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HANSARDEngagementsI join the hon. Lady absolutely in condemning attacks on all public servants and particularly on NHS staff, who are trying to save people and help people in their lives. What we…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Lady for raising this anniversary. She is right to commemorate the victims of the Clarkston disaster. Our thoughts and our condolences continue to be with the…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEngagementsAs the right hon. Lady already knows, the Crown Estate works closely with the Welsh Government and Natural Resources Wales. I am sorry to have to tell her that my view is that the…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEngagementsYes. It is vital that people should have the confidence to speak up against wrongdoing wherever they find it, particularly, of course, in the police. I believe that the people of…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am delighted to join the right hon. and learned Gentleman in committing to tackle online harms and violent extremism together, and that is what the Government are doing. That is…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am all in favour of a collegiate and co-operative approach, in which case I think it would be a fine thing if the Opposition would withdraw their opposition to our measures to…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Lady very much for her question. She raises a most important issue—one of the most important issues that this country faces. I want all people in this country,…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEngagementsThis morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, in addition to my duties in this House. I shall have further such meetings later today.20 Oct 2021HANSARDEngagementsWell, Mr Speaker, I am not surprised to say that my hon. Friend is completely right. This Government are determined to give the people of this country the homes they need. We are…20 Oct 2021HANSARDTributes to Sir David AmessI beg to move, That this House do now adjourn. The passing of 72 hours has done little to numb the shock and sadness we all felt when we heard of the tragic and senseless death of…18 Oct 2021HANSARDMachinery of Government: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and CommunitiesI am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following machinery of government change. Responsibility for driving forward the levelling up agenda and elections…23 Sept 2021HANSARDMachinery of GovernmentI am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following machinery of government change. Responsibility for the operation of the vaccine damage payments scheme…21 Sept 2021HANSARDAUKUSI think it is very important that we continue to engage with our Chinese partners, but to engage very firmly on the points that we care about, whether it is human rights in Hong…16 Sept 2021HANSARDAUKUSI can certainly assure my hon. Friend that this will be great for jobs across the United Kingdom, but as I said, there is an 18-month scoping programme to work out exactly how the…16 Sept 2021HANSARDAUKUSYes, I think is the short answer to that superb question. [ Laughter. ] I really do not think I could have put it better myself.16 Sept 2021HANSARDAUKUSYes, it certainly is. That is why I think the UK can be very proud of the massive commitments that we make—£10 billion this year alone in official development assistance spending.…16 Sept 2021HANSARDAUKUSYes, and the opportunities are boundless. We are building on firm foundations. It is 50 years since the five power defence arrangements, the oldest defence agreement in the…16 Sept 2021HANSARDAUKUSThe United Kingdom remains determined to defend international law, and that is the strong advice we would give to our friends across the world and the strong advice we would give…16 Sept 2021HANSARDAUKUSI thank the right hon. Gentleman for what I think was a broad welcome of this AUKUS agreement. It is historic and it is good for the whole of the United Kingdom. There is no…16 Sept 2021HANSARDAUKUSWith permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement about our friendship with Australia and the United States, and the security of the Indo-Pacific. Yesterday I joined President…16 Sept 2021