahead to concert our activity, but he is simply wrong…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsYes, indeed. I can tell my hon. Friend that Natural England is considering an extension of the Chilterns area of outstanding natural beauty, and I am sure that it will listen to…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsToday, I am wearing a purple tie in recognition of the International Day of People with Disabilities this coming Friday. In July, we published the UK’s first national disability…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am afraid that she has completely failed to look at what Sir Peter Hendy set out in his Union connectivity review. It is a fantastic agenda for change and improvement,…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman for the powerful point that he has just made. Even though 32 years have passed since that devastating tragedy, I know that the wounds remain very raw in…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsIf I did not hear it, he was drowned out by his supporters. We need to work together—the Government of the UK working with the Scottish authorities—to help those people get their…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank the police officers in the west midlands, and I thank the hon. Lady for drawing attention to what we are doing to increase the number of police officers— [ Interruption. ]…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsWe will certainly review the human rights system, but in the meantime there is something we can all do next Tuesday and Wednesday, because our Nationality and Borders Bill is…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsFrankly, I cannot really improve on the verdict of my friend Fabian Picardo, the Chief Minister of Gibraltar: Gibraltar is British, British, British and will remain so. By the…01 Dec 2021