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HANSARDHealth and Social CareWhat I say to the hon. Member is that, frankly, she should take that up with the former leaders of the Labour party, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, and all the former Ministers…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareI thank the hon. Gentleman for his contribution. At least he has the guts, unlike the leader of his party, to say that he would tax people in this country to the tune of £12…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareTime and again, Labour Members have stood up and said that there is a better way to do this, without offering a single idea. A plan beats no plan.07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareMy right hon. Friend has done great work on this subject and I am indebted to him for some of the advice that he has given to me personally about how to proceed in this. He is…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareThe hon. Member is right to focus on the issue in the way that she does. It is a very cruel lottery that one in seven face these catastrophic costs as a result of dementia, while…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareYes, I can certainly confirm that my right hon. and learned Friend is right on the last point—that the cap applies regardless of age. He is completely right in what he says about…07 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanAs I have just reminded the House, the UK ended its military operation in Afghanistan in 2014.06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanMy hon. Friend is entirely right to draw attention to the incredible work done by aid agencies and by NGOs. It is precisely to support those fantastic agencies that we have…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI pay tribute to the service of the hon. Gentleman and, in addition, to the service of the Afghan special forces. He is absolutely right to draw attention to what they did. I…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI thank the right hon. Lady. She is repeating a point that has been made across the House by many colleagues this afternoon. The work so far has been extraordinary. I pay tribute…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanIf Tony Blair was saying that it was naive to believe that countries could be remade and he was thinking of some of the things that he supported, I think he was spot on.06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI am grateful to the hon. Member, who raises an important point. Many of those individuals will already be going through procedures in the courts, and we cannot interrupt them, so…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanMy hon. Friend asks a very important question. I think the answer is that it is in the interests of every single one of the countries that he has mentioned to ensure that…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI thank my right hon. Friend. We will be making sure that there is a process by which people can apply, but there is clearly a ceiling in the first year of 5,000 and then it goes…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanThe hon. Lady should know that, of course, we try to help people coming from Afghanistan in the most expeditious way possible. This country cannot be faulted for the generosity of…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanMy hon. Friend makes an extremely important point. It is a question that a lot of people will have formed in their minds and which my right hon. Friend the Defence Secretary has…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanSadly, the rate of production and export of opium from Afghanistan has been increasing in recent years. I think that the global output is actually now even higher than the figure…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI thank the church community the hon. and learned Member describes for the work they are doing. On moving people to Pakistan, the Government are helping by increasing the funding…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanWe helped 36 countries to repatriate their nationals or those they had helped, but we could not have done it had it not been for the bravery of the US military and the commitment…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanI thank the hon. Member very much for raising the case. I have to tell him that I am told we have no evidence of anybody being pulled off flights, but obviously I would ask him to…06 Sept 2021