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HANSARD Windrush SchemeIn compelling evidence given to the Public Accounts Committee, we heard how difficult it was for Windrush victims to obtain housing. The Home Secretary listed the people whom he…05 Feb 2019HANSARDHMRC Estate TransformationThis has already cost more; the projected savings have gone down; there are no break clauses in most of the 20 to 25-year leases; and there is little buy-in from other…29 Jan 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeIf I may correct my hon. Friend, the police did not turn up at all to that community, on that day or thereafter.24 Jan 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeDoes the right hon. Gentleman agree that the loss of neighbourhood policing has had a major impact on the situation he describes? The sense of communities working with the police…24 Jan 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeMy hon. Friend highlights a really important issue. One of the other challenges, of course, is that if a child is outside their own local area, they fall between different social…24 Jan 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham. I warmly congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Leyton and Wanstead (John Cryer) on securing the debate, which…24 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is not clear to me what the unforeseeable emergency was that allowed the Secretary of State to award the contract to Seaborne Freight outside the rules. Did he receive explicit…10 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActEarlier, the Secretary of State said that the deal laid out by the Prime Minister was a good deal for everybody in the UK. Can he seriously stand at that Dispatch Box and say that…10 Jan 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) ActIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Newbury (Richard Benyon). Is it not depressing that we are here again having moved on no further in the past five weeks? The…10 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ14. The Prime Minister has had 20 dancing rebels, has promised five golden trade agreements and has had one big defeat, and yet she still cannot find her withdrawal agreement.…09 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesThe Secretary of State has repeatedly told us that the Government have been preparing for no deal, yet it was under legislation that allows for the awarding of contracts outside…07 Jan 2019HANSARD NHS Long-term PlanI am heartened that Baroness Harding is looking at the staffing side of things, but she does have a mountain to climb. Let me remind the Secretary of State that the last time the…07 Jan 2019HANSARDEmployment TrendsFurther to the question asked by the hon. Member for Southampton, Itchen (Royston Smith), will the Minister not acknowledge that there is a big challenge for many of my…07 Jan 2019