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HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for everything she does for steel and for Scunthorpe. I can tell her that I do believe British steel has suffered, as a result of decisions taken years and…24 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend very much for his question and I will do my utmost—he has invited everybody, and I hope that a lot of people will be going to Lincoln. I am sure that my…24 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Lady for raising FareShare and I thank it for what it is doing to support people this winter, and indeed at all times. My experience is that businesses do an…24 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Member for raising this vital issue and for his personal commitment to this cause. I can assure him that we are studying his proposed Bill and working to ensure…24 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsNo, it is not complicated, because what we are doing is disregarding your home as part of the assets that we calculate. If you go down to £100,000, that is the beginning of where…24 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am going to have a third go at trying to clear this up in the befuddled mind of the right hon. and learned Gentleman, because it is important. The fact is that the Labour party…24 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsThank you, Mr Speaker. This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. [ Interruption. ] Thank you very much. Immediately following Prime Minister’s questions,…24 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsI just want to remind the Scottish nationalist party that they are there to represent the people of Scotland and to deliver better services—better transport and better healthcare.…24 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend very much and she is totally right in what she says about Start4Life. I am just looking to see whether my right hon. Friend the Member for South…24 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsYet again, the right hon. and learned Gentleman raises the rail revolution in the north: three new high-speed lines and £96 billion— [ Interruption. ] Again, nothing like it for a…24 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsI think I have answered that question three times already. This does more for working people up and down the country than Labour ever did, because we are actually solving the…24 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsI might ask the right hon. Gentleman what on earth he thinks he is doing, talking about party political issues when all that the people of Scotland want to hear is what on earth…24 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsThis morning I had meetings with— [ Interruption. ]24 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsYes, I will. I have happy memories of many years of campaigning with my right hon. Friend in Old Bexley and Sidcup. We are delivering on our agenda for the people of London,…24 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to my right hon. Friend and I do remember the issue being raised with me when I was with him. I will be very happy to secure a meeting with my right hon. Friend the…24 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am glad the hon. Gentleman asks that question, because I can tell him and the right hon. Member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber (Ian Blackford) that we will be including support for…24 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsYes, we will continue to fund some BTECs where there is a clear need for them, but I must stress that we have to close the gap between the things that people study and the needs…24 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsNot only are we powering past coal towards the ending of fossil fuel reliance in our energy generation by 2024, which is absolutely stunning, and we are ahead of countries…24 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Gentleman is a passionate campaigner in this area. One way or another—I will get back to him on the exact way—we will legislate to allow parents of children in neonatal…17 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for his kind invitation. I will certainly keep it mind. The Government are absolutely committed to reforming technical education through new T-levels. That…17 Nov 2021