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HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. This Bill makes good on our Government’s manifesto pledge to ensure that judicial review is not subject to abuse and to…26 Oct 2021HANSARDPrison Staff Pay AwardI am today announcing the Government’s decision on pay awards for prison staff. The Prison Service Pay Review Body (PSPRB) has made its recommendations for the 2021-22 pay award.…19 Oct 2021HANSARDEngagementsWhatever our differences, it is fantastic to see the right hon. Gentleman back in the Chamber, contributing and holding the Government to account. The agenda for levelling up must…22 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend and support all the efforts at a local level that she is pursuing. We are backing that up at a national level, by requiring all new build homes by 2025 to…22 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is a doughty champion for his constituency. He is right to say that we are giving all the support we can, and that the only reason we are seeing that level of…22 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Lady. I can absolutely make that commitment. On day one, I looked at the plans and expedited the work that we are doing on that. [ Interruption. ] Well, if she…22 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsI do not think it quite right to say that the Government have not been supporting workers. We have paid the wages of nearly 12 million workers throughout the pandemic. Clearly…22 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsI have young children, and I know what it is like at Christmas when, as well as being a time of great happiness, there is also a certain degree of trepidation when they go for the…22 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is a powerful champion for his constituency and the region. I will of course pass on his suggestion and advice to the Home Secretary. I believe that she has been…22 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsOf course, the Government understand, and my right hon. Friend champions eloquently, the importance of the River Wye. We will do everything we can to support him with preserving…22 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsWe absolutely agree that having a smart and pragmatic approach is the only way that we will be able to uphold the Good Friday agreement for all communities in Northern Ireland.…22 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe universal credit uplift was always meant to be temporary. We have paid the wages of nearly 12 million workers throughout this pandemic, and we are coming out with rising jobs…22 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsI say to the right hon. Lady that, for a start, it is excellent news that, because of our engagement with the US, it has immediately given us a boost to trade and businesses by…22 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is bang on. The AUKUS partnership is incredibly important for our security. It builds on what we said in the integrated review about promoting stability in the…22 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsI have been asked to reply on behalf of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister. As the House will know, he has been at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where he…22 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsWe are very clear: vaccines are saving lives, and they are also boosting the economy because they have allowed us to open up. They are particularly important for the risk to…22 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Lady should check her facts, because Chevening is funded by a charity—not a penny of taxpayers’ money. The most disastrous thing for the energy bills of…22 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsNet zero is at the heart of everything that we do and we have raised the national living wage, which will save a full-time worker £400 every year.22 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is a powerful champion for patients and his constituents. We have now received applications to be one of the next eight hospitals in our new hospitals programme and…22 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. We launched the landmark North sea transition deal to transform the oil and gas sector in preparation for net zero, so we have a plan.…22 Sept 2021