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HANSARDEngagementsFirst, I welcome the various points of solidarity between our Front-Bench teams in relation not only to the new baby boy for the Prime Minister and Carrie Symonds but to the care…29 Apr 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising that excellent programme. He is absolutely right; a strong understanding of numeracy—for example, calculating percentages or doing…29 Apr 2020HANSARDEngagementsIf the right hon. Gentleman’s desire is to avoid more uncertainty, the right thing for us to do is to double down and get a deal by the end of this year. If his desire is for us…29 Apr 2020HANSARDEngagementsI join the right hon. Gentleman in sending those messages of goodwill to Carrie Symonds and the Prime Minister and, of course, their new baby boy. I am not sure I would take…29 Apr 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank my right hon. Friend for cutting straight to the chase. I totally appreciate the value of garden centres and nurseries. As I have indicated, the current advice from SAGE…29 Apr 2020HANSARDEngagementsI will just remind the right hon. and learned Gentleman that, as I set out on 16 April, SAGE advised against any changes to social distancing measures at that point. The reason is…29 Apr 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. and learned Gentleman. On this issue of things getting worse, I understand the point that he wants to make about PPE—it is an absolutely valid point—but I…29 Apr 2020HANSARDEngagementsOn the care home data, obviously we have seen the latest data come out, and there are some positive signs, but they are within the margin of error and we need to be very focused.…29 Apr 2020HANSARDEngagementsWe certainly will engage. I have enjoyed the telephone calls with Opposition leaders, including the right hon. and learned Gentleman. I just gently say that if he is suggesting…29 Apr 2020HANSARDEngagementsI have been asked to reply on behalf of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister. As Members will have seen and as Mr Speaker has explained, the Prime Minister and his fiancée,…29 Apr 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Gentleman and pay tribute to all the work he and the Northern Ireland Executive are doing at this difficult time. He is absolutely right to raise the…29 Apr 2020HANSARDEngagementsMy right hon. Friend raises a really important point. We of course want to ensure that all autistic children or any other children with special needs going through this terrible…29 Apr 2020HANSARDEngagementsWe do not support a universal basic income mainly because, it would not target our precious resources at such a challenging time at those who need them most. In total, Scotland…29 Apr 2020HANSARDEngagementsI have already given the right hon. and learned Gentleman those figures. They are of course produced in the normal way, and he will be apprised of them, just as he is of the other…29 Apr 2020HANSARDEngagementsIt is always good to see my right hon. Friend, even—or especially—via Zoom. I thank all the heavy goods vehicle and delivery drivers for all that they are doing in the country to…29 Apr 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for that. It is a tragic but timely warning that some of the persistent social challenges we face on knife crime, or any other kind of crime, will persist…29 Apr 2020HANSARDEngagementsThis is a hugely challenging time for nurseries, as it is for schools and other small businesses. The Chancellor has set out the range of support available. It is widespread,…29 Apr 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for that second plea for garden centres and nurseries. This is absolutely right, and I understand entirely why it is so important, both economically and…29 Apr 2020HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. As he will know, because it has been made clear by the Government and clarified when it was not clear, the original issue was a…29 Apr 2020HANSARDEngagementsMay I thank the hon. Gentleman and say how appalled I am at the tragic case in his constituency? I pay tribute to the frontline emergency responders, and I, absolutely in total…29 Apr 2020